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OKAY.CALLING TO ORDER THIS MEETING WITH THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING AND IN THE ROOM.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL UH, GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
CITIZEN COMMENTS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO, UH, COMMENT AND ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENTS AND MOVE
[3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items. ]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION FROM COUNSEL NEEDED FROM COUNSEL ON CONSENT ITEMS? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.
UH, THREE A COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
UH, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SEND THE QUESTIONS TO THE STAFF REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS, THOSE ARE, THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED IN A DOCUMENT SENT OUT TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN THAT SAME DOCUMENT IS UPLOADED TO THE, TO THE, UH, TOWN WEBSITE.
SO FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO THE AGENDA ONLINE AND THERE'LL BE A LINK TO DOWNLOAD THAT DOCUMENT AS WELL.
[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):]
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CLOSED MEETING, UH, THE EDISON CITY COUNCIL WILL ENTER, ENTER CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 51 DASH 0 7 1 THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. AND WE HAVE THREE ITEMS TONIGHT.THE FIRST ONE, ITEM A PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.071, SECTION TWO TO TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING AGENDA ITEM FIVE A IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
ITEM B IS GOING TO BE PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ITEM C PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.087, SECTION ONE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATES STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
AND THE ITEM IS ADDISON CIRCLED TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND IT IS 5 0 3.
SO WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL GO UPSTAIRS FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT, UH, CLOSED SESSION.
[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.]
OKAY.IT IS SEVEN 13 AND WE WILL COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION AND WE HAVE NO ACTION TO TAKE FROM THE CLOSED SESSION AND GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE TO BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
IF YOU PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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.
FOR ALL HONOR OF THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[a. City Manager Announcements]
ITEM NUMBER TWO.WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS, AND, UH, TWO, A CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION FOR TWO B DAVID.
THE SPRING TOWN MEETING IS NEXT TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT ON THE NEW WAY FINDING PROJECT.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ADVANCED ADDISON 20 20 20 50 PLAN, EVENT, UH, REGISTER TO VOTE AND MUCH MORE.
MAKE SURE TO GET AROUND AND VISIT ALL THE TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR DOOR PRIZES.
LIKE DINNER AT FOGA DE CHOW OR LAZY DOG, A BID ASSIST BITTER SISTERS ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL AND MORE.
THE PRESENTATION BEGINS AT 7:00 PM NEXT, TASTE ADDISON IS COMING TO ADDISON CIRCLE PARK ON APRIL.
RESIDENTS CAN GET DISCOUNTED TICKETS AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB UNTIL APRIL 23RD.
GET ALL DETAILS@TASTEADDISONTEXAS.COM.
ALSO, MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR TASTE WELLNESS ON SATURDAY APRIL 5TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM IN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
THIS FREE TASTE ADDISON PRE-EVENT IS ALL ABOUT BALANCE AND RELAXATION.
ENJOY FITNESS CLASSES FROM EIGHT TO NOON, EXPLORE A VARIETY OF WELLNESS VENDORS AND WATCH LIVE ART COME TO LIFE.
FINALLY, THE SECOND ANNUAL TASTE
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ON THE TARMAC IS FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH FROM EIGHT FROM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT GALAXY FBO AT ADDISON AIRPORT.THIS EXCLUSIVE TASTE ADDISON PRE-EVENT OFFERS AN ELEVATED TASTING EXPERIENCE FEATURING BITES BY JEFF RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN AND A COMPETITION WHERE CARROLLTON FARMERS, CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH CULINARY STUDENTS COMPETE FOR A CHANCE TO SERVE THEIR DISH AT TASTE ADDISON.
GET ALL THE DETAILS AND PURCHASE TICKETS@VISITADDISON.COM.
UM, NEXT WE'LL GO TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
[b. Employee Recognition]
I'LL ASK DEVELOP DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LESLIE KNIGHT TO COME UP.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, IT IS WITH GREAT EXCITE EXCITEMENT THAT I INTRODUCE RAY MENDEZ, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE ADDISON TEAM.
RAY JOINED US ON MARCH 3RD AS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
RAY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
HE GRADUATED FROM SYDNEY LINEAR HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO AND CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE HE EARNED BOTH HIS BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREES.
HE MARRIED HIS WIFE AURELIA, AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE TWO ADULT CHILDREN, BOTH OF WHOM ARE NOW MARRIED.
THEIR DAUGHTER CASSANDRA IS MARRIED TO MATT AND THEIR SON JAMES IS MARRIED TO KATHLEEN.
EXCITING NEWS RAY WILL SOON BE RECEIVING AN UPGRADE, UH, NICKNAME FROM DAD TO GRANDPA.
HIS SON JAMES AND HIS WIFE KATHLEEN, ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIR FIRST CHILD IN SEPTEMBER.
IN HIS FREE TIME RAY ENJOYS CHEERING ON THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THE TEXAS LONGHORNS.
HE HAS RECENTLY ALSO RECENTLY STARTED PURSUING A LIFELONG DREAM OF TAKING GUITAR LESSONS.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH RAY'S EXPERTISE IN THIS ROLE.
ONE OF HIS NOTABLE PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OCCURRED DURING HIS TENURE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHERE HE WAS A PART OF TWO PROGRAMS THAT WERE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THE FIRST PROGRAM, THE TARGETED NEIGHBORHOOD SWEEPS PROGRAM RECEIVED INNOVATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARD FROM HAR HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S JFK SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT.
THE SECOND PROGRAM, THE CITY MANAGER'S COUNCIL ACTION TEAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS A BEST PRACTICE BY THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, CITY AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, UH, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL TO EARN HIS GRADUATE DEGREE WAS A SIGNIFICANT ACHI ACHIEVEMENT FOR RAY.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT ME, THE MEANING OF THE ADDISON WAY, RAY HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN A GREAT TOWN.
PLEASE WELCOME ME, WELCOME, UH, JOIN ME IN WELCOMING RAY.
AND, UH, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR LOYALTY, YOU KNOW, STILL HANGING WITH THOSE COWBOYS, HUH?
[c. 2025 Surveyors Week Proclamation]
TO ITEM NUMBER TWO C.WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS TO, UH, TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
AND, UH, TWO C IS THE 2025 SURVEYORS WEEK PROCLAMATION.
AND I'LL READ THAT TO YOU AND I WILL, UH, KEEP THE WHEREASES TO MYSELF, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST ONE.
WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER, MILLENNIUM SURVEYORS HAVE PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE EPIC SAGA OF AMERICA, HER PEOPLE AND THE LAND THEY LOVE.
AND AMONG THE PROFESSION, THREE US PRESIDENTS WERE SURVEYORS, INCLUDING THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO TASK THE MOST FAMOUS LAND SURVEYORS IN US HISTORY, MERRIWEATHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK.
TO EMBARK ON AN EXPEDITION THROUGH THE UNCHARTED TERRITORY PURCHASED FROM FRANCE, SIGNIFYING A SENSE OF PURPOSE THAT WOULD SHAPE THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR PEOPLE FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND THE PROMISE OF LAND OWNERSHIP BECKON PIONEERS FROM DISPARATE CORNERS OF THE GLOBE.
AND IN THE ERA OF WESTWARD EXPANSION, MANY SUCH SETTLERS JOURNEYED TO THE LONE STAR STATE IN ORDER TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE.
AND STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, THE FATHER OF TEXAS, PUBLISHED A FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED MAP OF THE REGION IN 1830 AND UPDATED IT IN 1840 TO REFLECT TEXAS NEWFOUND STATUS AS A SOVEREIGN NATION.
AND THE INFLUENCE OF SURVEYORS IS AS SIGNIFICANT AS EVER IN THE PRESENT, WHETHER CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, CONSERVATION INDUSTRY, OR DISASTER RECOVERY.
MUCH OF THE MODERN LIFE DEPENDS ON OUR TALENTED SURVEYORS.
AND THE FIELD OF LAND SURVEYING IS A SOPHISTICATED SCIENCE THAT INVOLVES PRINCIPLES OF GEODYSSEY, MATHEMATICS, ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION AND MAPPING METHODS APPLIED IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND RELEVANT LAWS TO MEASUREMENT EVIDENCE AND BOUNDARIES.
AND FROM LAND OWNERSHIP, FROM LAND OWNERSHIP TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, SURVEYORS MAKE A MEANINGFUL, TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY, STATE, AND NATION.
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THE PROFESSION REQUIRES A BREADTH OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, ASTUTE ANALYTICAL ABILITIES, AND GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL.NOW, THEREFORE, I BRUCE ARSON, THE MAYOR OF TOWN OF ADDISON, ON BEHALF OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE MARCH 16TH THROUGH 22ND, 2025 AS SURVEYORS WEEK, AND ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPLAUD THESE HARDWORKING PROFESSIONALS FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO, WHICH BENEFITS US ALL.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO ACCEPT THAT AWARD, THAT PROCLAMATION VERY MUCH APPRECIATE.
UH, I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT ADDISON IS ONE OF ABOUT 20 AREA CITIES THAT HELPED US OUT WITH THESE PROCLAMATIONS, ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND US CONGRESSMAN HIMSELF.
SO, UH, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO GET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF PAT ON THE BACK AND WE APPRECIATE YEAH, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL STAFF WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING AND UM, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A GOOD THING FOR EVERYBODY.
AND I, I, I WORK DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN ON BELT LINE AND I COMMUTE ACROSS ON ARAPAHO AND I, NEVERMIND GETTING STOPPED AT SURVEYOR BELT
AND WE HAVE A CAMERA, WE DID THE CAPTURE THE MOMENT.
SHE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN ALL OF THIS.
I'LL EMAIL YOU THE AND, UH, NOW
[d. 2025 American Red Cross Month Proclamation]
ITEM 2D IS THE 2025 AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH PROCLAMATION.WHEREAS EACH MARCH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS RECOGNIZES THE COMPASSION OF PEOPLE NATIONWIDE AND CELEBRATES THEIR COMMITMENT TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
AND PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT BEGAN THIS ANNUAL TRADITION BY ISSUING THE FIRST RED CROSS MONTH PROCLAMATION IN 1943.
AND EVERY DAY 14 KIND-HEARTED ADDISON RESIDENTS PUT ON A RED CROSS VEST AND PUR PROVIDE A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AND THE RED CROSS COLLECTED MORE THAN 90 UNITS OF BLOOD AT BLOOD DRIVES IN ADDISON IN 2024, ENSURING NEW MOMS CANCER PATIENTS AND AC ACCIDENT VICTIMS HAVE ACCESS TO SAVING, TO SAFE LIFE-SAVING BLOOD.
AND MORE THAN 625 PEOPLE WERE ENROLLED IN RED CROSS FIRST AID, CPR AND A ED TRAINING COURSES, HELPING TO MAKE ADDISON MORE PREPARED IN RESILIENT IN EMERGENCIES.
NOW THEREFORE, I BRUCE AON, THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, AND ON BEHALF OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE MARCH, 2025 AS RED CROSS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT ITS HUMANITARIAN MISSION.
AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE RED CROSS HERE.
ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? UH, HI.
I AM, UH, PRESIDENT OF NORTH AMERICAN INSURANCE SERVICES.
WE'RE A INDEPENDENT INSURANCE BROKERAGE BASED IN FRISCO ON BEHALF OF THE RED CROSS.
WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE RED CROSS PLAYS AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HERE IN THE CITY OF ADDISON.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, UH, PROVIDING BLOOD TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED, WHETHER IT'S HOSPITAL, BABIES, ET CETERA.
BUT THE RED CROSS IS ALSO THERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE CASE OF DISASTER BUYERS, UM, HURRICANES, UH, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT, UH, GONE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND, UM, SO PROUD TO HAVE ADDISON RECOGNIZE THE RED CROSS AND REPRESENT.
CAN I GET YOU TO, CAN I GET YOU TO SHOW THE PROCLAMATION? YEAH.
AND ALSO MOVE TO YOUR RIGHT JUST A LITTLE, ACTUALLY THIS LITTLE BIT MORE.
[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.]
TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
AND I DO HAVE ONE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FORM FROM A DAVID
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SNELL.IF YOU GO TO THE LECTOR, AND PLEASE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
DAVID SNELL, 1 1 5 3 6 LAS PALAS DRIVE IN FRISCO, TEXAS.
AND, UH, THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT, I OWN A BUSINESS OUT OF ADDISON AIRPORT THAT I'VE HAD FOR 33 YEARS, STARLIGHT FLIGHT, WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF, MAYBE NOT.
WE DO AIRPLANE TOURS OF THE CITY.
I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY SURVIVING BUSINESS.
I HELP LOVE FIELD WRITE THOSE PROCEDURES.
AND, UH, I GO FROM THIS MEETING TOMORROW TO MY OWN HOMEOWNERS MEETING.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE SERVED ON YOUR BOARDS AND I'VE BEEN ON MINE FOR 17 YEARS, 13 AS PRESIDENT.
AND IN MY 38 YEARS OF AVIATION CAREER, I'VE NEVER HAD SUCH A DISAPPOINTING EXPERIENCE WORKING OUT OF THE ADDISON FBO OF ATLANTIC, WHERE I'VE BEEN FOR 25 YEARS.
AND WE JUST SIGNED A NEW LEASE ON, UH, JANUARY 14TH AND HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A MANAGER THERE.
AND ON DECEM OR ON, UH, FEBRUARY 4TH, 27 DAYS LATER, I GOT A CALL FROM A GUY BY THE NAME OF AL ARCHULETTA THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR 20 YEARS, WHO'S NOW THE AREA DIRECTOR AND OUT OF THE BLUE CALLED AND SAID HE WAS WORKING ON 2025 BUDGETS ON FEBRUARY 4TH, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE FISCAL ONE.
LONG STORY SHORT, HE, UH, TERMINATED THE LEASE ON BOTH OF MY AIRPLANES.
ONE WAS BRAND NEW, THAT WAS MONTH TO MONTH TERMS. THE OTHER ONE THEY HAD JUST SIGNED FOR A 12 MONTH TERM.
I'VE DONE RESEARCH SINCE THEN.
AND THEY HAVE OTHER AIRPLANES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOT FLOWN NEAR WHAT WE HAVE.
IT'S INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION THAT I LEFT WITH YOU.
AND, UH, IN THE SECOND PHONE CALL THAT I HAD WITH THIS MR. ARCHULETA ON THE, UH, FOURTH OF, UH, FEBRUARY, HE BROUGHT UP SAYING THAT WE HAD A UNSUPERVISED CHRISTMAS PARTY AND THE NEWLY REMODELED FBO, WE HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT THAT AN OIL AND GAS COMPANY HAD PURCHASED FLIGHTS FOR THEM.
THERE WERE SIX AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES, AND HE SAID THAT WE WEREN'T OUT THERE TO MANAGE IT.
MY WIFE AND I CAME OUT AT FOUR 30 IN THE AFTERNOON.
I HAD PILOTS FLYING TWO AIRPLANES.
WE DIDN'T FLY THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE TILL ABOUT SIX 30.
SO WHEN HE SAID THAT IT WAS UNMANAGED, SOMEBODY FILLED HIS EAR FULL OF A BUNCH OF WHATEVER.
SO I SENT THIS PICTURE FROM 10 47 AT NIGHT ON DECEMBER 20TH.
MIND YOU, THIS IS SIX WEEKS LATER THAT I HEAR ABOUT THIS.
AND THE COMMENT FROM THIS GUY WAS, SIR, TO BE HONEST, THIS PICTURE TELLS ME I MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.
YOU ALSO HAVE PAPERWORK FROM THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY IN THERE WHERE THEY'VE GIVEN ALL THESE EXCUSES ABOUT HANGAR SPACE AND THAT THAT'S THE REASON THEY'RE TERMINATING US.
SO 27 DAYS AFTER THEY SIGN A NEW LEASE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S ISSUE WITH HANGAR SPACE.
I'M A PILOT, I'M A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.
THERE'S AN AIRPLANE I GAVE FOR COMPARISON THAT SAT BROKE.
AND ONE OF THE HANGERS THAT THEY SAID THEY'RE LOSING FOR 13 MONTHS MAKING NO REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY A, UH, A SORE SPOT SHOULD BE FOR THE CITY THAT THEY'VE ALLOWED SEVERAL AIRPLANES TO STAY.
I ASK 'EM IF ANYBODY ELSE GOT TERMINATED.
AND SO FAR ATLANTIC HAS BLOWN ME OFF.
I SENT ALL THE INFORMATION TO THEIR CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER, PAULA SACKS, UH, TWO MONDAYS AGO, NOT A WORD FROM ATLANTIC.
UH, ONE OF THE EMAILS FROM THEIR SENIOR VP, STEVE HIRSCHFIELD, SAID, WE'RE DONE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, BILL IN PASSION, TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
I'D LIKE SOMEBODY TO PUT SOME HEAT ON ATLANTIC.
I HAVEN'T MENTIONED ANYTHING LEGAL YET.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY A SAD DEAL FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY, SIR, TO BE HONEST, THIS PICTURE TELLS ME I MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.
IF ANYBODY IN HERE COULD, UH, EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH A LACK OF HANGAR SPACE, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AND THIS HAS ONLY COME ABOUT SINCE THEY JUST REMODELED THEIR HANGAR.
WE WAITED TO GET BACK IN THERE TOO.
AND I'VE BEEN OUTTA THAT SAME BUILDING FOR 25 YEARS.
SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A PLACE THAT WE CAN STILL OPERATE.
UM, THE AIRPORTS COME UP WITH TWO METAL HANGERS.
UH, BUT HAVING TO FORCE OUR WAY BACK INTO ATLANTIC, WHO TOLD US EVEN IF WE WERE PURCHASING FUEL, WHICH ARE ALL IN TEXT MESSAGES THAT I'VE INCLUDED, SORRY, I ONLY HAD SIX COPIES.
UM, I ASK IF WE PURCHASE FUEL AND PUT THE AIRPLANE SOMEWHERE ELSE AT THE AIRPORT, CAN WE STILL COME IN HERE AND PICK UP OUR PEOPLE? IT WAS A HARD NO.
THEY'VE BEEN CORRECTED BY BILL THAT AS A PUBLIC FUELER AND UNDER THE FAA COMPLIANCE WITH A REGIONAL, UH, COMPLIANCE MANAGER, THEY HAVE TO LET US COME IN THERE.
BUT IT'S REALLY SAD TO HAVE THIS SITUATION GO ON.
WE BRING BUSINESS TO THE BARBECUE PLACE WITH DINNER FLIGHTS.
