[Call to Order]
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IT IS SIX 30 AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL INTO OUR WORK SESSION.
IT IS 6:30 PM WE HAVE A, UH, QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT WITH ALL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.
WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN 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 MINUTES UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE COUNCIL IS NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSS ANY ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AND THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENT CARDS OR REQUESTS, UH, IN WRITING.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE ITEM NUMBER TWO,
[Council Member Clarification on Consent Agenda Items]
PUBLIC COMMENT AND GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED FROM COUNSEL ON CONSENT ITEMS? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.
ITEM THREE A COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SEND TO TOWN STAFF ARE, UH, PUT INTO A DOCUMENT WITH ALL THE, UH, ALL THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THEY'RE ALL COMPILED INTO ONE DOCUMENT AND, UH, DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL.
AND THAT SAME DOCUMENT IS UPLOADED TO OUR TOWN WEBSITE.
SO ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO THE TOWN WEBSITE, PULL UP THE AGENDA, AND THERE'LL BE A LINK WITHIN THE BODY OF THE AGENDA WHERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT SAME Q AND A DOCUMENT.
[Closed Session]
ALRIGHT, ITEM FOUR, CLOSED MEETING.THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL WOULD ENTER A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 51 DASH 0 7 1 THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, FOUR A PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0 7 1, SECTION TWO AND 5 51 0 7 2 TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE TOWN'S LEGAL COUNSEL RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICE AND COURTS FACILITIES, CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 47 99 AIRPORT PARKWAY, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF RAIL PROPERTY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
AND THEN FOUR B PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.071, SECTION TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO SEEK AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ITEM NUMBER FIVE A ON THE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA FOR THE JULY 28TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THOSE ARE OUR CLOSED MEETING ITEMS. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UH, DIRECTLY PURSUANT TO THOSE ITEMS, WE'LL ASK YOU TO, UH, UH, STEP INTO THE OTHER ROOM FOR WHILE WE DO OUR CLOSED SESSION.
IT IS 5 33 AND WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME.
[Open Meeting]
OKAY, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.IT IS 7 31 AND, UH, COUNCIL'S JUST COMING IN FROM A CLOSED SESSION, SO WE'LL COME INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7 31 AND THERE'S NO ACTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.
AND SO NOW WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION THAT WE STARTED IN THE OTHER ROOM, AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL, THE REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 28TH, 2026.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT TONIGHT, UH, WITH ALL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE IN CHAMBERS.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO START A MEETING TO THE PLEDGE OF BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US 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, FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU'ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
[Public Comment]
WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO, 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 MINUTES UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED, BUT AT ALL, THE COUNCIL IS NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSS ANY ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AND THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO TAKE PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE, UH, ONE COMMENT, UH, REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARD REQUEST FOR THIS ITEM, AND THAT WILL BE FROM JEREMY OWENS.
WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
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THANK YOU.AND IF YOU WOULD, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE, MY NAME IS JEREMY OWENS.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY WORK ADDRESS, 4,700 AIRPORT PARKWAY HERE IN ADDISON.
I'M ACTUALLY A RESIDENT OF ARIZONA.
I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THRUST.
WE ARE A PART 1 41 FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOL AND A PART 1 47 AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT MECHANIC SCHOOL AT THE ADDISON AIRPORT.
TO DATE, WE'VE TRAINED HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW AT THE REGIONAL AIRLINES, SKY WEST AND ENVOY.
ALSO THE MAJOR AIRLINES LIKE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN AIRLINES.
WE'VE ALSO TRAINED HUNDREDS OF AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT MECHANICS.
UH, AFTER GRADUATION, SOME OF THEM HAVE RELOCATED TO THE ADDISON AREA AND ARE NOW EMPLOYED BY LOCAL EMPLOYERS ON THE ADDISON AIRPORT.
STILL, OTHERS HAVE GONE ON TO WORK AT SIMILAR, UH, REGIONAL AND AND MAJOR AIRLINES.
WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS ON THE ADDISON AIRPORT.
OVER A HUNDRED JOBS LOCALLY, WE HAVE A SPEND ON WAGES, WELL OVER $5 MILLION AND ANOTHER $3 MILLION IN SPEND WITH, UH, LOCAL VENDORS ON THE AIRPORT.
