[1. Call Meeting to Order]
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I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ADDISON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER, UH, TODAY, APRIL 15TH.
HOW COULD I FORGET? AT SIX P SIX OH SOMETHING.
UH, AS WE DO, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO THERE.
AND AS WE DO WITH ALL MEETINGS, PLEASE STAND AND MOVE.
I PLEDGE ALL FLAG STATES OF AMERICA.
THE REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION.
UM, WE WILL START OFF WITH A PURPOSE STATEMENT HERE.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SERVES IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE TOWN EVALUATING, PLANNING, ZONING, SUBDIVISION PROPOSALS, AND PRESENTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS OF LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
THE COMMISSION'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE RESPONSIBLE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT BY ADHERING TO ESTABLISHED PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND OVERSEEING THE ADMINISTRATION OF ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
THESE EFFORTS ARE INTENDED TO UPHOLD THE SAFETY, WELFARE AND OVERALL WELLBEING OF RESIDENTS, THE WORKFORCE AND VISITORS.
UM, AND DURING EACH PROCESS HERE, WE WILL HAVE, UH, OPEN COMMENT.
HAVE ONE ALREADY THAT WILL BRING UP LATER.
UM, JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU DO COME TO SPEAK, COME TO THE PODIUM, SAY YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND LI LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
[ Consent Agenda: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the Planning and Zoning Commission and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.]
UH, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR CONGEN CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IS THE MINUTES FROM, HOLD ON.DID ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO THOSE? HAVING HEARD? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE APPROVAL SECOND.
UM, BOTH ITEMS. UH, ONE AND TWO.
OH, YOU WANT ME TO DO 'EM TOGETHER? YEP.
AND THEY CAN BE DONE TOGETHER.
UM, STAFF DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION FOR ITEM TWO.
IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, WE CAN PULL THAT ITEM.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON IT.
I KNOW IT'S A FINAL PLA I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR STAFF REPORT.
IT WAS KIND OF IN ON ONE PART OF IT.
OBVIOUSLY X ONE IS GONNA BE DEDICATED TO THE TOWN AND WHEN IT GET DEVELOPED, BUT SOMEPLACE IN THE BODY OF THAT PAGE, I NOTICED IT SAYS IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT'LL BE DEDICATED TO THE TOWN.
BUT I KNOW THAT THE PLA CORRECT.
SO, UM, WHAT IS WHAT, SORRY, I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF.
LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, SO ONCE, SO IT WILL NOT BE DEDICATED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT COMPLETED.
HOWEVER, IT, AT THIS POINT, THE ANTICIPATED PROCESS IS ONCE THE DEVELOPER HAS COMPLETED THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, WE WILL ACCEPT IT.
THAT'S JUST, I I GUESS THE, THAT SENTIMENT WAS JUST, THAT'S THE ANTICIPATED PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
HOWEVER, IT IS A PART OF THE ZONING THAT THAT WILL BE BECOME TOWN PROPERTY.
IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHY IN AN IDEAL WORLD IT WOULD'VE BEEN COMPLETED AND WE COULD HAVE TAKEN OWNERSHIP THROUGH THE FINAL PLAT.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THEM NEEDING, 'CAUSE THEY'RE FEE SIMPLE LOTS.
SO THEY NEED TO SUBDIVIDE TO SELL OFF THE TOWN HOME UNITS.
THEY'RE HAVING TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY NOW AND WE'LL COME BACK LATER TO DEDICATE THE YEAH, I FIGURED THEY'D COME BACK AND DO THAT.
ON ONE PART IT SAYS IT WILL BE, WHEN IT GETS DEVELOPED, IT WILL BE X ONE WILL COME GO TO BECOME TOWN PROPERTY.
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ANYWAY, IT WILL BECOME TOWN PROPERTY.
IT WAS AS A CONDITION OF THE ZONING.
SO THE OTHER YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
IN ADDITION TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, WE WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERING NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERED ACTION ON A FINAL PLAT FOR THE CG SLASH BELTWAY AT ADDITION BLOCK A LOTS ONE X TWO X THREE TO EIGHT NINE X 10 X 11 DASH 9 19 19.
I'M LIKE, THERE'S A SOME OUTTA ORDER.
20 X 21 TO 26 AND 37 X FOR A TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT ON APPROXIMATELY 1.804 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH OF BELTLINE BELTWAY DRIVE.
AND APPROXIMATELY 190 FEET WEST OF MIDWAY ROAD ADDRESS, DRESSED AS 1 0 1 DASH ONE 11 AND 1 21 TO 1 35 RESERVE CIRCLE AND TWO 20 TO 2 37 NORTH RESERVE LANE.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR NUMBER TWO BEFORE WE MOVE? ARE WE ALL GOOD NOW?