I SEND STUDENTS TO, UH, PEOPLE THAT WANNA DO INTRO FLIGHTS TO UH, UH, THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS OUT HERE.
AND, UH, I'VE NEVER IN MY PROFESSIONAL AVIATION CAREER HAD SUCH A RIDICULOUS SITUATION FROM A COMPANY THAT'S HOUSED UP THE THE STREET.
THEY WILL NOT EVEN MEET WITH ME.
THEY'VE IGNORED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION THAT I'VE SENT THEM.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT CORPORATIONS DO.
WHEN THEY'RE INNOCENT, THEY CLAM UP AND THEY GET QUIET.
AND I'D LIKE SOMEBODY HERE WITH, I DON'T KNOW, I'M GONNA SEND IT TOMORROW.
THIS PICTURE, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE YET, IS THAT SOMEBODY ANSWER FOR ME WHAT THE HELL THIS HAS TO DO WITH US GETTING OUR LEASE TERMINATED.
IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE WHISPERED THAT THEY DON'T
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LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE THERE.AND WE FLY A HEAVILY DIVERSIFIED CROWD.
ALRIGHT, WELL APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD.
THANKS TO PASSION AND BILL FOR HELPING.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY, ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING? THANK YOU.
SEEING NO OTHERS, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC
[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.]
COMMENT SECTION AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.AND, UH, THE CONSENT INCLUDES ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR H.
IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE? I SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
[a. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on Ordinance adopting the text of a Unified Development Code (“UDC”), including changes to the Town of Addison’s laws and regulations regarding zoning districts, subdivision and development, building, and construction with the zoning district changes to be considered at a later date.]
NUMBER FIVE, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FIVE A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TEXT OF A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UDC, INCLUDING CHANGES TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING ZONING DISTRICTS, SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT CHANGES TO BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER DATE.LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, AS MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO PRESENT, UM, THE PROPOSED ADOPTION FOR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT, UM, CODE FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S.
QUICK, UM, PROJECT, UM, RESET HERE.
SO AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UH, WE USE CLARION AND ASSOCIATES AS A CONSULTANT FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, THEIR TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDED MATT GOBEL AND GABBY HART.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THEY HAD A LAW EXPERT AS WELL, IN ADDITION WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY TEAM, UM, ALSO TOWN STAFF AS WELL AS A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDED 12 MEMBERS, EIGHT RESIDENTS, AND FOUR BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.
THIS WAS A LONG PROCESS STARTING ORIGINALLY IN 2018, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE AT THE NEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE DID TAKE THIS, UH, UDC TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY AND THEY DID, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE DOCUMENT.
AND NOW WE ARE, UM, BEFORE YOU FOR OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH, UH, IS THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE DOCUMENT.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF, UH, WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, UH, WHAT HAS BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT, INCLUDING, UM, SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS WITH BOTH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL AS I, AND AS I MENTIONED, THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ADOPTION TONIGHT ON MARCH 25TH.
SO, GOING OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW JUST THE PROJECT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS UP TO THIS POINT, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF DOCUMENT REVISIONS THAT OCCURRED FROM THE LAST DRAFT TO TONIGHT.
AND THIS MAY PRIMARILY FROM FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH THE CONVEY O, WHICH IS THE ONLINE REVIEW PLATFORM, AS WELL AS THE WORK SESSIONS WE HAD WITH CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF.
AND THEN WE'RE BRIEFLY GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NONCONFORMITIES.
THAT'S COME UP A COUPLE TIMES.
AND, UM, STAFF WANTED TO REVIEW THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD A PRETTY EX LONG PROCESS AND EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OVER THAT TIME.
SO WE DID HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE THAT BECAME LIVE IN 2018.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID HAVE, UM, COMMENT BOXES.
WE SHARED RESOURCES ON THAT WEBPAGE.
WE ALSO HAD A SPECIALIZED EMAIL SO THAT ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC OR OTHERWISE COULD, UM, CONTACT STAFF IN RELATION TO THE PROJECT.
WE DID HOLD THREE COMMUNITY INPUT EVENTS.
UH, OVER THAT TIME WE HELD 14 MEETINGS BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL AS SEVEN UDC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, THERE WAS 23 TOWN LETTER, OR EXCUSE ME,
AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDED TOWN WIDE PROPERTY OWNER NOTICE.
SO THAT WAS A NOTICE WENT OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER IN ADDISON AS WELL AS LEGAL NOTICES.
UH, TWO DIFFERENT LEGAL NOTICES IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS.
THIS IS PROBABLY TOO SMALL FOR ANYONE TO READ.
UM, BUT WE DID, WE, UH, WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS, UH, DOCUMENT.
UM, THERE WAS A BRIEF LULL IN THE MIDDLE DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, HOWEVER WE PICKED IT BACK UP AND, AND REGAINED STEAM AND PICKED UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
UM, THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS ARE THE BOLDED MEETINGS SHOWN IN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN.
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SO NOW GETTING INTO SOME OF THE DOCUMENT REVISIONS THAT OCCURRED IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.UM, SO OVERALL WHAT YOU'LL SEE, A RED LINE WAS PROVIDED TO YOU ALL IN THE PACKET AS WELL AS A CLEAN VERSION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINE VERSION, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THE PAGE NUMBERS CHANGED AND A LOT OF THE LINKS CHANGED.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE PAGE PAGE NUMBER CHANGED.
WE UPDATED PAGE REFERENCES, UM, LINKS AS WELL AS DATES.
AND THERE WERE A COUPLE MINOR GRAMMATICAL CHANGES FOR CLARITY.
UM, ANY RESPONSES THAT COUNSEL HAD IN THE CONVEYOR OR THE ONLINE REVIEW, UH, RESPONSE WAS GIVEN TO THOSE.
SEVERAL OF THOSE COMMENTS DID PROVIDE CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT AND SOME OF THEM DID NOT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REVIEW ANY OF THOSE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY IT ALSO SET THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025.
AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WAS NOTICED AT THE, THE LAST WORK SESSION BY STAFF WAS THERE WAS, UH, NEEDED TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE ARTIFICIAL TURF STANDARDS THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED, UM, WITH COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY, BUT STAFF NOTICED A DISCREPANCY.
SO WE CLARIFIED THAT, UM, THOSE ARTIFICIAL TURF ALLOWANCES ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY UNDER THE SIGN REGULATIONS.
THE MOST OF THESE CAME FROM THE DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL, WHICH WE'LL REVIEW IN DEPTH, BUT WE CLARIFIED THE FENCE SIGN LIMITATION DOES NOT APPLY TO ELECTION EVENT SIGNS.
AND THEN WE ALSO CLARIFIED ELECTION EVENT SIGNS FOR CONTENT NEUTRALITY AND EXPANDED, UM, SLIGHTLY THE TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SIGNS AND ENHANCE THE SITE DIRECTIONAL SIGN STANDARDS AS WELL.
UM, BASED UPON FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL, WE DID EXPAND EXTERIOR LIGHTING STANDARDS, SPECIFICALLY REQUIRING SECURITY LIGHTING AND REQUIRING PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING ON ALL REQUIRED PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.
SO THAT IS TIES BACK TO THE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION SECTION.
SO, UM, NOW I'M GONNA START GOING THROUGH EACH OF THESE IN DEPTH.
UH, FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT IF YOU NEED MORE CLARIFICATION ON ANYTHING.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A, A MODIFICATION TO, UH, SECTION 5.6 0.5, JUST CLARIFYING THAT ARTIFICIAL TURF MAY BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, HOWEVER, CANNOT BE USED TO SATISFY A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE REQUIRED TO PUT IN SHRUBS, YOU CANNOT USE ARTIFICIAL LANDSCAPING MATERIAL TO SATISFY THAT REQUIREMENT FOR SIGN REGULATIONS.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, WE, THE UPDATE TO THE SIGN, UH, REGULATIONS WAS, WAS PRETTY ROBUST TO ACCOUNT FOR CONTENT NEUTRALITY AND MAKE IT MORE CLEAR AND USER FRIENDLY.
UM, SO SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT OCCURRED INCLUDING THE ELECTION EVENT SIGNS ELIMINATED ALL CONTENT RE CONTENT, EXCUSE ME, QUANTITY REQUIREMENTS
AND THEN ALSO CLARIFIED ONCE AGAIN THAT FENCES, UM, SI ELECTION EVENT SIGNS CAN BE ON FENCES FOR TEMPORARY SIDEWALKS.
UM, THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE DISCUSSION ON WINDOW SIGNAGE.
SO STAFF PROPOSED EXPANDING ALLOWANCES FOR SIDEWALK SIGNS.
SO THEY WERE PROPOSED IN THE M FOUR, WHICH IS A CARRY FORWARD OF WHAT EXISTS TODAY FOR THE ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
UH, WE PROPOSED EXPANDING THAT TO THE M1, M TWO AND M THREE DISTRICTS FOR MULTI-TENANT CENTERS.
UM, SO REALLY FOCUSING ON AREAS WHERE IT'S PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, UM, TO ENCOURAGE THAT, UM, KIND OF SIDEWALK ACTIVITY.
IT ALSO PROVIDED A NEW STANDARD SPECIFICALLY FOR TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SIGNS THAT LIMIT IT TO SIX SQUARE FEET AND AREA FOR WINDOW SIGNS.
UM, THIS WAS ALSO A PRETTY ROBUST CONVERSATION AT THE MARCH 4TH WORK SESSION.
UM, STAFF PROPOSED MAINTAINING THE CURRENT STANDARD, WHICH IS 10%, UM, MAXIMUM WINDOW COVERAGE AND EXPAND THE SIDEWALK SIGNS TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES.
UM, IN RESPONSE TO SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, WE DID PROVIDE A COUPLE OF OUR ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.
UM, IF COUNSEL WANTS TO EXPLORE THOSE AND I'LL QUICKLY REVIEW THOSE OTHER OPTIONS.
UM, OPTION ONE IS WHAT I JUST STATED, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED VERSION OF MAINTAINING THE 10% AND EXPANDING SIDEWALK SIGNS.
OPTION TWO IS, UM, THE STAIR STEP APPROACH THAT WE DISCUSSED, WHICH INCLUDES WINDOW AREAS THAT, UH, PER ODD, THAT'S ZERO TO 200 SQUARE FEET, YOU'RE ALLOWED 20% WHILE ANY WINDOW AREA GREATER THAN 200 PER ODD IS ONLY ALLOWED 10%.
SO BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF WINDOW AREA YOU HAVE WOULD IMPACT YOUR MAXIMUM AMOUNT.
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UM, OPTION THREE WAS GENERATED BY STAFF.SO ONE PERSPECTIVE ON OPTION THREE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS THE SAFETY PERSPECTIVE OF MORE SIGNAGE DOWN BELOW ALLOWS YOU TO STILL HAVE, UM, VISIBILITY INTO THE RETAIL SPACE OR OTHERWISE AT A PEDESTRIAN EYE LEVEL.
SO THAT WOULD ALLOW, UM, ANY WINDOW AREA LOWER THAN FOUR FEET ABOVE GRADE.
YOU COULD HAVE UP TO 25% AND ANYTHING ABOVE THE FOUR FEET, YOU COULD HAVE 10% OF THAT AREA COVERED.
SO I'M GONNA, I HAVE A COUPLE OF VISUALS TO JUST REPRESENT THIS.
UM, THIS IS OPTION ONE, WHICH WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO 10% OF THE TOTAL WINDOW AREA.
SO THIS IS BASED UPON THE SIGN AREA.
SO THIS, UM, CONCEPTUAL GRAPHIC IS ABOUT, UH, A 10 BY 16 WINDOW AREA.
SO THIS IS WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE BASED UPON OUR PROPOSED WINDOW SIGN, OR EXCUSE ME, THIS PROPOSED WINDOW SIGN.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO OPTION THREE, WHICH IS WHAT STAFF PROPOSED AS AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION, UH, WHICH INCLUDES 25% BELOW THE FOUR FEET AND 10% ABOVE.
SO WITH A POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT, STAFF WILL BE LOOKING FOR INCLUSION OF EITHER THE PROPOSED OPTION ONE OR POTENTIALLY AN ALTERNATIVE SUCH AS OPTION TWO OR THREE.
LESLIE, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON, UM, OH, IN A FUTURE SLIDE YOU'VE GOT COMPARISONS OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT OUR WINDOW SIGN STANDARD AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMPARATOR CITIES ARE ARE TALKING ABOUT WINDOW AREA.
AND THEN OUR, ON OURS, BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT 10%, UH, PER FACADE.
SORRY, THAT'S, THAT IS PER FACADE, UH, WINDOW AREA PER FACADE.
SO IF YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL WINDOW AREA PER FACADE, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOWS.
NOT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING OR ANY OTHER SIGNAGE.
I JUST, THAT WAS VERY CONFUSING.
AND ANYTHING MARKED AS NA IS THAT THEY DID NOT REGULATE IT.
THERE WAS NO REGULATIONS RELATED TO WINDOW AREA, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, WINDOW SIGNAGE.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, BASED UPON OUR COMPARATOR CITIES AT 10% WE ARE ON THE, THE, WE ARE THE LOWEST.
UM, MOST OTHER CITIES USE A 20 UH PERCENT OR A 25%.
UM, SO, UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO SITE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A COMMENT FROM THE CONVEY O ONLINE REVIEW.
UM, SO THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THIS INTENT, WHAT IS THE SIGN INTENDED TO DO? AND I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS WHAT THE SIGN IS INTENDED TO DO.
IT'S INTENDED TO BE A SMALL SIGN, A MAXIMUM OF TWO SQUARE FEET, PROVIDING BASIC NAVIGATION FOR WHETHER IT'S A MOTORIST OR POTENTIALLY A PEDESTRIAN.
JUST GIVING THEM, UM, NAVIGATING THEM TO THE DESIRED LOCATION, WHETHER IT'S A PARKING GARAGE, WHETHER IT'S A DRIVE-THROUGH, SIMILAR THINGS.
UM, IN REVIEWING THAT, IT WAS, UM, BECAUSE IT IS CONTENT NEUTRAL, THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, I GUESS MAYBE SOME UNDESIRABLE SIGNAGE.
SO SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDS WERE PUT IN PLACE INCLUDING A HEIGHT LIMITATION, UM, PROVIDING CLARIFICATION OF WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
THERE WAS A VERY, IT WAS A CONFUSING STANDARD ABOUT IF IT COULD BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK.
UM, PROVIDE A MINIMUM, EXCUSE ME, THAT SHOULD BE MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF TWO SIGNS ALLOWED PER PUBLIC ACCESS DRIVE PER PARCEL.
AND THEN ALSO PROVIDED A MINIMUM SPACING, WHICH IS 25 FEET APART.
HEY LESLIE, WOULD YOU MIND JUST FOR IN CASE SOMEBODY IS NOT AWARE, THAT MIGHT BE YEAH.
WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING THIS VIDEO AT SOME POINT, UH, WOULD YOU GIVE, EXPLAIN WHAT UH, THE CONTENT NEUTRAL SITUATION MEANS? OF COURSE.
SO, UM, BY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CASE LAW, IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO REGULATE SIGNAGE BASED UPON THE CONTENT.
UM, 'CAUSE IT CAN, UM, INFRINGE ON, UM, FREEDOM OF SPEECH RIGHTS.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STANDARDS, UH, WHICH IS MOST APPLICABLY, UH, TO THE SIGN REGULATIONS ARE NOT, UM, INFRINGING ON ANYONE'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
SO WE CANNOT REGULATE ANY TYPE OF SIGN.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, AS THESE AS SITE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AND EXIST TODAY IN OUR CODE, THEY UM, ARE SPECIFIC TO SAY THESE HAVE TO SAY ENTRY AND EXIT AND THEY HAVE,
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UM, SPECIFIC ITEMS. THEY, UH, ALSO HAVE A STANDARD THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS ON THEM, WHICH IS WHY WE GET SIGNS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF ADVERTISEMENT.WE DON'T HAVE REGULATE COLOR CURRENTLY.
UM, SO SOMETIMES YOU CAN TELL WHO THEY BELONG TO BASED UPON THAT.
UM, BUT WITH THE UPDATED PROVISIONS WE DON'T HAVE, UM, AS MUCH, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO REGULATE.
'CAUSE WE CANNOT REGULATE THAT.
IT MUST SAY EXIT OR THAT IT MUST SAY ENTER.
WE HAVE TO BE, UM, WE HAVE TO REGULATE AS IF WE COULD NOT READ THE SIGN IN ORDER TO APPROVE IT.
SO WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE TYPES OF SIGNS WHICH ARE PERMITTED ON, UM, PRIVATE AND POTENTIALLY PUBLIC PROPERTY.
SO BASICALLY A SIGN IS A SIGN IS A SIGN AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT IT SAYS THAT IS CORRECT.
AND, AND, AND YOUR ENFORCEMENT.
UM, IN TERMS OF OF CONTENT REGULATION, THE ONLY THING WE CAN REGULATE IS, UM, OBSCENE OR VULGAR IMAGES OR TERMS, UM, THAT MAY BE UM, DISPLAYED.
AND THEN, UM, SO MOVING ON FROM SITE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS TO SOME OF THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING CHANGES, THIS ALSO CAME FROM THE MARCH 4TH WORK SESSION TO REQUIRE PEDESTRIAN SCALE, UH, LIGHTING ON ALL REQUIRED PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.
IT WAS NOT, PREVIOUSLY IT SAID IT WAS, IT SHALL BE, SO IT WAS OPTIONAL.
UM, IT IS NOW REQUIRED SPECIFICALLY IN LIGHTING DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO AND THOSE ARE OUR NON-RESIDENTIAL, UM, AREAS.
SO OUR MIXED USE, OUR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN, UM, MOVING ON FROM THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THE DOCUMENT, I'M GONNA BRIEFLY DISCUSS NONCONFORMITIES.
SO IN THE DOCUMENT, WHICH, UH, THE NONCONFORMITIES EXIST IN SECTION 1.6, I APOLOGIZE NOT 1.8.
AND THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF NONCONFORMITIES THAT MAY BE CREATED.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDES USE STRUCTURE LOT AND SITE FEATURE.
SITE FEATURE IS GOING TO BE THINGS LIKE LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT THE LOT NON-CONFORMITY THERE IS THE UDC DOES STATE THAT ANYTHING, ANY LOT THAT LEGALLY EXISTS TODAY, UM, DOES NOT BECOME UNDEVELOPABLE BECAUSE OF THIS UDC.
SO, UH, IF IT EXISTS TODAY, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE RESTRICTED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO LOOKING AT, UM, SORRY, PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, I'LL TRY TO TRY TO TALK LOUDER.