WE ALSO HAVE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE RELOCATED TO THE ADDISON AREA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FLIGHT TRAINING AND OUR AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT MECHANIC SCHOOL.
AND THEY SPEND, UH, HERE THROUGH RENT AND IN LOCAL SPENDING AS WELL.
WE FLY, ALSO FLY ABOUT HALF THE OPERATIONS ON THE AIRFIELD.
THAT EQUATES TO ALMOST 70,000 TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS IN 2025.
THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT A SPEND OF 1.5 MILLION WITH OTHER LOCAL FUEL SUPPLIERS ON THE AIRPORT.
SO WHY DOES THAT MATTER? UH, BOEING JUST CAME OUT WITH A REPORT, UH, THIS PREVIOUS WEEK THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF ALMOST 700,000 PILOTS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, AND A SHORTAGE, UH, EXCEEDING THAT FOR AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT MECHANICS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
SO THRUST IS ENGAGED IN, UH, HELPING SUPPLY THAT SHORTAGE TO THE INDUSTRY, UH, AS A WHOLE.
SO WHY AM I HERE? SPECIFICALLY? OUR LEASES ARE UP FOR RENEWAL ON THE ADDISON AIRPORT.
WE HAVE SIX LOCATIONS CURRENTLY ON THE ADDISON AIRPORT, AND, UH, AND THOSE ARE COMING UP FOR RENEWAL.
SO, UH, I'M HERE TO, UH, EXTEND THE ASK TO, UH, EXTEND OUR LEASES ON THE AIRPORT.
UH, DUE TO THE COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN ADDISON, OUR CEO PATRICK ARNON HAS ALREADY PUT FORTH, UH, UH, THROUGH THE AIRPORT PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE, A MASTER PLAN THAT WILL CONSOLIDATE ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS INTO A MASTER CAMPUS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO, UH, PUT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR A MP AND FLIGHT SCHOOL, ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS, ALL OF OUR TRAINING, OUR SIMULATORS INTO A MASTER CAMPUS.
BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT BRIDGE, UH, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR LEASES ON OUR CURRENT, UH, UH, BUILDINGS ON THE AIRPORT.
SO THAT'S THE SHORT TERM ASK AND THE LONG TERM ASK FROM ME HERE TODAY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY WE'VE BEEN IN ADDISON QUITE SOME TIME.
WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO CALL ADDISON HOME AND, UH, UH, WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND THAT'S THE LAST COUNCIL APPEARANCE I HAD FOR THIS ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? WE'RE SEEING NONE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR THOSE THAT ARE PAYING ATTENTION, THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER THREE, NOT ITEM
[Proclamations / Presentations]
NUMBER TWO.SO NOW WE'LL DO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS TWO, A CITY MANAGERS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TWO B EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
JUST TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, AND THEY ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS TOGETHER.
WE ARE HAVING OUR SIPS AND SCOOPS EVENT TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH AT 6:00 PM AT VITRUVIAN PARK TAVERN.
STOP BY AND FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND TOWN.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING EVENING, THURSDAY NIGHT, WE WERE HOSTING A COMMUNITY EVENT AT OLD TOWN HALL, THE ADDISON FINANCE BUILDING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MONTFORT DRIVE, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR CELESTIAL PARK.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING FOLKS THERE, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
AND WE'LL START WITH STEVEN GLICKMAN, RECOGNIZING DANDY GREAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, STEVEN LAKEMAN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
SO TONIGHT, UH, I'M INTRODUCING TANDY DICKEY.
SHE IS OUR CONTROLLER IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UH, HER RESILIENCE, DEDICATION, AND POSITIVE SPIRIT MAKE HER AN INVALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR TEAM IN ADDISON.
UH, YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HER AS THE WELCOMING, FACING THE VIP AREA DURING OUR, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
SHE'S FILLED THAT ROLE, UH, WITH ENTHUSIASM AND ALWAYS LOOKS FORWARD TO HER NEXT OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AS A LIFELONG NORTH TEXAN.
SHE GREW UP IN CARROLLTON AND REMEMBERS ADDISON AS THE PLACE, UH, WHERE HER FAMILY WOULD COME FOR SPECIAL DINNERS AND WATCHING KABOOM TOWN,
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UH, FROM THE SONIC ON MIDWAY.UH, SO AFTER GRADUATING NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL, SHE PURSUED AN ACCOUNTING DEGREE WHILE WORKING FULL-TIME AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO A CFO.