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OKAY, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OR HEAR A MOTION FOR THE TWO CONSENT ITEMS. I MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO SECOND.ANY OPPOSED? HAVING SEEN NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES.
[5. Citizen Comments: At this time citizens will be allowed to speak on any matter other than personnel matters under litigation, for a length of time not to exceed three minutes. No P&Z action or discussion may take place on any matter until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance with law.]
COMMENTS.SO CURTIS GREEN, YOU ARE UP AGAIN, REMINDER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND KEEP COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 1 5 8 0 0 SPECTRUM DRIVE IN ADDISON.
UM, AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS KIND OF FINISHING OUT AND GOING TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS NEXT MONTH, AND I KNOW P AND Z HAS BOTH HAS PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THEY'LL INFLUENCE THE PROCESS PLUS, UH, THE FU UH, THE NEW ZONING MAP CHANGES.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT IT, ABOUT TWO THINGS THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE CPA CAN AGREE ON AND THAT'S ONE, WHAT TO DO WITH BELTLINE AND TWO HOUSING RENT AND VERSUS OWN KIND OF STUFF.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE, UM, REAL QUICK BELTLINE, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT I SAW THAT RECENTLY THAT, UH, CARROLLTON MADE A DOWNTOWN CARROLLTON MASTER PLAN AND ON THAT, UM, THEY HAVE THIS BIG CHUNK OF BELT LINE THAT THEY CALL THE GATEWAY AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY NARROW IT, WHICH I KNOW IS KIND OF A CONTROVERSIAL THING.
UH, I JUST, MY SUGGESTION IS TO KIND OF TALK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS THERE.
'CAUSE IF WE DECIDE WE WANT IT TO BE MORE THOROUGHFARE, WHICH WAS ONE PROPOSITION, UH, IF THEY NARROW IT, THEN IT'S JUST A BOTTLENECK AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY BENEFIT ANYONE OR VICE VERSA.
SO JUST A SUGGESTION TO LOOK AT THAT AND TALK TO THEM.
THEY DO HAVE OPTIONS WHERE THEY DON'T NARROW IT, BUT IN THOSE OPTIONS THEY PURCHASE EXTRA RIDE AWAY FOR BIKE LANES AND STUFF.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION'S, PROBABLY NOT THE MOST LIKELY.
SO, UH, THE OTHER ONE IS HOUSING.
UM, BIG THING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE, THE TOWN HOUSING POLICY AND THAT GETS DISCUSSED A LOT IS RENT VERSUS OWN, PARTICULARLY THE 80% RENTAL UNITS VERSUS 20% OWNERSHIP UNITS.
AND I THINK THE, THE IDEA MAKES SENSE, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO LOOK AT IT.
NOT JUST FROM UNITS BUT ALSO LAND.
FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY YOU HAD LIKE A SQUARE PIECE OF LAND AND YOU WANNA DIVIDE IT EVENLY BETWEEN RENT AND OWN.
YOU COULD SAY, OKAY, I CAN TAKE HALF OF IT AND THIS IS FOR OWNERSHIP HOUSING, HALF FOR RENTAL, GOOD DIVERSE MIX.
BUT BECAUSE THE TYPICAL OWNERSHIP HOUSING IS SINGLE FAMILY AND IT'S LOW DENSITY AND THE TYPICAL RENTAL PROPERTY IS APARTMENTS, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE LIKE A 90 TO 10 RATIO OF UNITS EVEN THOUGH YOU DIVIDED THE LAND EQUALLY.
AND SO I LOOKED AT IT FOR ADDISON, I DREW LITTLE BOUNDARIES AROUND ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ABOUT 25% OF ADDISON'S 4.45, FOUR MILES IS RESIDENTIAL OR FOR HOUSING.
UH, 50% OF THAT IS SINGLE FAMILY, 40% IS APARTMENTS, 8% TOWN HOMES, 2% CONDOS.
SO ABOUT 60% IS FOR OWNERSHIP HOUSING.
AND SO I THINK THE KIND OF THE DISCREPANCY THERE ISN'T THE AMOUNT OF LAND DEDICATED FOR OWNERSHIP, BUT THE NUMBER OF UNITS ON THAT LAND.
AND SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE MORE OF A FOCUS GOING FORWARD.
AND I THINK IN THE UPCOMING ZONING MAP CHANGES YOU SHOULD ADD DO R THREE OR UH, DUPLEXES AND ADUS IN MORE PLACES.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD HELP THAT NUMBER BUT, AND NOT NEED, UH, TAX INCENTIVES.
OKAY, ANY OTHER ON HERE FOR COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS? AND SCOTT OR LESLIE'S, ANYBODY ONLINE? OKAY.
HAVING SEEN, HEARD ALL ABOVE NONE.