SO LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE TRANSITIONING, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CREATION OF OUR DISTRICTS WERE CREATED BASED UPON OUR CURRENT DISTRICTS MOSTLY.
AND, UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT IS OUR M THREE RIGHT HERE.
IT'S A NEW DISTRICT, UM, NOTHING, IT WASN'T CREATED FROM A CURRENT DISTRICT AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PROPOSING TO APPLY IT TO ANY DISTRICTS.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE COULD COME BEFORE YOU FOR A ZONING REQUEST AND ASK TO BE REZONED FOR AN M THREE AND REDEVELOP UNDER AN M THREE.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY OF OUR EXISTING DISTRICTS ARE TRANSITIONING TO NEW DISTRICTS AND THAT WAS DONE VERY INTENTIONALLY AS TO LIMIT THE CREATION OF NON-CONFORMITY.
SO I WANNA GO INTO THESE MORE IN DEPTH.
SO EVERYTHING WITH A BLUE STAR MEANS IT'S NOT CHANGING.
SO WHAT IT IS TODAY, IT'S GOING TO BE WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE UDC.
THAT'S GONNA BE A LEGACY DISTRICT.
THE OTHER ITEMS ARE OTHER TWO LEGACY DISTRICTS DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM, WHICH INCLUDES OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT, CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION, AND OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT TOWNHOME SLASH CONDOMINIUM.
LIKE I SAID, THOSE ARE GONNA REMAIN AS IS TODAY.
SO THEY WILL NOT BECOME NON-CONFORMING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENTS WILL ALSO STAY THE SAME.
THEY'RE, WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD ALL OF THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THEY WILL TODAY BE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AND UNDER THE UDC, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
NOW LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR OTHER DISTRICTS, UM, ANYTHING WITH A BLACK STAR INDICATES THAT IT WAS CREATED FROM AN EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT.
SO A LOT OF THOSE STANDARDS ARE GOING TO BE CARRIED FORWARD.
SO LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, R ONE, R ONE WAS CREATED FROM A HYBRID OF OUR EXISTING R ONE DISTRICT IN THE R 16 DISTRICT.
SO WE DID THAT VERY INTENTIONALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS PRIMARILY IN WEST ADDISON, EXCUSE ME, EAST ADDISON.
AND WE DID THAT VERY INTENTIONALLY AS TO NOT MAKE ALL OF THOSE HOMES NON-CONFORMING.
SO I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU THIS,
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THAT, AND THAT CONTINUES THROUGH WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT UP HERE AND THEN THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT.SO THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL 'CAUSE WE WANNA LIMIT NONCONFORMITY.
UM, NOW LOOKING AT IT FROM A MAP PERSPECTIVE, SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS TODAY, AND THIS IS THE DRAFT PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS.
IF WE WERE JUST TO TRANSITION THEM ONE-TO-ONE, WHAT THEY ARE, UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE GONNA REMAIN RESIDENTIAL.
OUR NON-COMMERCIAL, UH, EXCUSE ME, NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO REMAIN NON-RESIDENTIAL.
AND NOW I'M GONNA TAKE OUT, I'M GONNA TAKE OUT THE DISTRICTS THAT, UM, WILL NOT BE CHANGING 'CAUSE THOSE HAD THE BLUE STAR AND YOU CAN FURTHER ELIMINATE A LOT OF AREA.
SO B, BASED UPON OUR LEGACY DISTRICTS AND PLAN DEVELOPMENTS, THAT, UH, EQUATES TO ABOUT 50% OF OUR TOTAL LAND AREA.
AND I WANNA NOTE THAT ALL EVERYTHING THAT'S OUTLINED IN BLUE IS A TRANSITION DISTRICT FROM SOMETHING ELSE.
SO WHEN YOU START TO FURTHER ELIMINATE, FOR EXAMPLE, ELIMINATE THE ADDISON AIRPORT, 'CAUSE IT WAS CREATED OFF OUR EXISTING AIRPORT STANDARDS THAT EXIST TODAY, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE THE AIRPORT NON-CONFORMING.
UM, YOU BEGIN TO FURTHER ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF NON-CONFORMITY DRASTICALLY.
IF I WAS TO THROW A NUMBER OUT OF LIKE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE CATEGORY OF POSSIBLE OR POTENTIALLY LIKELY TO CREATE NON-CONFORMITY THROUGH THE UDC OR PROBABLY IN THE BALLPARK OF 10 TO 15% OF LAND AREA IN ADDISON, THAT ONCE AGAIN IS IN THE CATEGORY OF POSSIBLE OR POTENTIALLY LIKELY TO CREATE NON-CONFORMITY.
AND THAT IS PRIMARILY, UM, THESE TWO DISTRICTS.
AND IF I GO BACK, I'LL SHOW YOU WHY.
THAT'S BECAUSE OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS A COMBINATION OF OUR C ONE INDUSTRIAL ONE AND INDUSTRIAL TWO.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA NOT ALLOW INDUSTRIAL USES, BUT WE'RE COMBINING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO THERE'S LIKELY TO BE SOME, SOME FLUX IN THERE.
AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, M THREE IS A NEW DISTRICT AND WE'RE NOT PROPOSING AT THIS TIME TO REZONE ANYTHING TO M THREE.
SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY NONCONFORMITY CREATED UNDER THAT DISTRICT.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE MAP WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT, THAT INCLUDES PRIMARILY THE AREAS IN LIGHT PURPLE, WHICH IS WHERE I GOT THE 10 TO 15%, UM, LAND AREA.
HEY, LESLIE, CAN YOU, IT'S KIND OF VISUALLY HARD FOR ME TO DIFFERENTIATE SOME OF THE, THE R FROM THE M CAN YOU POINT OUT M1 AND M TWO? YEAH, SO WE HAVE UM, ASBURY CIRCLE AND ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
AND, AND DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON WHAT M THREE MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? IS THAT JUST A PLACEHOLDER? SO, WELL, RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER.
SO IS WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING, SORRY, DID I GO TOO FAR? OH, HERE THEY ARE.
SORRY, I WAS LOOKING THE WRONG WAY.
WHEN, WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING DISTRICTS IS THAT WE NEEDED SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF LIKE A ADDISON CIRCLE OR A, UM, A HIGHER INTENSITY MIXED USE DISTRICT THAT MAY BE ALONG THE DALLAS, UH, OR THE TOLLWAY.
AND SOMETHING THAT IS A, A SOFT TRANSITION INTO A MORE, I'M GONNA SAY MIDDLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY, LIKE AN ASBURY CIRCLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT NEW MIDDLE GROUND WAS CREATED.
UM, SO LIKE A LOT OF THESE WERE CREATED, FOR EXAMPLE, M FOUR AND M TWO.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE URBAN CENTER DISTRICT TODAY.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WHICH IS WHAT ADDISON CIRCLE WAS DEVELOPED UNDER.
THERE WAS A, UM, A HIGHER DENSITY OPTION AND A LOWER DENSITY OPTION.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THOSE BOTH EXIST.
AND SO INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM UNDER ONE DISTRICT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY CONFUSING, BOTH FOR STAFF AND THE AVERAGE DEVELOPER, WE BIFURCATED THEM AND CREATED TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT WERE MORE DISTINCT.
UM, BUT ALSO, AND SO M THREE IS A HYBRID OF THOSE TWO.
A MISSING MIDDLE, IF YOU WILL, FOR A MIXED USE DISTRICT.
QUICK QUESTION, LESLIE, ON UM, LIKE FOR ME TO EDUCATE ME ON INWOOD CORRIDOR, WOULD THAT BE THE NEW M THREE POTENTIALLY COULD BE FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT BE? YEAH.
UM, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON HOW, HOW DENSE YOU WANNA GO AS FAR AS LAND USE IS CONCERNED, THAT WOULD NOT BE UNCOMPATIBLE.
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THE M THREE WOULD ALLOW YOUR BASIC, LIKE RETAIL SERVICE USES SOME ENTERTAINMENT USES, BUT WOULD, UH, AND RESIDENTIAL.UH, SORRY, ONE MORE THING I'LL ADD.
WE DID EXPAND THE USES, WHICH IS WE, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN HERE.
THIS WAS A PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, UM, IN A LOT OF OUR MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS, WE ADDED KIND OF THE LIKE SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURING YOU THINK OF LIKE ARTISTS THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE LIKE A GLASS BOAT BLOWING STUDIO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH COULD BE REALLY COOL IN AN M THREE DISTRICT IN THE, IN THE INWOOD CORRIDOR.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROCESS.
SO, UH, AS I MENTIONED, STAFF'S ASKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL THIS EVENING ON THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
IF THIS DOES GET RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO, UM, SEEK A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO APPLY THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO WHAT THIS APPROVAL DOES TONIGHT IS IT APPROVES THIS 250 OR SO PAGE DOCUMENT SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE WANT THE CODE TO BE.
AND THEN STAFF'S GONNA GO BACK AND APPLY IT TO IDENTIFY, UM, AND, AND REVIEW WHAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE.
SO IN MOST CASES IT'S GOING TO BE THIS TRANSITION.
UM, THERE COULD BE SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE WANT TO FURTHER EVALUATE WHAT'S THE BEST FIT.
AND WE WILL BRING THOSE BEFORE YOU TO DO THAT.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING PROPOSED DATES FOR THAT TO BE JUNE 17TH FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND JULY 22ND FOR CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTATION.
SO BETWEEN NOW AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, STAFF HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR PROCESSES ARE UP TO DATE, OUR WEBSITE'S UP TO DATE, ALL OF OUR APPLICATION FORMS AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE ZONING MAP UPDATE, THOSE ARE THINGS WE'LL BE DOING TO MAKE SURE SEPTEMBER 1ST WE'RE READY TO, UM, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND, UM, WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, UM, AS PRESENTED THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, AND BE HAPPY TO HAVE ANY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST HAVE A THOUGHT AS FAR AS THE WINDOW COVERINGS, I LIKE IT THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, WITHOUT EXPANDING TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SIGNS.
OTHER THOUGHTS ON, ON THAT? BECAUSE WE DO, WE DO NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME DIRECTION ON THIS, THIS EVENING, RIGHT? YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE TO HARLAN'S POINT, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY IT'S A PROPOSED OPTION ONE.
SO SORRY, I, I THINK MAYBE, UM, COUNCIL SUGGEST, SUGGEST HAD SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I WOULD SUGGEST KEEP KEEP IT LIKE WE HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, OPTION ONE, BUT, BUT DON'T ADD THE, THE BULLET POINT OF EXPANDING TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SIGNS.
I JUST THINK THAT OPENS UP A LOT OF ISSUES WITH US FOR A LOT OF SIGNS ON THE, UH, SIDEWALKS AND A DA ISSUES AND WIND BLOWING THEM AROUND AND, AND THEN ONE BUSINESS SEEING ANOTHER BUSINESS PUT OUT SIGNS.
IT'S JUST A LOT OF, A LOT OF SIGN CLUTTER AND THEN NOT EVEN IN THE DISTRICT.
LIKE SOMEBODY'S GONNA SEE IT IN ONE PART OF TOWN AND THEN DO IT IN THE OTHER PART.
WELL, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUSINESS OVER IT, UH, THIS SECTION WAS DOING IT, SO WHY CAN'T, DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.
WHY CAN'T WE DO IT? SO I I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
HAVE YOU SEEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WHERE FOLKS HAVE BEEN COMING TO YOU ASKING FOR SIDEWALK SIGNAGE SPECIFICALLY? YEAH, SO TODAY WE ONLY, UM, I BELIEVE WE ONLY ALLOW THEM IN THE ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT AND ADDISON CIRCLE HAS A SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT, WHICH IS UNIQUE.
UM, BUT UH, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY'RE FAIRLY POPULAR.
WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF, QUITE A FEW BUSINESSES IN AS CIRCLE THAT DO USE THEM.
UM, THIS SIGN, THIS SIGN TYPE TODAY AND AS PROPOSED DOES NOT REQUIRE A SIGNED PERMIT.
UM, SO TYPICALLY IS WHAT WE SEE.
UM, PLACES LIKE VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY AND PRESTONWOOD PLACE ARE VERY POPULAR TO HAVE SIDEWALK SIGNS.
SO WE EITHER PRO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, EITHER PROACTIVELY SEES THEM, UM, OR WE GET A FIX-IT COMPLAINT OR OTHERWISE, AND WE HAVE TO GO TELL THE BUSINESS THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, LEGAL AND THEY HAVE TO PUT IT UP.
UM, UM, I I WOULD SAY THAT HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN THERE'S JUST MORE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.
UM, IT'S USUALLY NOT AS, AS BIG OF A, UH, ISSUE DURING THE, THE COLDER MONTHS IN THE WINTER.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A BUSINESS COME TO US AND SAY WE WE HAVE TO CLOSE OUR BUSINESS DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE SIDEWALK SIGNAGE.
OH, NO, NO, I WOULD NOT SAY THAT.
UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S JUST A ANOTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
'CAUSE OUR WINDOW SIGNAGE IS SO LIMITED.
SO WHEN THEY HAVE, LIKE IN ADDISON CIRCLE, MOST FREQUENTLY HOW I HAVE SEEN THEM IS LIKE, WE HAVE RESTAURANTS THAT THEY PUT
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THEIR SPECIALS ON, SO PEOPLE WALKING BY ARE, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTED INTO THE BUSINESS.AND SO IT'S NOT AS SO MUCH THEY'RE NOT PUTTING, YOU KNOW, GIANT SIGNS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, SAY COME HERE OR ANYTHING.
OR EVEN ADVERTISING THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS IN TERMS OF THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, SHRUNK THEIR SIGN ON THEIR BUILDING AND PUT IT THERE.
IT'S MORE ADVERTISING, UM, SPECIALS OR THE VARIOUS EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT ARE HELPING DRIVE BUSINESS FROM PEDESTRIAN.
ARE YOU AWARE OF PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THESE SIGNS TO DATE? YEAH, SO OCCASIONALLY WE DO GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM BEING, YOU KNOW, OBSTRUCTING THE, THE WALKWAY.
AND SO, UM, THE NICE THING IS IN AREAS WHERE THEY ARE ALLOWED, THEY'RE PRETTY DEFINED STANDARDS, LIKE WHAT'S PROPOSED.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY EASY FOR A CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE REGULATED AND TO DO IT WITH LITTLE, UM, I'M GONNA SAY INTERVENTION FROM OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
THEY KNOW THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR CLEARANCE, SO THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND EX EDUCATE THEM ON WHERE IT'S ALLOWED AND WHERE IT'S NOT ALLOWED OR WHERE IT BECOMES AN ISSUE.
AND OBVIOUSLY IF, IF IT'S A REPEAT OFFENDER, WE WILL ADDRESS IT, UH, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT.
BUT WE DO TRY TO START WITH EDUCATION AND JUST INFORMING THEM OF, OF WHAT'S ALLOWED.
AND IT, IT TYPICALLY IS NOT BECOME A REPEAT ISSUE.
SO YOU DON'T SEE THAT AS A BURDEN ON THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS? I DON'T, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE BECAUSE I HAD A BUSINESS AND BUSINESSES NEED SIGNAGE, BUSINESSES NEED CUSTOMERS AND, UM, I WANT OUR BUSINESSES TO SUCCEED.
AND I LOOK AT THIS SLIDE NUMBER 16 AND EVERYONE ELSE IS 25% OR 20% AND ADDISON IS 10.
AND NOW YOU DON'T WANNA ALLOW THE, THE TENT SIGNS EITHER AND BUSINESSES NEED AS MUCH BUSINESS AS THEY CAN GET.
AND SO I ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THE ADDISON WAY AND I THINK THE ADDISON WAY SHOULD BE TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS.
AND I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH EITHER INCREASING THE SIGNAGE IN THE WINDOWS AND OR HAVING THE, I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED SOME RULES, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW THEM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY RESTRICTIVE TO ELIMINATE THOSE AND KEEP IT AT 10% AND IT JUST, IT JUST HURTS BUSINESSES FROM BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES.
SO I, I'M TOTALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I'LL, I'LL CLARIFY MY COMMENT, HOWARD.
SO BACK TO THE POINT NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
YEAH, I COULD UNDERSTAND GOING BACK TO ALLOWING MORE WINDOW AND GETTING CLOSE TO THE 25, 20 PERCENTAGE AND NOT KEEP THOSE AADA A COMPLIANT SIDEWALKS CLEAR.
THINGS BLOWING OVER AND BLOWING AROUND.
I, I'M TO HOWARD'S POINT, I COULD UNDERSTAND GOING THE PERCENTAGES FOR WINDOW BUT NOT FOR SIDEWALK.
SO NOT INCLUDING THIS OR NOT MAKING A CHANGE, WOULD IT, UM, EXCLUDE THE CURRENT DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW THE SIDEWALK SIGNS? NO.
SO THE ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT AND LIKE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD REMAIN TODAY WOULDN'T CHANGE IT? CORRECT.
UM, CAN OTHER BUSINESSES GET THOSE SIGNS WITH A PERMIT? THEY CANNOT.
THE ONLY, UM, APPROVAL PROCESS WOULD BE THE LIKE MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION PROCESS.
SO NOT NO TEMPORARY SIGN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY COULD, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, UM, SINCE IT'S, UH, REGULATED BY SIGNED TYPE, THE ONLY OTHER TEMPORARY SIGN THAT A, UM, BUS LIKE A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS WOULD UTILIZE WOULD BE THE TEMPORARY BANNER SIGN.
AND THAT IS INTENDED TO BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF 60 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO BE A, A NOW OPEN OR POTENTIALLY A NOW HIRING SIGN.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 15? THAT'S THE SLIDE.
SO THE, UH, OPTION NUMBER TWO, IF YOU HAVE LESS WINDOW SPACE, INSTEAD OF HAVING A MUCH SMALLER, UM, SIGN OF 10%, IN THOSE CASES, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE MORE COVERAGE.
SO THAT WOULD ALLOW MORE VISIBILITY LIKE FROM A FARTHER DISTANCE FROM THE PARKING LOT OF THE ROAD AND THEN, UH, FORWARD TO THE COMPARATOR CITIES LIKE SLIDE 20, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DO OBSERVE THAT, UH, WE ARE REAL CONSERVATIVE ON THAT AND UM, I'D BE MORE IN FAVOR OF THE OPTION NUMBER TWO, THE 20% ON, UH, 200 FEET OR LESS SQUARE FOOT OF LESS, UH, OF WINDOW SPACE.