UH, SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD NEVER BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT, BUT LIFE HAD OTHER PLANS, UM, AFTER, UH, LEAVING THE, UH, INVESTMENT BANKING INDUSTRY AFTER THE, UH, FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE MID, UH, 2000, UH, TENS OR SO, UH, TANDY BEGAN A SECOND CAREER IN GOVERNMENT FINANCE, UH, WITH THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE.
SHE ADVANCED FROM ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK TO SENIOR ACCOUNTANT.
UH, SHE WANTED TO RETURN HOME.
SHE JOINED THE TOWN OF ADDISON IN 2019 AS A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT AND HAS BEEN PROMOTED THREE TIMES, UH, TO ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR, ACCOUNTING MANAGER, AND NOW SHE'S OUR CONTROLLER.
UH, PROFESSIONALLY, SHE IS PROUD OF EARNING HER CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER, UH, DESIGNATION, UH, AND SERVING ON THE, UH, ETHICS COMMITTEE FOR THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS.
UH, SHE'S KNOWN FOR MENTORING COLLEAGUES, UH, PARTNERING WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, AND ENSURING THE TOWN'S FINANCIAL REPORTING IS ACCURATE, TRANSPARENT, AND DEPENDABLE.
AND DURING THIS SAME TIME, SHE ALSO CELEBRATED THE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF OVERCOMING BREAST CANCER WITH HER CHARACTERISTIC GRACE, OPTIMISM, AND A LITTLE BIT OF SPARKLE, UM, AND FAMILY, UH, FOR TANDY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CENTER OF HER LIFE.
UH, AS A SINGLE MOTHER, SHE RAISED THREE CHILDREN, UH, WHILE VOLUNTEERING COUNTLESS HOURS SUPPORTING THEIR ACTIVITIES.
TODAY, SHE EN ENJOY, ENJOYS TIME SPENDING, UH, ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER GROWING FAMILY THAT INCLUDES HER YOUNG GRANDSON, UH, READING ALONGSIDE HER BLIND CAT, WHOSE NAME IS STEVIE WONDER, WONDER BREAD,
UH, SO WHEN, WHEN ASKED, UH, WHAT THE ADDISON WAY MEANS, UH, SHE SHARED THAT A LITTLE SPARKLE MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER.
AND SHE BELIEVES POSITIVITY, SERVICE AND SOLUTION ORIENTED MINDSET ARE THE FOUNDATION, UH, OF GREAT TEAMWORK AND BRAVE VALUES GUIDE HER EVERY DAY.
UH, HER MANY ON THE SPOT AWARDS REFLECT THE DEDICATION, PRO PROFESSIONALISM, AND HEART THAT SHE BRINGS TO OUR TEAM IN ADDISON.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING TANDY.
THANK YOU TO ANDY FOR YOUR SERVICE TO ADDISON.
OH, SO WE ALSO HAVE A, IT'S A SPECIAL EVENING WHEN WE GET TO DO THIS.
WE, UM, I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF FREEZE TO COME UP AND DO A PRESERVATION OF LIFE AWARDS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, CHRIS FREEZE, CHIEF OF POLICE, CHIEF OF POLICE.
I HAVE THE, UH, DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT OFFICER BRANDON DUNN TONIGHT AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS, UM, ACTIONS.
ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 16TH, NOT OF MAY 16TH, OFFICER DUNN WAS DISPATCHED TO A MEDICAL CALL INVOLVING NONRESPONSIVE INDIVIDUAL.
UH, ONCE HE GOT THERE, HE IMMEDIATELY ASSESSED THE SITUATION, REALIZED THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT BREATHING AND BEGAN CHEST COMPRESSIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES.
HE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE THE INDIVIDUAL HAD A PULSE BY THE TIME MEDICS GOT THERE.
AND THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED WITH A STRONG PULSE AND ULTIMATELY MAKE A RECOVERY.
IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF THE ADDISON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON, THAT HE WAS ABLE TO IMPACT THIS INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE AND ENSURE THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO GO HOME AND SEE HER FAMILY.