UH, THERE'S PROS AND CONS ON THE SANDWICH SIGNS, THE, THE STANDUP SIGNS, SIDEWALK SIGNS, I SEE THE, UM, CLUTTER, THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND, AND UM, OTHER
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THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO THE SIGNS BEING BLOWN AROUND.UH, BUT I'M, I'M 50 50 ON THAT ONE, BUT I WOULD, I LEAN TOWARDS MORE SIGNAGE ON THE WINDOW SPACE, SMALLER WINDOW SPACE.
WELL, I AGREE WITH HOWARD ON THIS AND, AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE PUT OURSELVES OUT THERE TO BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO SHOW THAT, THAT WE'RE BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
UH, I, I LIKE OPTION THREE RIGHT HERE.
UH, IT, IT GETS THEM A LITTLE MORE COVERAGE LOWER BELOW THAT FOREFOOT.
AND I KNOW PART OF THE REASON THAT YOU DON'T ALLOW A LOT UP HIGH BECAUSE OF SECURITY REASONS.
SO YOU CAN SEE INSIDE THE STORE THE, THE BUSINESS AND SO FORTH.
AND, AND AS FAR AS THE SIDEWALK SIGNS, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN SOMEPLACE VISITING SOME, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PLACE ON VACATION, WHATEVER, WALKING THROUGH THEIR, THEIR, THROUGH THEIR BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND YOU COME ACROSS A SIGN THAT HAS THEIR SPECIALS ON IT, HAS THEIR MENU ON IT OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO HAVE ON IT.
AND I'VE GONE IN THAT BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THAT BEING OUT THERE AND IT, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE SIGNS.
UM, AND, AND THAT COULD BE PART OF IT TOO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A SIGN GETS IN DISREPAIR, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A REPUTABLE BUSINESS DOESN'T WANT THEIR SIGN TO GET TO LOOK TERRIBLE OUT THERE, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
BUT, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE COMPARISONS WITH THE OTHER CITIES, NOT THAT WE WANNA BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I MEAN, TO ME IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ALLOW THOSE OPTIONS TO ALLOW THEM, GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES.
AND THEN SIGNAGE IS, IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THAT.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS SAID.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M KIND OF IN FAVOR OF THE SIDEWALK SIGNS FOR, FOR THAT SAME REASON.
UM, AND I, I CAN SUPPORT OPTION ONE LIMITING THE I COVERAGE, BUT THEN ALLOWING THE SIDEWALK SIGNS.
SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALL OVER THE MAP ON THAT.
SO, SO HERE I'M GONNA THINK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR POSITION AND SOMEBODY SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, I'M GONNA BE, I'M GONNA TRY TO BE A LITTLE AND HEAR EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS.
UM, HERE, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE MENU.
YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT ANTONIO, THE RESTAURANT AND SO FORTH.
UM, BUT ALSO BELIEVE THAT YOU GET 1600 BUSINESSES, HUNDRED RESIDENT OR, UH, RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, UM, I'M, I'M NOT A FAN OF ALL OF THE SIGNS ON THE SIDEWALKS, WHETHER THE REPUTABLE ONES UNRE THEM UP OR DON'T.
I THINK THAT'S, UM, A LOT OF CHAOS GOING ON THERE.
BUT, UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BE FLEXIBLE AND MOVE OVER TO OPTION NUMBER THREE, IF THAT HELPS TO GET, GET SOME PLACE.
MARLON, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO OPTION ONE AND CHANGE THE MAXIMUM FROM 10% TO 15 OR 20? I MEAN, ARE THESE THE ONLY OPTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE? I, NOPE, SORRY.
THESE ARE JUST THREE OPTIONS THAT, UM, STAFF PROPOSED.
UH, BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD ON MARCH 4TH.
THESE WERE, UM, NOT A COMPLETE STAB IN THE DARK, BUT JUST GOT BASED UPON A FEEL THAT, UH, ON THE DISCUSSION WE HAD.
SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE ANY ELEMENTS OF THESE THREE OPTIONS.
JUST WANTED TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO DISCUSS.
WELL, I REMEMBER IN THAT OTHER MEETING WHEN BRUCE SAID THAT IF, YOU KNOW, ONE BUSINESS HAS THEIR WHOLE FRONT WINDOW AND SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF WINDOW, 10% IS NOT FAIR TO THE SMALLER COMPANY.
AND SO I, I LIKE MAYBE WHERE YOU HAVE THE ZERO TO TWO, IT JUST GETS MORE HARDER TO MANAGE.
I'D RATHER HAVE IT SIMPLE UP TO 20% AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE SIDEWALK SIGNS, MAYBE LIMIT THE SIDEWALK SIGNS TO WEEKENDS.
I, MAYBE WE COULD LIMIT THE TIME AND THEN WE, I, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT IS, BUT I THINK THESE BUSINESSES NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES.
AND JUST LIKE WHAT BRUCE SAID, YOU'RE WALKING ALONG, THEY, THEY DRAW YOU IN.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I, I'M SORRY, MARLON, I JUST, OH, NO, I KNOW IT'S, I KNOW THAT YOU COULD THINK OF IT AS CLUTTER, BUT I DON'T SEE IT AS CLUTTER.
I, I THINK THEY KIND OF WILL SELF-REGULATE.
I, AND NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA DO IT ANYWAY.
THERE'S BE A HANDFUL OF BUSINESS.
I MEAN, IF IT'S A PROBLEM, WE CAN ADDRESS IT LATER, CAN'T WE? IF WE FIND THAT THIS IS TERRIBLE, THEN
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WE CAN BRING IT UP AGAIN AND CHANGE THAT.BUT I, I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE LESS RESTRICTIVE.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT NANCY'S GOT TO SAY.
I, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF, OF, UH, THE SIGNS, THE SIDEWALK SIGNS.
I USE THEM, THEY CATCH MY ATTENTION ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHERE I AM.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S INTERESTING, UH, A LOT OF TIMES TO HAVE THOSE AND IT TELLS, SOMETIMES IT EVEN TELLS A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSONALITY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
I HAVE, I, I, I LIKE THE THOUGHT TOO OF INCREASING, HAVING IT INCREASED TO A, A 15 OR 20%, UH, BUT ALLOW THE SIDEWALK SIGNS.
SO HOWEVER WE MIGHT COME TO THAT ACHIEVE TO ACHIEVE THAT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE POINT AS DRAFTED, THE SIDEWALK TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SIGNS ARE AS DRAFTED, UM, IN YOUR PACKET IS ONLY FOR MULTI-TENANT STRUCTURES WITHIN THE M1, M TWO AND M THREE ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO IT DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS, UM, OR EVEN OUR, LIKE WHAT TODAY IS OUR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICTS OR SO FORTH.
IT WOULD ONLY BE THE MIXED USE AREAS THAT ARE IN ONCE AGAIN INTENDED TO BE MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED.
COULD YOU BRING, COULD YOU BRING THE ZONING MAP BACK UP AND POUR OUT A COUPLE OF THOSE? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S PARTICULAR DISTRICTS.
UM, COUPLE EXAMPLES WHERE AND WHERE NOT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, ALL OF ADDISON CIRCLE, WHICH EXISTS TODAY, UM, ASBURY CIRCLE, WHICH EXISTS TODAY.
UM, OTHER AREAS WHICH, UM, WOULD, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER AREAS THAT ARE MIXED USE, SO THAT MAKES IT KIND OF CHALLENGING 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT ZONED LIKE THAT TODAY.
UM, BUT OTHER AREAS THAT COULD BE, UM, MAYBE IN THAT SAME VEIN WOULD BE POTENTIALLY LIKE THE, SOME OF THE AMLI TREE HOUSE PROJECT AREAS, PARTICULARLY, UM, THEIR RETAIL AREA.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA GET CONFUSED, THAT WILL REMAIN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT STYLES THAT WOULD FIT, FIT WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THEM.
UM, IF, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF OTHER AREAS.
UM, WHAT ABOUT AREAS LIKE ADDISON WALK AND VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY? SO THOSE PROBABLY WOULD NOT FALL WITHIN THE MIXED USE DISTRICT.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE RESIDENTIAL OR OTHER COMPONENTS.
UM, THEY'RE JUST RETAIL CENTERS.
SO WHAT WOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO DO? THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED SIDEWALK SIGNAGE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST PE PEDESTRIANS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
SO THOSE ARE IN A, THOSE ARE IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO REGULATE BASED UPON THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
WE COULD ALLOW THEM IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
WE COULD ALSO ALLOW THEM IN ANY PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT HAD MULTI-TENANT STRUCTURES.
UM, WE COULD ALLOW THEM IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT THAT HAD A MULTI-USE STRUCTURE
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE COULD, UM, MOLD THE CODE TO FIT WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
YEAH, BECAUSE TO ME, IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOSE AREAS WITH, WITH THE SIDEWALK SIGNS, THEN YOU'RE NOT, NOT ACCOMPLISHING WHAT I THINK MOST OF US WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THAT ARE, THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I COULD JUST MAKE TWO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, ONE IS A, ALL THESE ARE JUST OPTIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WHATEVER DIRECTION Y'ALL WANT TO GO.
SO THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION.
NUMBER TWO IS PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MICS WHEN YOU SPEAK MOVING FORWARD.
I GUESS SO TO, TO CLARIFY, SO LIKE WHERE THE KROGER SHOPPING CENTER IS? THE NAME OF THE CENTER IS ADDISON TOWN CENTER.
SO WE'RE SAYING THEY CAN OR CANNOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO RESIDENTIAL CURRENTLY.
SO I THINK I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA JUMP IN THE BANDWAGON HERE WITH HOWARD AND, AND BRUCE AND SAY I'M, I'M UP FOR ALLOWING THOSE TYPES OF CENTERS THAT ARE PDS MM-HMM
TO NOW BE, TO NOW ACCOMMODATE UP TO 20% WINDOWS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE AND THEN SIDEWALK SIGNAGE.
SO WHEN YOU SAY PLAN DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT BY DEVELOPMENT OR THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT? THAT WOULD BE ANY PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
SO THAT WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT'S ON THIS MAP THAT IS IN THIS MAGENTA COLOR.
AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, IT'D HAVE TO BE NON-RESIDENTIAL.
SO A HOME WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PUT A SIDEWALK SIGN OUT, BUT IT WOULD BE, UM, AS I, I GUESS FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT, WOULD IT BE SPECIFICALLY FOR ANY BUSINESS, ANY NON NON RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS? OR WOULD IT BE FOR SPECIFICALLY AS WHAT'S
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AS IT'S DRAFTED TODAY, WHICH IS ANY MULTI-TENANT STRUCTURE, I WOULD THINK IF IT WAS A MULTI-TENANT STRUCTURE.SO WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO THE DRY CLEANERS AND THEY'RE GONNA RUN A PROMOTION, LET'S SAY TO ON A SANDWICH BOARD TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS, OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I DON'T SEE TARGET OR KROGER OBVIOUSLY PUTTING SIDEWALK SANDWICH BOARDS OUT BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT.
BUT THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THAT PLAZA THAT IS MIXED BUSINESS, CERTAINLY I COULD SEE THEM WANTING TO ONE, INCREASE THEIR WINDOWS UP TO 20%.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE STRINGENT AND SECONDARILY TO HAVE A SANDWICH BOARD OUT FOR THE RAMEN RESTAURANT AS AN EXAMPLE.
I, I WOULD TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IF I'M WALKING THROUGH THERE AND I HAVE, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT GO IN IF I HAVEN'T, LET'S SAY, CAUGHT AN EYE ON A SPECIAL, LET'S SAY, OR SOME DEAL.
SO THAT'S, IS THAT BETTER FOR YOU? IS THAT MORE CLEAR? YES, THAT CLARIFIES.
WELL, LESLIE, ARE THERE ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES? UH, BUT OPENING IT UP TO PDS? YES, I'M SURE THERE ARE.
UM, DO DO ANY COME TO MIND? SO, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO REGULATE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A VERY CAPABLE CODE CODE COMPLIANCE TEAM, SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT, UM, STAFF BEING ABLE TO, TO HANDLE IT.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE A HEAVIER LIFT.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOO MUCH ON YOU GUYS.
WELL, AND, AND THE, THE GREAT THING IS WE HAVE A, A GREAT TOOL FIX IT APP.
SO IF THERE'S ISSUES, WE, WE GET COMPLAINTS.
WE CAN'T, UH, UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.
SO WE USE THAT AS A RESOURCE TO IDENTIFY ISSUES AND, AND WE HANDLE IT IN THAT, THAT WAY AS WELL.
ARE WE MAKING THIS TOO DIFFICULT? I MEAN, SHOULD WE, IF OUR INTENT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, RETAIL CENTERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUSED ON RESTAURANTS LIKE VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY, LIKE ADDISON WALK, I MEAN, WOULD IT BE SIMPLER TO SAY ANY PD THAT, YOU KNOW, 40% OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS RESTAURANTS OR, UM, OR, OR DOES THAT MAKE IT TOO COMPLICATED FOR YOU? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT TOO COMPLICATED.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT I AM LOOKING AT IT TO MAKE IT LESS CUMBERSOME FROM, FOR STAFF IS, IS THERE A SIGN CODE IN HERE OR ANY, ANY CODE THAT, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CANNOT ADDRESS IN THE FIELD WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE OFFICE TO EVALUATE? UM, SO WHERE, SO RIGHT NOW, AS WHAT, WHICH I'M GONNA READ WHAT, WHAT DAN JUST SHARED, WHICH HE SHARED THAT ALLOWING, UM, A TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SIGNS FOR ANY MULTI-TENANT STRUCTURE WITHIN THE M 1, 2, 3 DISTRICTS, PLUS ANY PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
THAT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO REGULATE BECAUSE I CAN TELL MY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DO A LITTLE SITE EVALUATION.
IS IT A MULTI-TENANT STRUCTURE? OKAY.
IF IT IS, LET'S DOUBLE CHECK THE ZONING.
AND SO THEY CAN DO THAT IN THE FIELD WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO THE OFFICE AND DO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, EVALUATION.
IF WE TRIED TO LIMIT IT ON 40%, FOR EXAMPLE, OF RESTAURANT SPACE, WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK.
WE'D HAVE TO COLLECT ALL THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES, WE'D HAVE TO COLLECT THE FLOOR PLANS, WE'D HAVE TO DO THE EVALUATION.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD GET A SLIGHT, A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCERNED IF WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF LEG WORK.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION MAYBE FOR WIT.
UM, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST DOING A, UH, A LOT OF GREAT CORRECTIONS, UM, WITH CONTENT NEUTRALITY THROUGHOUT THE UDC.
HOW DOES THIS, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, HOW DOES THAT FALL INTO CONTENT NEUTRALITY? SO, UH, WE'RE NOT REGU, WE'RE REGULATING THE SIGN TYPE, NOT THE CONTENT OF THE SIGN.
SO WE CAN REGULATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TIME IT'S OUT, THE DURATION, THE LOCATION OR PLACEMENT, UM, THE SIZE, YOU KNOW, DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, WHICH ALL OF ALL OF WHICH ARE PROPOSED.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING AREA, UM, PLACEMENT, UM, LIMITATION OF ONE PER BUSINESS.
WE'RE ALSO LIMITING THE DURATION.
IT CAN ONLY BE OUT FOR HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, AND NOWHERE.
AND AS WHAT'S PROPOSED, UM, DO, ARE WE REGULATING WHAT IT CAN SAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, AND ON THE, ON THE TYPE, CAN YOU KIND OF HELP US, TALK US THROUGH THE TYPES? SURE.
UH, AND I'M ASSUMING M1 THROUGH M THREE, I'M NOT ASSUMING WE JUST OPEN IT UP TO EVERY PD.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THE ZONING DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY OR THE SAME TYPES? UM, I'M, I'M SAYING WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE TYPES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR, UM, M1 THROUGH, UH, M THREE? BECAUSE YOU SAID ADDISON CIRCLES M FOUR.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT LOCKED DOWN, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND M THREE IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER.
SO REALLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT M1 AND M TWO.
WHAT ARE, WHAT WOULD BE THE TYPES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? UM, TYPES OF SIGNS IN THOSE DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY? YES.
SO THEY COULD HAVE, UM, ATTACHED OR DETACHED SIGNS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS.
UM, THEY COULD HAVE SITE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.
THEY COULD ALSO HAVE, UM, AS FAR AS TEMPORARY SIGNS ARE CONCERNED, THEY COULD
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HAVE THE SIDEWALK SIGNS AS WELL AS THE, UM, TEMPORARY BANNER SIGNS, WHICH IS ONCE AGAIN, VERY, VERY LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF FOLLOWING AN ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.AND THEN THAT WOULD BE ALL TEMPORARY SIGNS.
ALL OTHER SIGNS WOULD BE PERMANENT SIGNS, WHICH WOULD FALL UNDER THE ATTACHED DETACHED OR SITE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.
AND SO, SO SOME OF THOSE, LIKE, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM, THEY JUST FLOP 'EM OVER THE BOLLARDS AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT THEY COULD DO? UM, IT'S LIKE A TRIANGLE, A SIDEWALK SIGN.
UM, HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DEFINITION.
CAN YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF A SIDEWALK SIGN OR A PLEASE, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN A MOMENT.
CAN ASK A QUESTION ON, UH, CLARIFICATION TOO? THE INTENT THAT I WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD, UH, GO FOR WITH THE SIDEWALK SIGNS WOULD BE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT IN WALKABLE AREAS.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE YOUR, YOUR MULTI-TENANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT JUST RESTAURANTS, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EXPANDED MORE, UH, INCLUDING RETAIL AS APPROPRIATE.
WOULD YOU INCLUDE PERSONAL SERVICES? I WOULD.
SO UNDER RETAIL? I WOULD THINK SO.
SO, CAN I MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON SOMETHING TOO? BECAUSE WE HAVE RESTAURANTS LIKE MY FAVORITE ONE, CHICK-FIL-A OR, UM, CHILI'S OR FARGO DE CHOW FREESTANDING BUILDINGS.
THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THEM, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I MEAN, I, I I THINK IF WE'RE WALKING, WE'RE GOING TO, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO THOSE PLACES, THEY'RE MORE OF A DESTINATION.
SO I DON'T REALLY THINK THEY NEED THOSE SIGNS.
YEAH, THEY DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR WINDOWS THAN 20%.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE LIKE SEVERAL RESTAURANTS IN A ROW THAT ARE FREESTANDING BUILDINGS ON BELTLINE AND PEOPLE DO WALK, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE CONNECTED.
I JUST WANTED A CLARIFICATION.
SO LESLIE, I WAS ASKING YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND YOU WERE GONNA LOOK INTO ONE, BUT, UM, I WAS ALSO GONNA LIKE A FRAME SIGNS OF THOSE.
WOULD THOSE BE ALLOWED? MM-HMM
JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
WHAT'S A SPRING FRAME? IT'S LIKE A SPRINGBOARD.
LESLIE, WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE RESEARCH ON THAT FOR MARLON QUESTION BACK, JUST 'CAUSE I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH HERE AS BEST I COULD.
AND I REMEMBER FROM THE MARCH MEETING FOR CLARIFICATION, WHEN, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS, MERITORIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR POLE SIGNS MM-HMM
HAVE WE SORT OF PUT THAT IN AND WHAT PAGE HAS THAT FOUND? ARE WE WORKING ON TOWARDS THE GOAL OF NO MORE POLE SIGNS OR, OR ONLY IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS? UM, SO WE CURRENTLY STILL ALLOW DETACHED POLE SIGNS.
UM, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ELIMINATED.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE REFERENCING BACK TO THE ADDISON TOWN CENTER.
THEY, THEY ONLY ALLOW MULTI-TENANT SIGNS.
UH, 'CAUSE IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A MULTI-TENANT CENTER.
UM, SO THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE UDC TO ELIMINATE THOSE.
AS FAR AS A MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION, I CAN GET YOU THE PAGE.
IT'S CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT NOW AND THE, THE NAME ESCAPES ME.
AND SO FROM A TOWN'S PERSPECTIVE, ARE WE, ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, AT LEAST AS I HAD SAID ON BELTLINE ROAD, ARE WE TRYING TO AT LEAST ACHIEVE DOWN MIDWAY, UM, AS NEW BUSINESSES COME INTO TOWN, ARE WE GONNA TRY AND AVOID POLE SIGNS UP AND DOWN? OR ARE WE JUST GONNA TAKE 'EM ONE AT A TIME THROUGH PNZ? SO, UM, POLE SIGNS ARE NOT PER PROHIBITED.
THEY ARE PERMITTED IN, I, I WILL SAY, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA SAY THIS WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY, BUT I AM FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THE ONLY AREAS THAT WE PROHIBIT POLE SIGNS IS ADDISON CIRCLE, UM, SPECIFICALLY.
AND THEN WE DON'T ALLOW SINGLE TENANT POLE SIGNS AT VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY AND ADDISON TOWN CENTER.
SO IN ANY OTHER BUSINESS, UH, OR PROPERTY, THEY COULD HAVE A SINGLE TENANT OR MULTI-TENANT POTENTIALLY IF APPLICABLE, UH, POLL SIGN.
UM, AND THAT IS NOT, THAT IS WHAT EXISTS TODAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S PROPOSED IN THE USE.
SO THE EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE IS ADDISON TREE HOUSE ONE, AND THEN TREE HOUSE TWO.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF BUSINESS WILL BE COMING IN THOSE AREAS.
ARE WE DIRECTING TO STICK TO MONUMENT SIGNAGE FOR A UNIFORM? LOOK? ARE WE GONNA BE UP AND DOWN RIGHT THERE ON MIDWAY AS THE EXAMPLE THAT HASN'T DEVELOPED YET? YEAH.
SO, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE WOULD LIKELY ENCOURAGE A MONUMENT SIGN, UM, AND
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LIKELY A MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGN.AS IT IS A KIND OF A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT TECHNICALLY THEY COULD HAVE A POLE SIGN IF THEY DESIRE TO DO SO.
I, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS THE DIRECTION.
SO WE HAVEN'T, WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE NOT CLARIFIED THAT PART AS AN EXAMPLE OF GOING FORWARD FOR THE UDC, THAT WE COULD HAVE A MIX.
I MEAN, IN A BRAND NEW BEAUTIFUL CENTER, YOU COULD BE LOOKING UP AND LOOKING DOWN WHILE TRYING TO DRIVE MIDWAY AND NAVIGATE THAT SAFELY ON THE SIDEWALKS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WALKING UP AND DOWN.
SO I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A PEDESTRIAN NIGHTMARE POTENTIAL THAT YOU'RE DISTRACTED LOOKING UP AND DOWN FOR SIGNS WHILE YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE.
I WOULD PREFER US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, OR MAYBE IT'S ANOTHER TIME, BUT TO HAVE A UNIFORM LOOK THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE MONUMENTS IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS VERSUS POLL SIGNS MIXED WITH, IF I'M MAKING SENSE TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T THINK WE FINISHED TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT WAITING.
I WAS WAITING FOR THE GOOD ANSWERS BACK FROM MARLIN, SO I WAS TRYING TO FILL THAT VOID.
UM, SO COUNCILMAN RULES AND I GOT SOME CLARIFICATION, AND I BELIEVE AS LONG AS IT MET THE AREA REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS SIX MAXIMUM OF SIX SQUARE FEET, UM, IT COULD BE STRADDLING IN SOME MANNER OR FASHION, A BALLARD OR OTHERWISE.
AND IT'D BE ONE, RIGHT? JUST ONE ONE PER ESTABLISHMENT? ONE, CORRECT.
IT CAN ONLY BE, UM, IN PLACE DURING OPERATING HOURS.
WE REALLY, WE NEED, WE NEED TO MOVE ON FROM THIS, BUT WE NEED TO GET SOME, WE GET SOME DIRECTION.
CAN I, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION REAL QUICK JUST TO KIND OF HELP US DRIVE TO A DECISION? CAN WE SPLIT THIS UP IN TWO DIFFERENT DECISION PACKAGES AND CAN WE JUST GO DOWN, UH, UH, THE ROW ON WHETHER PEOPLE WENT SIDEWALK SIGNS FIRST AND THEN GO TO WINDOW.
COULD, I THINK WE COULD DRIVE TO A DECISION PRETTY QUICK ON THAT.
ME? THAT MAKE SENSE? MAYOR, IT, IT DOES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GETS US, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, I THINK IT'LL GET US THERE.
WELL, NOT WHERE I WANT TO GET TO, BUT I THINK IT'LL GET US THERE.
I'D BE IN FAVOR OF SIDEWALK SIGNS.
WE'VE GOT SIDEWALK SIGNS FIGURED OUT.
AND SORRY, ONE, ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
UM, IS EVERYONE IN CONSENSUS THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE PLAN DEVELOPMENT? YES.
YOU SAID MULTI-TENANT AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
SO THEN WE NEED TO DECIDE ON ONE OF THESE THREE OPTIONS.
I THINK, UM, SOMEONE BROUGHT FORWARD IT WAS WHAT I FEEL LIKE WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE.
UM, INCREASING THE, THE MAINTAIN MAXIMUM OF THE WINDOW AREA COVERAGE OF 20% AND ALLOWING YES.
OPTION ONE WITH A TWEAK TO THE, YEAH, WITH THE, UH, MAXIMUM TO 20% WINDOW.
CAN WE DO THAT OPTION ONE WITH 20%? SORRY.
WHAT'S THAT? I LIKE OPTION THREE.
OH YEAH, THAT'S, AND THEN I CHANGED AFTER.
I'M A BIG FAN OF, I GO WITH EITHER ONE OF THEM, THE 20, 25%.
I LIKE KEEP IT SIMPLE WITH 20%.
HOWARD, WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE? NUMBER ONE WITH 20%.
WHAT DO Y'ALL LIKE DOWN THAT WAY? NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER ONE SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA JUST RECITE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I HEARD.
SO PROPOSING A HYBRID OF OPTION ONE, INCLUDING A MODIFICATION TO THE MAXIMUM, UM, WINDOW AREA OF 20% PER OF TOTAL WINDOW AREA PER FACADE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, EXPANDING THE TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SIGNS TO ALLOW PLAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR MULTI-TENANT STRUCTURES.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT WAS THE, NO.
ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION THEN? I AM, YES, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE, I MEAN, YEARS OF WORK ON THIS.
SO LET'S, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO PUBLIC HEARING, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.
AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
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YOU DAN AND MARLON FOR THE SECOND.AND THE MOTION IS AS OKAY? CORRECT.
THE MOTION IS AS USING THE OP OPTION ONE, MODIFIED TO 20% WINDOW AREA COVERAGE AND EXPANDED TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SIGNAGE AND SUPPORT TO BUSINESS AND THE TO PD SIDEWALK.
MAYOR? YEAH, MULTI-TENANT, MULTI-TENANT.
AND IS THAT YOUR, IS YOUR SECOND AS GOOD? YES, SIR.
AND I'VE GOT SOME THOUGHTS TO SHARE DISCUSSION.
UH, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION NOW? YES.
UH, AND THERE'LL BE BRIEF RELATIVE TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, SO THIS HAS BEEN A MASSIVE UPDATE THAT WILL BRING US UP TO DATE BY THREE DECADES.
UM, I WAS HERE WHEN THIS STARTED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED HARDER THAN THEY SHOULD BE ASKED TO WORK.
UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, THAT STARTED THIS THING AND ENDED THIS THING.
YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH COVID AND WE JUST, THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF, UM, SPEED BUMPS AND ROADBLOCKS ALONG THE WAY.
AND SO, UM, I REALIZED THAT THERE'S MORE APPROVALS THAT, THAT NEED THAT ARE NEEDED BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT, UM, THIS IS A HUGE STEP FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M GLAD WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON IT.
UM, AND I JUST, I WANT TO, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW AND PREVIOUS ONES, PLANNING ZONING, CURRENT ONES AND PAST ONES.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS PUT IN A HUGE, HUGE EFFORT.
UM, AND ALL THESE INPUT MEETINGS, I MEAN THE RESIDENTS.
SO I HOPE I DIDN'T FORGET ANYBODY, BUT, UM, THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS? SO, UM, YES, IT HAS DRUG ON FOR LIKE EIGHT YEARS AND, UH, PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF GREAT.
UH, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES IF WE NEED TO.
WE NEED TO SEAL IT AND MOVE ON.
COULD YOU PLEASE BE BRIEF? IT'S, IT'S LATE.
UM, NUMBER ONE, I DO APPRECIATE EV ALL THE WORK, EVERYONE'S DONE.
I KNOW IT'S A HUGE PROJECT AND WE NEED IT.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY TO APPROVE IT.
AND SO, UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT FROM 2019 TO 2024, WERE WE REALLY WORKING ON IT THOSE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OR WAS THERE A GAP OF SEVERAL YEARS? I I DON'T KNOW THAT, I THINK IT'S VERY RESTRICTIVE.
UM, AS I READ IT, I COULDN'T TELL IF RULES WERE OLD OR IF THEY WERE NEW OR IF THEY'D BEEN CHANGED.
I THINK WE GIVE THE DIRECTOR A LOT OF POWER.
THERE'S AT LEAST 50 REFERENCES TO LEFT UP TO THE DISCRIMINATION OF THE DIRECTOR IN THE FIRST HALF.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE FOR THE DIRECTOR.
I'VE ASKED, I DIDN'T GET THAT RESPONSE.
THE DIRECTOR HAS THE, THE POWER TO DELEGATE TO HIS SUBORDINATE SOME OF HER RESPONSIBILITIES OR HIS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THAT PERSON ARE.
UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE UDCI MEAN THE, UM, NONCONFORMITY ISSUES THAT YOU COVERED TONIGHT, BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG ONE FOR ME.
I'M STILL UNCLEAR ON SOME OF THE NONCONFORMITIES, BUT IT'S, IT'S BETTER.
UH, I ASKED FOR A RED LINE VERSION FROM THE ORIGINAL THREE DOCUMENTS THAT PRECEDED THIS ONE.
YOU TOLD ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT AND TRYING TO READ 350 PAGES.
I I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED WITH IT.
I'D SEE THINGS I THOUGHT CONTRADICTED EACH OTHER, THE SIGN ORDINANCES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING TIME ON THAT.
BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NO TEMPORARY SIGNS.
I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE CONTENT NEUTRAL.
I WOULD PREFER TO LET ALL THE SIGNS HAPPEN ON THE WEEKEND.
I KNOW I'M GONNA GET PUSHED BACK ON THAT.
UM, IF WE JUST WANTED TO INCREASE THE SIGN ORDINANCE BY SIX INCHES FROM ONE SQUARE FOOT TO ONE LINEAR FOOT, AND WE WENT TO ONE AND A HALF TO ONE LINEAR FOOT, WE WOULD NEED A PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, A MOTION AND A VOTE JUST TO CHANGE ONE THING.
AND THIS IS FILLED WITH CHANGES AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE GONE OVER ALL OF THEM AND WE'RE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO PROVE THINGS THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE KNOW ARE EVEN IN IT.
SOME PEOPLE KNOW, BUT I, I ASKED AT LEAST 40 OR 50 QUESTIONS WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH IT.
I SAW NANCY ASK SEVERAL, BRUCE ASKED ONE.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED THEM, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED WHY WE HAVE A DEADLINE THAT HAS TO BE TONIGHT.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVEN YEARS.
WHAT'S ANOTHER SIX MONTHS? IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH.
I THINK EVERY SINGLE CHANGE HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AND JUST, I KNOW IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND I KNOW NO ONE WANTS TO DO THAT, BUT THIS IS LIKE A
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BIBLE FOR THE TOWN.AND I'M A PROPERTY OWNER, I'M A STAKEHOLDER, AND I FEEL OBLIGATED TO REPRESENT THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AND I'M JUST CONCERNED.
WHATEVER NOTES THAT I HAVE HERE.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS.
WE'VE REVIEWED A LOT, BUT NOT EVERYTHING.
UM, I, I JUST, I THINK PASSING IT TONIGHT, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'D BE RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE FOR US TO DO THAT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION LIKE THIS.
AND BECAUSE OF ALL THAT, AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT BRIEF, BRIEF, BRIEF, BRUCE, AND I'M SORRY IT TAKES SO LONG.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS.
DON'T WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE TABLE? YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ALREADY ON THE TABLE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CAN'T EXCUSE ME, BUT WHEN I MAKE A MOTION LIKE THAT, DON'T YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR A SECOND TO SEE IF THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR A SECOND.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS ALREADY A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
OKAY, WELL IF NOBODY SECOND IT.
YES, OUR PREDECESSORS WHO WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, THAT, THAT WORKED ON THIS UDC OVER THE, THE YEARS, IT WAS PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE A LOT OF ADDISON IQ THAT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME, THAT REPRESENT PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE LIKE HOWARD, PEOPLE LIKE MARLON, LIKE BRUCE, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL STAFF OVER ALL THESE YEARS.
AND SO I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TIME, TIME TO, UH, NOT SECOND GUESS.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF MY POSITION ON IT.
YOUR OPINION IS VALID FOR SURE.
BUT I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE HAS GONE IN ON THIS.
AND, AND I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.
UH, I, I DO TRUST A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE.
I SPEND HOURS ON THIS, MY PEERS IN ADDISON.
SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I SUPPORT THIS IS BECAUSE THE DUE DILIGENCE HAS BEEN DONE.
OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE TO AGREE.
I MEAN, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
UM, WHEN I WAS ON P AND Z, IT STARTED, UM, WE HAD, UM, A LOT WE STILL, WE HAD AND STILL HAVE QUALIFIED PEOPLE ON P AND Z WHO LOOKED AT THIS, SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT.
WE'VE GOT INPUT FROM ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, FROM OUR CITIZENS, UM, AND, AND I SUPPORT IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, NANCY? I AGREE.
UM, I KNOW, UM, YOU JUST LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE ON THERE THAT HAVE WORKED ON IT OVER THE YEARS WAS ON PNZ ALSO.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY HASN'T READ EVERY WORD.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S REQUIRED.
UM, WE, WE STRIVE TO HAVE, UH, WE TOP, UH, STAFF, THAT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR, UH, FOCUS AREAS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STRIVE FOR AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE IT.
AND SO YES, I THINK TO, UH, RELY ON THEM AS WELL AS THE EXPERIENCE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HAD ON THESE COMMITTEES OVER THE YEAR.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE COVERED.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, AND UH, AND I'LL, UH, I ABSOLUTELY, UH, BELIEVE THE, UH, THE HARD WORK OF THE STAFF AND THE, AND THE COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKED ON THIS FOR ALL THESE, THESE YEARS AND MEETINGS.
IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING COMMITTEES THAT I'VE EVER SEEN AROUND HERE.
UH, BUT I'M SURE I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL OF THEM.
BUT IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOTTA SET SOME KIND OF RECORD.
UM, BUT THE, UM, THE IDEA TO, TO, UH, SUGGEST THAT US VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT IS RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE.
I REJECT THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IT, NOPE, I'M, I'M SPEAKING AND SO, UH, I'M IN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HOWARD, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE.
I JUST FEEL LIKE I, I I'M NOT PREPARED AND, AND MAYBE IT'S 'CAUSE I'M THE NEWEST ONE ON COUNCIL AND I KNOW YOU'VE HAD MORE EXPERIENCE, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND I, I DON'T SEE THE, THE RUSH.
THAT'S ALL I I WELL, I DON'T SEE IT AS A RUSH AT ALL.
I DON'T SEE IT AS A RUSH AT ALL.
THE NEW PERSON ON COUNCIL IN MAY.
AND THEN THE NEXT MAY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
AND, UM, IT'S, WE'VE BEEN GOING SINCE 2018.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT I'M READY TO VOTE.
I WOULD THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD INTERPRETATE INTERPRET YOUR COMMENTS AS UM, OFFENSIVE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? PUBLIC HEARING? WE DID A PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, I DIDN'T CLOSE IT THOUGH, DID I? YOU DID, I DID CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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GOT IT.[a. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution authorizing an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement (ILA) with the City of Farmers Branch, the City of Coppell, and the City of Carrollton regarding the funding of the new North Texas Emergency Communications Center, Inc. (NTECC) consolidated public safety communications center; authorizing the Town’s percentage share of project funding, which shall not exceed 16.8070% of the total construction cost for the project; authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement; and providing an effective date.]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, SIX A PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ILA WITH THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH AND CITY OF CAPEL AND THE CITY OF CARROLLTON.REGARDING THE FUNDING OF THE NEW NORTH TEXAS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, INC.
INTECH CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION CENTER, AUTHORIZING THE TOWN'S PERCENTAGE SHARE OF PROJECT FUNDING, WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED 16.807% OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ASHLEY, ASHLEY SCHROER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
I JUST NEED $3.3 MILLION
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, INTECH, UH, WAS FORMED IN 2014.