ALRIGHT, IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT WE OWE HIM AN IMMENSE GRATITUDE OF DEBT.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING OFFICER DUNN WHILE I PRESENT WITH HIM THE, UH, PRESERVATION OF LIFE AWARD.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR YOU? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.
[Consent Agenda]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSENT TONIGHT INCLUDES ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH 4G.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE FOUR A THROUGH FOUR GA SECOND FROM DAN.
A DISCUSSION, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE, UH, ONE COMMENT.
UH, A NUMBER OF THE CONSENT ITEMS TONIGHT ARE ABOUT EXTENDING THE LEASE LEASES FOR, UH, THRUST, UH, AT THE ADDISON AIRPORT.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE WORK FOR YEARS OUT THERE.
AND THE PILOTS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING UP AND THEY'RE WITH THEIR, UH, THE, UH, MAINTENANCE SCHOOL OVER THERE THAT'S, THEY'RE FILLING A NEED THAT'S GREATLY, UH, GREATLY NEEDED OUT THERE.
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AND, UH, AND, UH, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS, AS GREAT TENANTS ON OUR AIRPORT.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT AND I APPRECIATE THRUST FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT FOR YOUR SUPPORT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON CONSENT.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED, UH, ON THE AGENDA.
GREAT JOB FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHERS? DAVID, HAVE YOU INDULGE ME? I JUST WOULD MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT YES.
YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE GOOD NEIGHBOR CAMPAIGN OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, AND THRUST HAS BEEN THE KIND OF THE FIRST ONE WE TALKED TO ABOUT THAT AND REALLY THE BEST PARTNER WE'VE HAD IN THOSE EFFORTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL AND SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT.
YEAH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ABSOLUTELY, UH, THEY, THEY SAID, YEAH, WE WANNA BE A, WE WANNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE FLIGHT PATHS, WE SEE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE CUTTING THAT CORNER, THEY'RE NOT GOING OVER THE NOISE SENSITIVE AREA.
RANDY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I LIVE IN THAT AREA AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THRUST AIRCRAFT IN THAT AREA.
SO THEY ARE NOT THE VIOLATORS OF THIS.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
[a. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Special Use Permit for property located at 4460 Belt Line Road, that is currently zoned Commercial Limited (CL) for a restaurant to allow late-night hours of operation and on-site consumption of hookah. Case 1937-SUP/4460 Belt Line Road (Prestige Ambience Hookah Lounge).]
ALRIGHT THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE ITEM FIVE A.THESE ARE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, FIVE A HOLD, HOLD, A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 44 60 BELTLINE ROAD THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL LIMITED CL FOR A RESTAURANT TO ALLOW LATE NIGHT HOURS OF OPERATION AND ONSITE CONSUMPTION OF HOOKAH CASE.
1937 DASH SUP SLASH 44 60 BELTLINE ROAD, PRESTIGE AMBIANCE, HOOKAH LOUNGE, LESLIE.
AND I'M DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UH, THIS REQUEST THIS EVENING IS LOCATED AT 44 60 BELTLINE ROAD.
UM, AND THE REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT.
UM, COMPONENTS THAT ARE ALSO PROPOSED INCLUDE, UH, LATE NIGHT HOURS AND, UH, THE ONSITE CONSUMPTION OF HOOKAH.
UM, SO THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, LOCAL RETAIL SINCE 1986.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMITS, UM, ON THE PROPERTY FOR PREVIOUSLY EXISTING RESTAURANTS ON THE SITE.
UM, WE ARE NOT SURE THE EXACT DATE, BUT DO KNOW THAT THE SITE HAS REMAINED VACANT FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LAST 10 YEARS, UM, WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE UDC, THE LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT BECAME, UM, THE COMMERCIAL LIMITED DISTRICT, HOWEVER, THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY, UM, VERY SIMILAR IN NATURE.
UM, AND AS MENTIONED, THIS REQUEST IS FOR A NEW SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SITE, UM, BEFORE YOU IS A SITE PLAN, UH, PROPOSED SITE PLAN OF THE SITE.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO USE THE EXISTING BUILDING AS WELL AS, UH, MANY OF THE EXISTING SITE FEATURES.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS PROPOSED, UH, THROUGH THIS REQUEST.
UH, AND WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THOSE, UH, NOW.
SO WITH THE, UH, THIS REQUEST, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, REMODEL FINISH OUT OF THE GROUND FLOOR TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FACILITIES, RESTROOMS, UM, A BAR, AS WELL AS AN ELEVATOR AND DINING AREAS.
THERE IS, UM, AS DESIGNATED ON THE FLOOR PLAN, A SMOKING AND NON-SMOKING AREA WITH A DEMISING WALL AS WELL AS SEPARATE VENTILATION SYSTEMS. UM, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A SECOND FLOOR ADDITION.
UM, THIS WOULD, THE SECOND FLOOR, UH, WOULD BE, UM, GENERALLY ENCLOSED.
HOWEVER, OPEN AIR THERE, IT WOULD NOT BE, UM, FULLY ENCLOSED AS THERE WOULD NOT BE, UH, WINDOWS NECESSARILY IN THE OPENINGS, WHICH WE'LL SEE ON THE FACADE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A ROOFTOP BAR, UM, WHICH THE ELEVATOR AND STAIRS WOULD SERVE.
LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED SEATING WITHIN THE FACILITY ON THE GROUND FLOOR, UM, THERE'S PROPOSED TO BE 141 SEATS ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
UM, VERY LITTLE OF THE SEATING IS FIXED SEATING, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN THE BLUE THAT IS THE FIXED SEATING WITHIN THE FACILITY ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
LOOKING AT THE SECOND FLOOR, UM, THERE IS ONLY EIGHT SEATS PROPOSED ON THE SECOND FLOOR THAT IS FIXED SEATING.
THE REST OF, UM, THOSE 62 TOTAL SEATS, UM, IS ALL MOVABLE FURNITURE.
UM, WITH THIS, THIS REPRESENTS A FOUR SEAT INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT SUP IN TOTAL, UM, BECAUSE THEY DID REMOVE A PORTION OF THE OUTDOOR, OR EXCUSE ME, NOT A PORTION, THEY REMOVED ALL OF THE OUTDOOR PATIO, WHICH I'LL UM, HIGHLIGHT HERE MOMENTARILY WHEN LOOKING AT THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
AS MENTIONED, UM, THIS BUSINESS IS PROPOSING TO REMAIN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN, UM, REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 2:00 AM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
UH, WE DID DO AN ANALYSIS, UH, WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND WE IDENTIFIED 13 OTHER RESTAURANTS WITHIN THIS BUFFER AREA.
AND WE DID AN ANALYSIS ON WHAT THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION ARE, REALLY LOOKING AT
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CONSISTENCY AS WELL AS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE, UM, ARE COMPATIBLE USES WITHIN THIS AREA.UH, APPROXIMATELY 15% OF THE RESTAURANTS WITHIN THAT A THOUSAND FOOT BUFFER DO CLOSE, UH, AFTER 11:00 PM AND THAT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE LONDONER AND CHILI'S.
AND LOOKING AT THIS, UM, CHART ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, YOU SEE THE VARIOUS CLOSING TIMES ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND THE DAYS OF THE WEEKS.
THE NUMBERS WITHIN THAT CHART REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS THAT CLOSE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
UM, YOU SEE THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED TIMES ARE SHOWN IN RED ON THIS CHART.
THE LONDONER DOES CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT DURING THE WEEKDAYS AND ARE OPEN UNTIL 2:00 AM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN SEE, VERY FEW RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN THAT LATE WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THIS AREA, LOOKING AT THE PARKING, UM, WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING OUTDOOR PATIO AS, BUT THEN THE ADDITION OF THE SECOND FLOOR, UH, THAT REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY A NET INCREASE OF ABOUT 600 SQUARE FOOT IN TOTAL FOR THE GROSS FLOOR AREA.
UM, USING THE RATIO OF ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 100 SQUARE FEET OF GROSS FLOOR AREA, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 77 PARKING SPACES AND 77, UM, ARE PROVIDED ON SITE.
UM, LOOKING AT THE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE, THERE ARE, IS MAJOR MODIFICATION PROPOSED OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SECOND FLOOR ADDITION.
UM, THIS WOULD BE A CHANGE BOTH MATERIAL AS WELL AS STRUCTURALLY WITH THE A MORE CONTEMPORARY STYLE AND THE ROOFTOP BAR AREA.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE EXISTING PHOTO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE OUTDOOR PATIO, UH, IN THE FOREGROUND OF THAT PHOTO THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED IN REVIEWING THE OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING, UM, THE DEFICIENCY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY STAFF INCLUDED THE PARKING LOT SCREENING OR PARKING LOT BUFFERING AS COMMONLY REFERRED TO.