WE STARTED PROVIDING SERVICE IN 2016, SERVES ADDISON CARROLLTON, COPPEL AND FARMERS BRANCH.
WE'RE GROWING OUT OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN, IN CARROLLTON.
LOOKED AT MANY OPTIONS AND THE BOARD APPROVED BUYING LAND IN CARROLLTON TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY.
THIS IS ALL INFORMATION YOU'VE SEEN MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO IF YOU NEED ME TO GO SLOWER, JUST LET ME KNOW.
IT'S AT HEBRON AND JOSIE IN CARROLLTON, RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL.
UH, PERFECT SITE, FLAT, READY TO GO.
IT'S ON, UM, THE SECURE GRID THAT THE HOSPITAL'S ON.
SO WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO FIND THIS SITE.
SO, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, WE HAVE PICKED A, UM, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
AND THE PROJECT HAS COME IN RIGHT AROUND $20 MILLION.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S FLEXIBILITY, YOU HOPE IT COMES DOWN.
BUT WITH A MAX PRICE OF 20 MILLION, WITH OUR PORTION BEING 3.3 MILLION, $3,361,400, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT MONEY IS COMING OUT OF OUR 2024 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE NOT ISSUED, BUT YOU HAVE AUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER OF 2025.
GROUNDBREAKING IS SET FOR APRIL, CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, A DATE IN APRIL.
UM, AND THEN PROVIDE, UM, SERVICES FROM THE NEW FACILITY IN OCTOBER OF 2028.
AND THEN COMPLETELY VACATE THE CURRENT BUILDING BY APRIL OF 29.
YOU WANNA HAVE THAT REDUNDANCY, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S WORKING PERFECTLY BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY TURN OFF THE OLD BUILDING
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? LIKE I SAID, EASY.
I MEAN, DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, TO ME THIS IS A REALLY A HUGE DEAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU FOCUS IN ON THE SAVINGS PART.
I KNOW YOU WERE KIND OF GLOSSING OVER THIS PRETTY QUICKLY 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, BUT ANYTIME, UM, FOR ME, WHEN, WHEN WE'VE GONE THROUGH A SITUATION, WE'VE MOVED OUT OF A, A LEASE, NOT A CHEAP ONE EITHER, UM, INTO SOMETHING THAT WE OWN, UM, MY TENDENCY IS TO LOVE THAT AND ESPECIALLY WHEN, WHEN, UH, OUR, OUR PERCENTAGE IS LESS THAN 17%.
I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
YEAH, CYRUSONE WAS A GREAT OPTION FOR WHEN WE STARTED.
UM, IT SERVED US WELL WHEN WE INITIALLY DID THE BUSINESS CASE.
WE BASED THAT ON TAKING ABOUT 10 YEARS TO GROW OUT OF THAT FACILITY.
WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SERVICES IN 2016.
HERE WE ARE IN 25, SO WE'RE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, TO GROW OUT OF THAT FACILITY.
AND THE, THE HOPE WAS WE'D BE ABLE TO FIND A PLACE TO BUILD AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE COST SAVINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF, IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL MOTION A SECOND AND A SECOND FROM DAN.
AND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[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.]
UH, WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO EXPRESS THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCE, ET CETERA.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? CHRIS? I HAVE SOMETHING.
MAYOR, UH, LARRY MCCAL MCCALLUM, UH, PASSED AWAY, UH, MARCH 5TH.
UH, HE WAS THE ADDISON CITY ATTORNEY FROM 1973 TO 1992.
UH, AND THE CITY PROSECUTOR FROM 1992 TO TWO TH OR 92
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TO 16.UH, I'VE WORKED WITH HIM FROM 11 TO 15.
I'VE TALKED TO SOME PAST STAFF MEMBERS, UM, THAT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM.
AND THEY SAID THINGS LIKE HE WAS A GENTLEMAN, HE WAS KIND, SOFT SPOKEN, UH, VERY FAIR, JUST SO NICE, UH, A GOOD FRIEND.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TONIGHT AND OFFER UP CONSULT CON OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? MARLEY UH, MAYOR, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE LOST HENRY MARTIN, UH, RESIDENT HENRY MARTIN.
I THINK, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW IT.
UM, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY WE, WE, UH, WE LOST HENRY RECENTLY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW HE'S JUST A REALLY KIND MAN AND, UH, UM, I'VE NEVER, I'VE NEVER SEEN A FAMILY AS EXTENSIVE AS HIS AND BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING AND, AND EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT FROM, I MEAN, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 2021 TO 24 PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY.
AND AT CHRISTMAS TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD ALL GET TOGETHER AND COME TO THE ADDISON CHRISTMAS BRUNCH.
AND I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY FIT IN THE, IN THE CAMERA PICTURE, YOU KNOW, FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MISS HIM.
AND I HOPE THAT, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ADELE, YOU JUST GIVE HER A HUG.
ANY OTHERS? UH, THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT, I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE, UH, THE FOLKS THAT SERVED ON THE UDC COMMITTEE, UH, AND THE, AND THE STAFF THAT WAS, THAT WAS THERE SUPPORTING THEM AND, AND GUIDING THEM THROUGH THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WAS, UH, HUGE WORK.
AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE OUR TOWN.
SO IN REGARDS TO THE AGENDA, UH, THAT'S THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING, BUT WE HAVE THREE
[a. Present and discuss the Town's Strategic Plan.]
WORK SESSION ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, WORK THROUGH.AND SO WE'LL GO BACK TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS SIX A SIX A, UH, PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE TOWN STRATEGIC PLAN.
SARAH, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
SARAH KECKLER, CHIEF OF STAFF HERE TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED ANNUAL STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND I'LL TRY TO KEEP THE PRESENTATION BRIEF.
UM, SO BY WAY OF QUICK BACKGROUND, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MET OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ANNUALLY TO DEVELOP STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE TOWN.
LAST YEAR, IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, COUNCIL UNDERWENT A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, REWRITE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND, UM, HAD IT STRUCTURED AROUND SEVEN KEY FOCUS AREAS.
THAT STRATEGIC PLAN IS VERY IMPORTANT TO STAFF.
UM, WE USE IT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, INCLUDING TO DEVELOP THE ANNUAL BUDGET, UM, TO GUIDE OUR STAFF EFFORTS, AND THEN AS WELL AS TO MEASURE AND REPORT ON PROGRESS.
UM, LAST MONTH, ON FEBRUARY 27TH, THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN AN AFTERNOON RETREAT TO REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND IF ANY CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE THIS YEAR TO THE THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THIS IS THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF OUR PLAN.
CITY COUNCIL SETS THE KEY FOCUS AREAS IN THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, AND THEN STAFF DEVELOPS AND MANAGES THE INITIATIVES.
THIS IS AN ACTIVE DOCUMENT THAT WE USE OFTEN AND WE RECENTLY JUST WENT THROUGH AS A STAFF, UM, AND UPDATED THE INITIATIVES TO REMOVE OFF THOSE THAT WERE COMPLETED, UH, MODIFY INITIATIVES THAT ARE CONTINUING, BUT MAYBE MOVE THEM TO A NEXT PHASE AS WELL AS ADD NEW INITIATIVES FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, INCLUDING SOME ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, APPROVED IN THIS BUDGET.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE.
WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF 'EM DURING THE RETREAT.
AND THE, UH, INFORMATION IS ALSO IN YOUR BACKUP SLIDES.
UM, THOSE INITIATIVES THAT WE UPDATED ARE ALSO FOUND ON OUR PUBLIC DASHBOARD, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY, THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE TOOL, SO THE PUBLIC CAN GO IN, UM, THEY CAN GO THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND SEE IT AS WELL AS DRILL DOWN TO THAT INITIATIVE LEVEL AND GET QUARTERLY UPDATES ON THE PROJECTS, GET LINKS TO THE PROJECT WEBSITES AND MORE INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S ALL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WHEN CITY COUNCIL MET LAST MONTH DURING THE RETREAT, THEY REVIEWED THE KEY FOCUS AREAS AND AFFIRMED THOSE, THOSE SEVEN KEY FOCUS AREAS ARE LISTED HERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND THERE WERE NO CHANGES DESIRED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.
UM, THERE WERE ONLY A FEW MINOR TWEAKS THAT WE HEARD FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO THESE ARE LAID OUT OVER THE NEXT THREE SLIDES.
I JUST WANNA TAKE YOU THROUGH 'EM REAL QUICK, MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CAPTURED THEM ACCURATELY.
UM, SO FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY KEY FOCUS AREA, THERE WERE NO CHANGES PROPOSED FOR THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION.
WE DID, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSED ADDING TWO, UH, NEW STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, AND THOSE ARE SHOWN IN BLUE, UM, RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT'S TO SHOW, HAVE MORE FOCUS ON REVITALIZING THE INWOOD CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AND AMONG THE BUSINESS AND REALTOR COMMUNITY MOVING ALONG, UM, FOR MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, THERE WAS THIS ONE SMALL WORDING CHANGE PROPOSED ON THAT FIRST STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO TAKE OUT THE WORD HUB AND REPLACE IT WITH CONNECTION POINT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, FOR THE FIFTH KEY FOCUS
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AREA FOR FINANCIAL HEALTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, THERE WAS ONE PROPOSED NEW STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE, UM, TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE NEXT BOND ELECTION.AND THEN LASTLY, AS SHOWN IN THIS SLIDE, UM, THERE WAS, UM, A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE UNDER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT LAST ONE, UM, COUNCIL FELT THAT IT REALLY FIT UNDER 6.3, UM, AS WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT THE ADDISON WAY.
AND THEN THE LAST PROPOSED CHANGE IS JUST TO REMOVE, UM, SOME WORDS OFF OF THE LAST STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE UNDER THE VIBRANT ACTIVE COMMUNITY, JUST TO MAKE THAT AN OBJECTIVE MORE CONCISE.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD AS FAR AS THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.
WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE CAPTURED THAT ACCURATELY.
UM, AND THEN AS WELL AS THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSION AMONGST COUNCIL FOR SUGGESTED INITIATIVES FOR STAFF, WE'VE TAKEN OUR BEST SHOT AT DEVELOPING SOME LANGUAGE FOR THESE.
UH, SO WE WANNA REVIEW WITH COUNCIL AS WELL AND SEE IF WE, WE HAVE THESE, UH, UH, GOOD TO GO.
SO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION TO PURSUE LUXURY SENIOR LIVING.
UM, WE'VE ADDED THAT WITH A LANGUAGE PROPOSED IN BLUE.
AND THEN AS WELL AS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AMONGST COUNCIL OF HOW TO GET OUR CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESSES MORE ENGAGED WITH THE TOWN.
UM, WE'VE ADDED A BROAD INITIATIVE AND THINGS THAT WE COULD REPORT ON, UM, TO ENGAGE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.
SO THOSE ARE TWO SUGGESTED INITIATIVES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN FROM MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PLAN.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS DISCUSSION TO EMPHASIZE, UM, THAT WE'RE USING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, UH, TO LOOKING AT HOW WE IMPROVE OUR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
SO JUST MODIFYING THE WORDING OF THAT CURRENT INITIATIVE WAS PROPOSED FOR FINANCIAL HEALTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT MORE COULD THE TOWN POTENTIALLY DO FOR RECYCLING OPTIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY.
WE'VE PROPOSED AN INITIATIVE TO LOOK AT OUR RECYCLING AND WASTE CONTRACT, UM, POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES OR OTHER RECYCLING OPTIONS SUCH AS FOR TOWN FACILITIES.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, FOR VIBRANT ACTIVE COMMUNITY, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS FOR POTENTIAL NEW SPECIAL EVENTS.
IN ADDISON, WE HAVE A BROAD INITIATIVE PROPOSED TO JUST LOOK AT EXPLORING, HOSTING NEW SPECIAL EVENTS.
THIS WOULD LIKELY COME UP AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, REQUIRING A BUDGET TO HOST NEW SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO THAT'S A LOT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW THAT WITH COUNSEL, UM, AND SEE IF WE'VE CAPTURED YOUR INTENT OF YOUR DISCUSSIONS AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BRING THIS BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 8TH FOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE PLAN BY RESOLUTION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, CHRIS, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? QUICK ONE.
YEAH, SO I BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF SUSTAINABILITY MM-HMM
AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT CAPTURES MY THOUGHT.
UM, I, I, I THINK A PORTION OF THAT DOES WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
MAYBE UNDER, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.
I WAS THINKING, UM, JUST MORE EDUCATION TO OUR RESIDENTS, UM, ON REALLY WHAT IS RECYCLABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO INCREASE, YOU KNOW, THAT PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE'RE RECYCLING AND WHAT'S JUST SENT TO THE DUMP.
UM, AN AUDIT OF CDW JUST TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE THINK WE'RE RECYCLING IS GETTING THERE.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THAT WOULD FIT IN.
UM, AND THEN I THINK YOU DID CAPTURE, UM, JUST TRYING TO INCREASE, UM, AND MAKE AVAILABLE RECYCLING AT ALL OF OUR TOWN FACILITIES AND EVENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SEE EVENTS UP THERE, BUT I THINK WE SORT OF DO SOME OF THAT ALREADY.
SO, JUST ON, ON THE NEW INITIATIVES OR INITIATIVES YOU KIND OF POINTED OUT THERE, I THINK THOSE ALL FALL, FALL UNDER OBJECTIVES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WE'LL PUT THOSE IN AS NEW INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TRACKING 'EM AND WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN MOVING FORWARD, THOSE TWO THAT YOU MENTIONED.
AND I THINK MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER ONES ALIGN AS WELL.
OTHER COMMENTS? I, I HAD A QUESTION ON, UH, SLIDE SEVEN, NUMBER FIVE.
I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVING, I, I GUESS IT WAS A BOND ELECTION.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAPTURES IT.
I THOUGHT IT HAD TO DO WITH HOW EXPENSIVE A PROJECT WAS.
DIDN'T WE TALK ABOUT IF SOMETHING WAS OVER A CERTAIN NUMBER WE WOULD, THAT SHOULD BE TO THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO ISSUED? DIDN'T WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION? WELL, SO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION DURING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAD A MINOR CONVERSATION ON, UM, THE POLICE FACILITY.
BUT REALLY THE FRUIT OF THE CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY AS IT GOES TO AN A STRATEGIC PLAN AND AN OBJECTIVE LEVEL COUNCIL HAD THE DISCUSSION ON, LET'S CONSIDER THE NEXT BOND ELECTION.
SO THAT'S FIRST THAT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR
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THIS LEVEL AT THE OBJECTIVE LEVEL.AND THAT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY THE COST RELATED TO PROJECTS IS PART OF THAT, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE NEXT BOND ELECTION.
WERE YOU DONE DOWN THERE, HOWARD? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN EXPENSIVE ITEM THAT I THINK IT SHOULD GO TO THE TOWN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE, THE CUTOFF IS OR WHATEVER, BUT I JUST THINK THAT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN THERE.
AND I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED IT AND THERE WERE LIKE THREE OR FOUR THAT AGREED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, WAS THAT YES, HOW THAT ENDED UP WAS NUMBER 5.5, THAT THAT'S HOW IT ENDED UP.
THAT WAS A PRETTY EXPLICIT LANGUAGE FROM COUNCIL.
FOR CITY COUNCIL VIDEO? ABSOLUTELY.
SO ON SLIDE NINE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REVITALIZATION, SOCIAL INVESTMENT, UM, ENGAGING BUSINESSES AND, UH, CORPORATIONS.
SO, UM, CHRIS HAD MENTIONED THAT MAY NOT HAVE CAPTURED WHAT HE WAS, UH, LOOKING FOR IN, IN ANOTHER AREA, BUT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE DID WANT TO CAPTURE, UM, IN THAT, IN THIS AREA.
THE RECYCLING ASPECT MAY SEPARATE TOPIC I THINK, BUT THIS ONE STANDS FOR ME IS, AS WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION VISITS, UH, HOW IMPORTANT, HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED? WHAT CAN WE DO? OH, YOU HAVE A FIELD DAY.
OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS EXPANDED ON THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS RIGHT ON.
AND THEN ON THESE, UM, INITIATIVES, DO, DO WE HAVE A, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT'S, WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE? BECAUSE THESE ARE WORDS AND DOES THAT COME LATER ON MAYBE IN THE BUDGET CYCLE OR, WELL, EACH INITIATIVE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE INITIATIVE LEVEL, IT'S PRETTY DETAILED.
SOME OF THE INITIATIVES ARE WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS THING.
AND IT'S PRETTY EASY TO DO THAT.
I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, OVER, WE'VE COMPLETELY OVERHAULED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND IT'S GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER AS FAR AS NOT ONLY THE PLAN ITSELF, BUT THE REPORTING AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.
I THINK THE NEXT ITERATION OF THAT IS TO COME UP WITH BETTER KEY FOCUS AREAS.
SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
WE HAD TO KIND OF START FROM SCRATCH AND COME UP WITH WHAT YOU SEE.
NOW THE NEXT STEP IS TO COME UP WITH THOSE KEY FOCUS AREAS THAT WILL TRACK THE INITIATIVES.
BUT NOT EVERY, EVERY, EVERYONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND YOU CAN'T DEFINE IT LIKE THE ADD, UH, NEW INITIATIVE, EXPLORE AND PURSUE POTENTIAL LUXURY SENIOR HOUSING.
I'M LIKE, HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT? WELL, IF WE LAND ONE, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD MEASURE, BUT IF WE TALK TO 10, MAYBE THAT'S ANOTHER MEASURE.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT WE CAN SEE IF WE WIN OR LOSE.
DAN NOT ON THIS TOPIC BEFORE WE CLOSE THE MEETING.
OH, WHAT, OH, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP YOU BEFORE WE CLOSE THE MEETING OUT, I WANNA BRING UP ABOUT THE LAY LOCKS PALM PROJECT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? SO I, SO I HAD ONE, UM, ONE THING THAT, THAT I HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT.
UM, I THINK THIS ALL LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
UH, IT'S THE FIRST ONE ON THIS PAGE, THE PURSUE LUXURY SENIOR LIVING.
UH, I'M A, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PURSUING SENIOR LIVING.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN WITH THE, USING THE WORD LUXURY BECAUSE OF WHAT IT, BECAUSE BECAUSE OF WHAT IT ENTAILS.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TO, I'VE BEEN TO THE VENTANA AND SOME OF THE PLACES AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE AMAZING AND THEY'RE AMAZINGLY EXPENSIVE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN ADDISON THAT ARE OF, YOU KNOW, MODERATE OR MODERATE MEANS.
AND FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE THEIR, THEIR AGING IN PLACE AND ADDISON, UH, IT WILL KEEP A LOT OF THEM FROM GETTING IN THERE.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S, IF IT'S AT THAT LEVEL, PROBABLY WOULD KEEP ME AWAY FROM IT MOST LIKELY.
UM, AND SO, UM, BUT I I, I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE THE WORD LUXURY OUT OF IT.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S, WE, WE'VE FOUND, WE FOUND IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO GET DEVELOPERS TO DO SENIOR LIVING HERE ANYWAY.
AND THEN IF YOU ADD THAT OTHER ELEMENT TO IT, UM, I JUST THINK THAT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER.
BUT I THINK IT JUST MAKES, IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR, UM, A LOT OF AVERAGE ADDISON RESIDENTS TO, UH, TO MAKE THAT MOVE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE.
I WOULD, I WOULD JUST, UH, LIKE TO RELY ON THE MARKET TO, UH, TO BRING WHAT, UM, WHAT MAKES SENSE.
AND, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT I, UM, THAT I, THAT I THINK EVEN TAKE THE ECONOMICS OUT OF IT.
THAT, THAT THE LUXURY, UH, ELEMENT IS, UM, WHAT WE NECESSARILY NEED.
I WANNA JUMP IN HERE 'CAUSE THAT WAS MY THOUGHT.
UM, I, I LIKE THAT, THAT WORD.
AND WHEN I, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SENIOR LIVING, PEOPLE
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SAY, WELL, IS IT AFFORDABLE? AND THEN EVERYBODY'S, THEN YOU GET INTO WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE AND SO FORTH.UM, THAT GETS, THAT GETS, UH, CONVOLUTED AND COMPLICATED.
UM, AND, AND I WOULD LOVE US TO PURSUE SOMETHING GREAT FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP AND I THOUGHT VENTANA BY BUCKNER IS THE MODEL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT GOAL.
HOWARD DID YOU, I I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I AGREE WITH BRUCE AND NANCY THAT THE WORD LUXURY, I THINK THE WORD SHOULD BE QUALITY BECAUSE I HAVE A MOM IN ONE OF THOSE PLACES AND QUALITY IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN LUXURY.
AND IT'S HARD TO GET STAFF THAT TAKES GOOD CARE OF OUR SENIORS.
AND SO I THINK QUALITY CARE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LUXURY CARE.
AND I'M SORRY IF THAT DIDN'T WHAT YOU MEANT, BUT I'M AGREEING WITH IT'S A GOOD POINT.
I'M AGREEANCE WITH BRUCE AND HOWARD ON, ON THAT POINT.
I WAS TRYING TO THINK IN MY HEAD OF ANOTHER AC ACRONYM, SO YES.
AND I LIKE NANCY'S COMMENT ABOUT LETTING THE MARKET DICTATE WHAT ENDS UP THERE.
BUT I THINK QUALITY IS A GOOD WORD.
AS, AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE MY MOM INTO A ASSISTED LIVING IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND, AND THAT'S A MUCH LOWER PRICE POINT.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING, UM, THAT COMES TO MIND IS WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD A, THE EXACT WORDS I SHARED ON THE SLIDE, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE FOCUS POINT WAS.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE SOME OF THOSE WORDS WENT, BUT, UM, WHAT I WAS THINKING IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAD EXTENDED EXTENDED CARE, VARIOUS LEVELS.
I DON'T KNOW IF SENIOR LIVING HOUSING CAPTURES, UM, THAT, BUT I, I THINK IT'S, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US IF WE WERE TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF WE CALL IT AFFORDABLE QUALITY, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT THAT'S MISSING FROM THIS, UH, JUST HOUSING.
CAN I JUST JUMP IN VERY QUICKLY? YEAH, YOU, YEAH.
UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE'RE AT THE INITIATIVE LEVEL HERE.
UM, SO THESE WERE BROUGHT UP, SO WE WANTED TO BRING THESE BACK, BUT WE HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND SO WE CAN GO AND ACT ON ALL THESE THINGS UNDER THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
THAT, UH, THAT COVERS IT FOR ME.
SO, SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF REPLACING LUXURY WITH QUALITY.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WORD TO PUT IN THERE.
WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THAT? I LIKE IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED QUALITY, BUT I, I'LL GO WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S ASSUMED IT'S GONNA BE QUALITY FOR SURE, BUT MAYBE HIGH QUALITY, NOT QUITE LUXURY
AS LONG AS I'M GOOD WITH REMOVING LUXURY AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE MOVING ON THERE.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE CHANGED WHAT MY INITIAL THOUGHT AND I'M, I'M OKAY WITH IT, IF Y'ALL WANNA CALL IT QUALITY OR NOT QUALITY, ANY THAT, BUT I, I'M, WE NEED TO ADD BACK THE PART THAT THAT'S GOT HEY, UM, OTHER, OTHER CARES.
UH, OTHER, SEE, AND, AND I THINK I SEE, I SEE THAT AS ALSO PART OF THE, THE MARKET FACTORS AS WELL.
IF, IF THE MARKET, I'M, I'M JUST GOING OFF OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE DECIDED WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING.
I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALTERING SOMETHING.
UM, BE WE'RE JUST ALTERING SOMETHING FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE APPROVED TO WELL, AND I THINK TO DAVID'S POINT, THIS IS THE INITIATIVE LEVEL AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE NOT ADOPTED A STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
THIS WORK SESSION IS INTENDED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION TO TOUCH BASE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE YOU ADOPT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THIS IS JUST A NATURAL PART OF THE PROCESS.
I HEAR MARLON'S COMMENT ABOUT, UH, THE SPECIFIC DEFINITION, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT IS A MARKET DRIVEN THING.
JUST MY OPINION ARE MAYBE I CAN HELP.
ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY YOU WANT IT TO GO FROM INDEPENDENT LIVING TO ASSISTED LIVING TO MEMORY CARE, TO SKILLED NURSING? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? THIS IS THAT PROGRESSION? THIS, YEAH.
THAT'S, WE, WE WERE LOOKING AT A SLIDE DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THIS MEMORIZED THE EXACT WORDING, BUT I DID, I DID SHARE IT IN THE SUMMARY.
I, IT WAS ON THE, ON THE, UH, SLIDESHOW THAT, UM, THAT THE CONSULTANT, UM, SHARED WITH US.
AND SO BASICALLY IT'S, WE'RE JUST PURSUING, THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE JUST PURSUING.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, AND, AND SO THE THOUGHT IS, IS SENIOR LIVING, UH, HAVE YOU, AND, AND IT HELPS IF YOU'VE BEEN TO VENTANA BY BUCKNER, JUST LOOKED AT IT ON THE WEBSITE, JUST SPENT TWO MINUTES ON A YOUTUBE VIDEO, SOMETHING JUST DONE A LITTLE EFFORT.
BUT, UM, UM, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO, FOR US TO PURSUE IS SOMETHING WHERE OUR SENIORS, UM, COULD, COULD LIVE IN IT.
AND THEN THAT'S LIKE ONE COMPONENT.
AND IF THEY NEEDED EXTRA SERVICES, THEY REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE TO MOVE TOO FAR.
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THE SAME DEVELOPMENT IF THEY NEEDED MEMORY CARE OR, OR ALL THESE VARIOUS OTHER FORMS OF, UM, END OF LIFE CARE.AND SO I THINK THE CONCEPT IS GREAT.
UM, WHETHER WHAT THE COST IS PER THE, UH, PER THE TENANT, YOU KNOW, I THINK I, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO THERE, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT WAS THE THOUGHT AND, AND REALLY, UM, UH, VENTANA BY BUCKNER'S GOT A LITTLE YOUTUBE VIDEO ON IT AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS.
BUT THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY BE THE BEST WAY TO LEARN ABOUT, UH, THE CONCEPT AND, AND THE IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, MY, MY CONCERN MARLIN IS GETTING TOO SPECIFIC AND TOO GRANULAR IN AN INITIATIVE.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT TIME COMES WITH THE MARKET IS IS LOOKING FOR.
SO YEAH, WE'RE JUST PURSUING, I PREFER TO KEEP IT AS, PURSUE IT AS POTENTIAL AS PURSU POTENTIAL, UH, QUALITY SENIOR HOUSING.
AND I'D, I'D LIKE TO WRAP THIS UP IF WE COULD.
SARAH, WHAT ELSE YOU NEED FROM US ON THIS? WE'RE GOOD.
AND WE'LL BRING BACK A RESOLUTION ON APRIL 8TH FOR YOU TO CONSIDER ADOPTION.
ALRIGHT, OUR FINAL ITEM, UH, SIX C PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE CREATION OF A DEVELOPMENT RELATIONS PROJECT MANAGER POSITION.
WHAT WE, OH, ASHLEY'S GONNA DO IT.
OH, WE DID DO, OH, I SKIPPED ONE.
[b. Present and discuss a recommendation from the City Council Community Partnership Committee regarding the Town's Non-Profit Funding Program and program guidelines.]
UH, PRESENT AND DISCUSS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE REGARDING THE TOWN'S NONPROFIT FUNDING PROGRAM AND PROGRAM GUIDELINES.UM, I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS PRESENTATION BRIEF AS WELL IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
SO JUST BY BACKGROUND, WE'VE GONE OVER THE SLIDE BEFORE, BUT THE TOWN DOES HAVE A NON, UH, PROFIT FUNDING PROGRAM.
AND THAT PROCESS HAS ALIGNED WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE.
UM, FOR A LONG TIME THAT SAME PROCESS AND APPLICATION WAS USED FOR ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND THEN IN THIS LAST BUDGET YEAR, AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, UM, THAT LONGSTANDING PROCESS DID HAVE SOME CHANGES, UM, INCLUDING THAT APPLICATIONS WERE OPEN TO ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN ADDISON PREVIOUSLY HAD ONLY BEEN RESTRICTED TO THOSE THAT HAD BEEN FUNDED PRIOR.
AND THE OTHER BIG CHANGE THAT CAME THIS LAST BUDGET YEAR WAS TRANSITIONING TO ALIGN FUNDING FOR PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE THEATER STUDY.
UM, WITH THOSE TRANSITIONS OCCURRING IN OUR NONPROFIT FUNDING PROGRAM, COUNCIL DECIDED TO FORM A COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE CALLED THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE TO WORK ON THE PROCESS OVERALL AND THEN TO HAVE THAT BE A STANDING COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD.
THIS IS A SLIDE BY WAY OF BACKGROUND.
UM, THIS JUST SHOWS FUNDING HISTORY FOR THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SPLIT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT FUNDS FROM GENERAL FUND AND HOTEL FUNDS.
SO THAT'S JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
AS I MENTIONED, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN DECEMBER, UM, WITH THE THREE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS LISTED HERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE, UM, WAS TWOFOLD INITIALLY, UM, THE COMMITTEE WAS CHARGED TO GET TOGETHER OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND DEVELOP A NEW PROCESS AND CRITERIA TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND FUNDING SUPPORT TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, SO THAT'S THE INITIAL SCOPE OF WORK WE'RE HERE TO REPORT ON TONIGHT.
AND THEN THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE A STANDING COMMITTEE.
UM, SO IT WILL ACTUALLY REVIEW AND HEAR THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE APPLYING AND WE'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL OF THE FUNDING AWARDS.
AND PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF I'M JUST GOING OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I MISSED, PLEASE CHIME IN AS WELL.
UM, SO THE COMMITTEE, UM, HELD FOUR MEETINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS REVIEWED AND REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION, UM, LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO STRUCTURE THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE PROGRAM.
AND WHAT WE DID IS THROUGH ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE, IS WE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM GUIDELINES DOCUMENT.
UM, THE DOCUMENT WAS INCLUDED IN COUNCIL'S BACKUP, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REASONS OF WHY WE DEVELOPED THIS GUIDELINES DOCUMENT.
IT WAS TO FORMALIZE THE PROGRAM, UM, AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
UM, PREVIOUSLY WE DID NOT HAVE THE GUIDELINES DOCUMENT.
IN ADDITION, UM, IN THE DOCUMENT, WE INCORPORATED THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD, AND WE INCORPORATED, UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM BY THE COMMITTEE.
I'LL REVIEW THOSE, UM, STRUCTURE CHANGES HERE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
UM, THE DOCUMENT WILL ALSO BE IMPORTANT IN PROVIDING EXPECTATIONS TO INTERESTED APPLICANTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT HOW THEIR APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AND WHAT EVALUATION CRITERIA MAY BE LOOKED AT BY THE COMMITTEE.
SO I'LL MOVE INTO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDES.
THE COMMITTEE DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES DOCUMENT, UM, TO MOVE IT FORWARD TONIGHT HERE TO THIS WORK SESSION.
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SO IN THE DOCUMENT, IT, UM, OUTLINES THE PROCESS OVERALL, THIS LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE CURRENT FUNDING PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.UM, THE MAJOR CHANGE CHANGES IN DIFFERENCES ARE TO ACTUALLY GET THE PROCESS STARTED SOONER, UM, TO RELEASE THE APPLICATIONS IN APRIL SO THAT WE ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATIONS FROM ALL THE APPLICANTS, FORMULATE THEIR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN BRING THAT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOP PROCESS.
SO, LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, JUST INSERTING THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE INTO WHAT IS A MAIN DIFFERENCE COMING OUT IS THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE TWO CATEGORIES, UM, FROM THE NONPROFIT FUNDING PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT BASED UPON, SO, SORRY, LEMME STEP BACK.
EACH
THEY'RE ALL GONNA FOLLOW THE SAME STEPS, PROCESS AND TIMELINE.
WHAT THEY APPLY FOR MAY BE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO ONE IS THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND THIS FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN A SECOND CATEGORY FOR PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE FUNDING COMING FROM THE HOTEL FUND.
UM, THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES AS WELL AS DIFFERENT EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER AS THEY'RE REVIEWING THE CATEGORIES.
AND I'LL GO INTO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT.
AND AGAIN, TRY TO BE BRIEF
NOT A LOT OF CHANGES FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY, BUT THE COMMITTEE DID RECOMMEND SOME GENERAL EVALUATION FACTORS THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT AND CONSIDER AS APPLICATIONS ARE COMING IN.
AND THOSE ARE THE FIVE BULLET POINTS OUTLINED ON THE SLIDE HERE, LOOKING AT WHAT'S OUR CURRENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, THE PRIOR FUNDING THAT WE HAD PROVIDED, IS THIS ORGANIZATION ABLE TO MEASURE ITS IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS? UM, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOWN'S FOUND FUNDING OVERALL TOWARDS THEIR BUDGET? ARE THEY FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT THE TOWN? UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT IF THEY ALIGN WITH THE TOWN'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE EXTENT OF THE TOWN WIDE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE APPLICATION GOES AND WHAT INFORMATION WE WOULD BE SEEKING.
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT APPLICATION PROCESS.
JUST A FEW ADDITIONS, INCLUDING SOME NEW PROGRAM MEASURES, UM, AS WELL AS ASKING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO, UM, PROVIDE MORE EXPLANATION TO THEIR COMMUNITY IMPACT AND OR ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE ADDISON COMMUNITY.
SO THIS, THERE IS MORE INFORMATION IN THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES DOCUMENT.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S ON PAGE FOUR, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE A HIGHLIGHT OVERALL OF THIS FIRST CATEGORY.
SO MOVING INTO THE SECOND CATEGORY, UM, WHICH IS THE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION CATEGORY.
SO THE GUIDELINES DOCUMENT DOES, UM, SPECIFY THE FUNDING SOURCE OF HOTEL FUNDS AND IT GOES THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL.
UM, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE TO USE HOTEL FUNDS TOWARDS PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS EXPENDITURES.
UM, AND I KNOW STEVEN HAS GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE IN BUDGET CYCLES WITH YOU.
UM, BUT BY STATE LAW WE ARE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 15% OF TOTAL HOTEL TAX.
UM, THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMITTEE, UM, IN TERMS OF OVERALL, UM, HOW DO WE LOOK AT POTENTIALLY INCREASING OUR REVENUES, THEREBY WE CAN, UM, INCREASE OUR PERFORMING ARTS EXPENDITURES.
SO THE COMMITTEE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE REVENUE IN THE FUTURE FROM NAMING RIGHTS TO CONCESSIONS, UM, TO INCREASE RENTAL INCOME, DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO INCREASE THAT ROW SHOWN IN GREEN AND POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT GOES TO PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD, UM, DISCUSSION AROUND HOW DO WE LOOK FUTURE FORWARD OF EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS LIMITATION, IS THERE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, CONTINUE TO GROW, UH, OUR FUNDS TO PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEN FOR THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION CATEGORIES, UM, IT IS, UH, PROPOSED TO BE STRUCTURE AROUND THE FACILITY SPACES.
UM, SO THE MAIN STAGE IN THE STUDIO ARE THE TWO MAIN SPACES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
THE MAIN STAGE, UM, WOULD BE, UM, BY WATER TOWER THEATER.
THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED AND THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT, VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH WATER TOWER THEATER.
SO THEY WOULD BE THE SOLE RESIDENT COMPANY OF THE MAIN STAGE FOR THE STUDIO.
UM, THERE COULD BE ONE OR POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLY AND BECOME RESIDENT COMPANIES FOR THE STUDIO.
AND WHEN WE SAY RESIDENT COMPANIES, THAT MEANS THAT THE ORGANIZATION WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING AS WELL AS SPACE IN
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THE FACILITY FOR NOT ONLY PERFORMANCES, BUT ALSO FOR REHEARSALS.SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN TYPES UNDERNEATH THE PERFORMING ARTS CATEGORY.
IN ADDITION, UM, THERE'S A THIRD TYPE FOR A GENERAL ASSISTANCE, UM, AND ORGANIZATIONS COULD APPLY FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING OR FOR IN KIND SPACE IF THE CALENDAR AVAILABILITY EXISTS.
UM, THIS THIRD TYPE WAS CREATED TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE MAYBE WHAT MIGHT BE NEW USERS TO THE FACILITY, UM, AND TO INCREASE OUR TOTAL LIT NIGHTS, WHICH IS A GOAL COMING OUT OF THE THEATER STUDY AS WELL AS A GOAL OF COUNCIL.
SO TRYING TO GET CREATIVE OF HOW DO WE INVITE AND ENCOURAGE MORE USERS POTENTIALLY TO THE SPACE.
AND THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A LOT MORE IN DETAIL INTO THOSE THREE TYPES.
I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO ALL OF THAT, BUT DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE RESIDENT COMPANIES WOULD RECEIVE PRIORITY SCHEDULING.
UM, THEY WOULD RECEIVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL AS MARKETING SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN.
UM, IN RETURN, THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE OUTLINED, UM, INCLUDING TOTAL LIT NIGHTS.
UM, SO LOOKING AT THE MAIN STAGE WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 50 NIGHTS.
AND THEN FOR STUDIO RESIDENT COMPANIES, AT LEAST A TOTAL OF 10 NIGHTS.
UM, AND THEN GENERAL ASSISTANCE, UM, DEPENDING UPON EACH REQUEST THAT COMES IN, BUT THE RESIDENT COMPANIES IN THE TOWN WILL HAVE PRIORITY.
AND LASTLY, FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS CATEGORY, THERE WAS CRITERIA DEVELOPED AS WELL, JUST LIKE YOU SAW ON THAT PRIOR SLIDE.
FOR LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, THESE ARE GENERAL FACTORS THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT WHEN THEY'RE REVIEWING APPLICATIONS AND HEARING PRESENTATIONS.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE SCORED OR RATED PER SECTION.
THAT IS A VISION POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE TO GET TO THAT, UM, STAGE WHERE THEY WOULD BE RATED, UM, AND SCORED.
BUT THE THREE MAIN, UM, COMPONENTS HERE OF EVALUATION CRITERIA WOULD BE THE USAGE OF THE ADDISON.
AND THAT TIES BACK TO COUNCIL'S TOTAL AT NIGHT GOAL, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT GOAL.
THE SECOND IS THE AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT.
UM, SO HOW ARE THEY ATTRACTING AUDIENCES? WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT? AND THEN THE THIRD IS THE ARTISTIC AND MISSION CAPABILITY.
SO, UM, FOR THE ORGANIZATION, DO THEY PROVIDE, UM, DISTINCT AND UNIQUE PROGRAMMING IN DFW AND ARE THEY PRODUCING QUALITY PROGRAMMING? AND SO THAT'S A REALLY QUICK VERSION OF THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES DOCUMENT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO PLACE A RESOLUTION ON APRIL 8TH FOR THE DOCUMENT TO BE ADOPTED BY COUNSEL, UM, BECAUSE THE TIMELINE WOULD START PRETTY QUICKLY AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING THAT APPLICATIONS COULD LAUNCH ON APRIL 11TH.
UM, WE DID INCLUDE THIS DRAFT TIMELINE IN THE TWO BACKUP SLIDES, UM, SO YOU COULD SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK THROUGH THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET CYCLE.
AND, UH, THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR, UH, PUTTING IN THE TIME ON THIS.
I THINK IT LOOKS, LOOKS REALLY NICE.
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? JUST ADD A FEW THINGS.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE SARAH AND THE REST OF THE STAFF.
UH, WE, WE THREW IN AN EXTRA MEETING THERE.
UM, I THINK IT WAS VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE.
UM, AND, AND JUST TO, I MEAN, SARAH DID A GREAT JOB OF SUMMARIZING EVERYTHING, BUT AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, I MEAN, UM, THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FUNDED FROM THE, THE GENERAL FUND, UM, NOT MANY CHANGES THERE.
WE SPENT MOST OF OUR TIME, UM, ON THE PERFORMING ARTS.
WE'VE GOT THAT GOAL OF THE 150 LIT NIGHTS AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES WE HAVE.
UM, YEAH, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP FROM STAFF AND, AND ALL THE TIME.
UM, SARAH, AND THANK YOU, UM, CHRIS FOR, UM, TAKING THE LEAD ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND I, I, I AGREE WE DID SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ON THE PERFORMING ARTS SECTION AND, AND, UM, JUST I THINK EVERYBODY PROBABLY REALIZES THAT THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A, UM, DOCUMENT THAT WILL CHANGE OVER TIME AS WE KIND OF WORK WITH IT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT, NEXT FEW YEARS.
I, I THINK WE DID COME UP WITH A GOOD STARTING POINT.
UM, BUT, UH, IT, IT WILL BE SOMETHING, AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN LINE, UH, THE GOAL OF THE SCORING PROCESS AS WE, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TO, UH, TO TRY TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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AS, UM, AND SARAH TOUCHED ON IT ON SLIDE NINE, JUST THE NOTE THERE THAT, UM, WE ARE WORKING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A FRAME OF, OF, OF DOLLARS, SPECIFIC DOLLARS, UM, THE NOTE AT THE BOTTOM AS FAR AS INCREASED REVENUE OR REDUCED OPERATING EXPEN EXPENDITURES OR LEVELS TO INCREASE ALLOCATION TO THIS PERFORMING ARTS FUNDING.SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO, TO, UM, THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON, UH, GOING FORWARD.
I THINK, UH, EVERYBODY'S INTERESTED IN THAT TO TRY TO FIND THE, THE NEW DIFFERENT USES TO BRING TO, UH, TO THE THEATER TO, UM, ACTIVATE AND HAVE A DIVERSE PROGRAM THERE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WILL, THAT I THINK THAT'S ACHIEVABLE.
SO I ENJOYED BEING ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE AND UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
YEAH, YOU'RE STILL ON IT, RIGHT? I AM
WELL, YEAH, WE'LL SEE YOU IN MAY.
DARREN, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, ON THAT SLIDE.
SO, MAXIMUM INVESTMENT IS 15% OF, UH, THE HOTEL TAX MM-HMM
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO SPEND.
AND, UH, THE PERFORMING ARTS EXPENDITURE, LIKE IN 2026 WOULD BE ASSUMING WE COULD GET UP TO 450,000 IF WE BRING IN MORE FROM RENTAL INCOME.
IS THAT KIND OF THE WAY THAT, THAT THAT'S WORKING SO WE CAN SPEND MORE IF WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE INCOME? SO THE PROJECTION GO AHEAD.
THAT THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY CORRECT AND YEAH, THIS PROJECTION SHOW IS ONE 60, SO IT IS AN INCREASE.
SO YEAH, THAT INCREASE HOTEL RENTALS, RIGHT? WELL, YOU, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE RENTAL REVENUE.
SO YEAH, THE MORE WE CAN IN OF THE ADDISON, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEN THE MORE WE CAN INCREASE THE RENTAL REVENUE, THE MORE MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND ON RENTAL REVENUE OF, OF THE ADDISON.
AND THEN DOWN TO, UH, THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE COUPLE SLIDES DOWN, PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION CATEGORY.
SO I, I I SEE 60 NIGHTS, 50 PLUS 10, UM, CAN YOU COLOR THAT, PAINT SOME AROUND THAT A LITTLE BIT? PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT.
CAN I, CAN I, ARE WE BUILDING UP TO ONE 50? IS THAT THE POINT? SO THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION WE HAD THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD, WE, WE KNOW WHAT THE GOAL IS AND WE WOULD BUILD UP TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT TO GET 50 FROM THE WATER TOWER, 10 FROM THE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STUDIO SPACE AND THEN THE TOWN CURATED WOULD FILL IN WHERE IT CAN WITH RENTALS.
EVEN EVEN THIS COMING UP HERE, TOWN CURATED, WE'LL BE FILLING IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS.
MAYBE NOT HIT 150 THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE GROWING TO THAT.
THANK YOU COMMITTEE FOR, UH, TAKING THAT UP AND GREAT WORK.
AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GO BACK TO THAT, UH, THAT ONE SLIDE, WE WERE JUST RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WE TALKED ABOUT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE TO GET OUR HOTEL, UM, OCCUPANCY TAXES BACK ONLINE AND, AND GET MORE HOTEL ACTIVITY AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN TO DRIVE MORE PEOPLE STAYING IN HERE SO THAT WE'RE NOT CAPPED, UM, AS TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, GIVE US A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
AND, UH, AND SARAH, AND, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE WOULD, BUT IF A, IF A FUTURE COUNCIL CHOSE TO, THEY COULD, UH, TAKE PERFORMING ARTS AND, AND, UH, AND, AND GET, GET FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND IF THEY CHOSE TO.
RIGHT? THERE'S, THAT WOULDN'T KEEP US FROM THAT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE WOULD, BUT THERE'S NO RESTRICTION ON THAT, RIGHT? NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? THANK YOU, SARAH.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE NEXT ONE, DO YOU? I DON'T.
[c. Present and discuss the creation of a Development Relations Project Manager position. ]
YEAH, NOW WE'RE GONNA DO SIX C PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE CREATION OF A DEVELOPMENT RELATIONS PROJECT MANAGER POSITION.SO WE WANTED TO COME TO YOU TONIGHT AND TALK ABOUT A NEW POSITION THAT WE HAVE CREATED.
UM, I'M GONNA SAY TITLE PENDING
SO OBVIOUSLY ADDISON CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE'RE GETTING IN NEW BUSINESSES, REDEVELOP BUSINESSES, UM, WITH THOSE COMES IN INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENTS PROJECTS, WHICH MEANS WE'RE INVOLVING MORE THAN JUST OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT AS THESE PEOPLE COME IN, AS THEY DEVELOP, REDEVELOP, WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, WE WANNA MAKE IT AS EASY AND SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN ADDISON.
SO IN CREATING THIS POSITION, THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER, WHATEVER WE END UP, UH, CALLING IT, WE'LL SERVE AS A SOUND THE TOWN'S REPRESENTATIVE ON ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA FACILITATE ALL THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, SUPPORT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, UM,
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IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND THEN MANAGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, ISSUE THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING FOR A WHILE.
SO WE HAVE, UM, VITRUVIAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, A MASTER DEVELOPER AGREEMENT FOR VITRUVIAN, FOR ADDISON GROVE.
THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY MANAGING THOSE AGREEMENTS, UM, PROVIDE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON LAND USE, UM, ANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED.
BUT REALLY THEY ARE GOING TO BE THAT ONE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THESE, UH, DEVELOPERS.
THEY WILL BE THE ONES THAT MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GETTING IN WHATEVER THEY NEED ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE.
UM, CODE IS MAKING, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO CODE ON EVERYTHING ON THE BUILDING SIDE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ZONING AND THEY WILL JUST BE THAT ONE PERSON INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO NEEDS TO GO WHERE OR OVERLOADING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, THEY CAN FOCUS ON THEIR PART.
THIS PERSON WILL FOCUS ON MAKING SURE IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER AS ONE.
UM, I THINK DAVID, UH, PUT IT AS LIKE THE WHITE GLOVE SERVICE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, PROVIDE THAT HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN ADDISON.
AND SO, AGAIN, WHY IS THIS POSITION CRITICAL? WE WANNA STRENGTHEN OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE WANT TO BE THE PLACE THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT'S EASY TO COME DO BUSINESS.
UM, WE WANT THAT EFFICIENT PROJECT, UH, COORDINATION, PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GETTING WHAT THEY NEED AS FAR AS INCENTIVES OR SUPPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? UM, SUPPORT THE LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THEN IMPROVE THAT INTERNAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS.
I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE GOOD COLLABORATION, BUT WE'RE VERY BUSY.
AS YOU CAN WI WIT AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER TODAY, WE HAVE NO THERE, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A DOWN SEASON ANYMORE.
WE ARE GOING, YOU KNOW, AT A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR ALL THE TIME.
THIS PERSON'S MAIN RESPONSIBILITY WILL MAKE SURE THAT NO BALLS ARE GETTING DROPPED, THAT EVERYTHING'S MOVING EFFICIENTLY THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND SO, AS I SAID, IT'LL MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, TRANSPARENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IMPROVE THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEVELOPERS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR ADDISON.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO, BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND, THEY HAD SALARY SAVINGS.
SO THIS IS A POSITION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO THIS YEAR ADD WITHOUT ANY IMPACT TO THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, BUT WE'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE ADDED INTO THE FUTURE BUDGET.
IF I COULD JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS TO WRAP UP.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS POSITION AND I DO, WE, I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP FOLKS GET THROUGH THE PROCESS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND HAVE THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE WE CAN HAVE.
UM, BUT NATURALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ONE, YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER OR YOU HAVE A BUSINESS COMING THROUGH AND TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WHEN THEY HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT POINTS OF CONTACT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION, THAT THERE'S NOT CROSS CROSSTALK GOING ON AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO NOW WITH A POSITION LIKE THIS, YOU CAN ENSURE THAT THAT DEVELOPER HAS ONE PERSON THEY'RE TALKING TO AND THAT PERSON CAN ENSURE THAT EACH TIMELINE IS BEING MET AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR US TO HIT THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE AS A TOWN.
WE WANT AS TO BE THE BEST PLACE TO WORK AND TO DEVELOP AND TO DO BUSINESS.
AND I THINK THIS GOES A LONG WAY TOWARD THAT.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DARREN? SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
THIS IS KIND OF AN ACCOUNT MANAGER TYPE POSITION MM-HMM
OF THE ACCOUNTS, THE DEVELOPER OR GROWING BUSINESS IN ADDISON.
UM, SO WHO'S DOING THESE FUNCTIONS RIGHT NOW? WHAT DEPARTMENTS PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PART OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? SO MOST OF IT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT PORTION GOES THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AND THEN IT EITHER LET'S COREY OR LESLIE IS THE ONE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IS PUBLIC WORKS, GETTING THEIR INFORMATION IN, UH, IS PARKS GETTING THEIR INFORMATION IN.
AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'VE GOT LESLIE AT THE DIRECTOR LEVEL, WE'VE GOT COREY, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BUT SHE'S OUR PLANNER AND THAT'S IT.
AND SO IT'LL TAKE SOME OF THAT LOAD OFF OF THEM OF REALLY BEING THE, THE WRANGLER OF EVERYTHING.
AND I DO LIKE THE MENTION OF IT FOLLOWING THE BACK END OF
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SOME OF THESE, UM, AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THESE DEVELOPERS LIKE MM-HMMARE WE REMEMBERING THESE, THOSE THINGS? WHO'S WATCHING THAT AND MAKE SURE THEY DELIVER ON THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE EXPECT? UM, SO WHO, WHO DOES THIS POSITION REPORT TO? WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START OUT WITH IT REPORTING TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE RESPONSIBLE, WHAT'S OUR INVESTMENT? WHAT ARE WE PAYING THE, THE, THE POSITION? I MEAN, I CAN'T, I MEAN, IT'LL BE A MANAGER LEVEL POSITION.
I, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT GRADE IT WAS.
YEAH, WELL WHEN WE COME WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE FOLLOWING MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT.
THAT WILL BE BUDGETING FOR, BUT I WOULD GUESS IT RANGE, OH, I WOULD GUESS AROUND LIKE 1 20, 1 10, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I'LL HAVE LAST YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON, SO IF, IF THE MONEY'S ALREADY THERE IN THE BUDGET BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IF THE MONEY'S ALREADY THERE? SO I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PRACTICE WHEN YOU'RE ADDING A RECURRING COST TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE INCREASED SALES TAX THAT RECEIPTS THAT HAVE COME IN.
SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE SALARY SAVINGS, BUT WHENEVER WE'RE ADDING RECURRING COSTS, I WANT TO TIE IT TO RECURRING REVENUE.
AND WE HAVE SALES TAX INCREASE THAT HAVE COME IN ABOVE BUDGET THAT I'M, THAT WE WILL PROJECT FORWARD.
SO I THINK IN COMBINATION WITH THE SALES TAX, THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO INCLUDE IT AND ANYTIME WE HAVE AN FTE CHANGE, RIGHT.
I WANT THAT TO COME TO COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE DOING A MIDYEAR.
SO IT, IT'S QUITE A BIT MORE TRANSPARENT TOO, I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SNEAK ONE IN.
WELL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
ANYBODY ELSE? SO I HAD THE SAME QUESTION AS, AS DARREN ABOUT THE COST.
SO YOU ANSWERED THAT AND I HAD WRITTEN DAVID AND WAYNE.
SO CURRENTLY YOU SAID IT'S LESLIE AND HER TEAM? YES.
AND IT IS, IF DAVID AND WAYNE ARE GOING OUT SOLICITING NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE COORDINATING WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE BRINGING US HOPEFULLY NEW, UM, DEVELOPMENTS, THEN DID THEY PASS THIS PERSON OFF TO THIS NEW PERSON? YEAH.
SO, SO THEY GO ON AND WORK ON BRINGING IN NEW AND NOW SOMEONE ELSE IS HANDLING IT AND THEY'RE WELL THAT, SO WHAT IT WOULD BE, THAT PERSON WILL BE NOW THEIR CONTACT FOR THE TOWN.
AND SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS CAN HAPPEN WHETHER THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NOT AN INCENTIVE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRINGS IN A LEAD, THEY DECIDE TO COME IN AND, AND DEVELOP OR REDEVELOP SOME PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, THAT PERSON'S NOW GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THEM THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, GETTING THEM THROUGH THE BUILDING PROCESS.
IF THERE'S AN INCENTIVE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT, THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT WAYNE WILL STILL BE DOING HIS JOB.
LESLIE, YOU KNOW, BECKY, EVERYBODY STILL HAS THEIR OWN JOB TO DO, BUT INSTEAD OF KNOWING I GOTTA GO TO THIS PERSON, THAT PERSON, I'M GOING TO THIS PERSON, IT'S EASIER FOR THE DEVELOPER.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE ONE POINT OF CONTACT.
NO, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO YEAH, 'CAUSE WE'RE OUT, WE'RE OUT SELLING THE TOWN AND HOW BUSINESS FRIENDLY WE ARE, BUT, AND TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALL BUSY AND UH, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE GOING, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND, AND UM, AND THEY, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS FRIENDLY OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT FRIENDLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY MIGHT JUST DO SOMETHING AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THAT PERSON MIGHT FEEL LIKE, WELL THAT REALLY WASN'T QUITE AS GREAT EXPERIENCE AS I WANTED IT TO BE.
BUT IT GIVES THAT PERSON THAT ONE, UH, ONE, UH, ONE CONTACT WITH THE TOWN.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? NO.
UM, WITH THAT WE'RE DONE? YES, WE'RE
DID DAN HAVE A QUESTION? OH, DAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE BRIEFLY? OH, I JUST BRIEFLY WANTED TO BRING UP THE, HOW NICE THE PROGRESSION HAS COME FOR JOEL AND, AND JANICE'S TEAMS ABOUT LE LOCK POND'S PROJECT.
I HEARD SOME VERY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN AND AROUND THE LAY LOCKS POND ITSELF, SO THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT, SO KUDOS TO THEM.
WITH THAT IT IS, UH, SOMETIME 9 35 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR THE NIGHT.