UH, WITHIN OUR LANDSCAPING STANDARDS, WE REQUIRE A 10 FOOT WIDE BUFFER OF SHRUBS AS WELL AS TREES, UH, AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE, EXCLUSIVE OF ACCESS WAYS OR, UM, DRIVEWAYS.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY AREAS BOTH ON WHAT IS, UM, THE, WOULD BE THE EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH AREAS OF THE PROPERTY THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH THIS PARKING LOT SCREENING.
I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE AREA SHOWN IN BLUE, THERE ARE OVERHEAD POWER LINES THAT DO RESTRICT SHADE TREES WITHIN THAT AREA.
IN REVIEWING TREE MITIGATION, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE THREE TREES, UH, WHICH EQUATES TO 36 CPER INCHES.
UM, THOSE PORTION OF THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE MITIGATED ON SITE WITH FOUR CALIPER INCHES REMAINING.
THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE MITIGATED, UH, FEE IN LIEU OF EQUIVALENT TO 768 UH, DOLLARS.
I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE SMOKING ORDINANCE, WHICH LIVES WITHIN CITY CODE IN SECTION 46.
UM, WE DO HAVE SMOKING REGULATIONS THAT GENERALLY REQUIRE A NON-SMOKING AREA, UM, BE EITHER SEPARATED OR, UM, WELL IT NEEDS TO BE SEPARATED, BUT ALSO WHERE FEASIBLE VENTILATED BY AIR, UM, THROUGH DIFFERENT, UM, VENTILATION SYSTEMS. THE APPLICANT HAS COMPLIED WITH THIS SECTION AS THEY'RE PROVIDING DEMISING WALLS AS WELL AS TWO SEPARATE VENTILATION SYSTEMS. STAFF NOTICE THE PRO, UM, THE PROPOSAL TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET, UH, INCLUDING 10 RECIPIENTS.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES TO THAT NOTICE.
UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST FOUR TO THREE AT THEIR DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, TO NOTE, UH, DUE TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, IT DOES REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY BY CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, UH, EQUIVALENT TO SIX OF SEVEN UH, VOTES.
STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND DETERMINED THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE TOWN'S, UM, ADOPTED POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS INCLUDING THE PARKING LOT, PERIMETER LANDSCAPING AS NOTED, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION, SHOULD, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS REQUEST, STAFF HAS A, UM, SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS, EXCUSE ME, CONDITIONS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING BE APPLIED.
UM, I'LL QUICKLY, UM, SUMMARIZE THESE.
UH, THE FIRST IS TO REQUIRING THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT, UH, BE PRIMARILY USED AS A RESTAURANT AND SETTING OPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR THAT, INCLUDING THAT THE KITCHEN BE, UH, OPEN AT ALL TIMES, UH, NOT, UH, PROHIBITING THE FACILITY TO BE USED AS A RENTAL FACILITY.
UH, PROHIBITING COVER CHARGES OR OTHER TICKETING OR ADMISSION EVENTS, UM, EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY APPROVED THROUGH THE TOWN'S TEMPORARY USE PERMIT, UH, PROHIBITING DJ'S, DANCE FLOORS OR STAGE PERFORMANCES, ALSO REQUIRING ALL FIXED SEATING, UM, REMAIN, UM, AS PROPOSED WITH ON THE ON THE FLOOR PLAN.
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THE NEXT SLIDE.UM, REDUCING THE ESTABLISHMENT HOURS OF OPERATION TO CLOSE NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT AND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA PROHIBITING, UH, BYOB OR BRING YOUR OWN BEVERAGE SERVICES AS WELL AS LIMITING THIS SUP TO THE SPECIFIC OPERATOR, UH, OR APPLICANT AND NOT ALLOWING FUTURE TRANSFER OF IT, AS WELL AS, UM, PROHIBITING AMPLIFIED NOISE AFTER 11:00 PM AND THEN ALSO RESTRICTING, UM, ANY FUTURE EXPANSION OF ONSITE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL TO ALSO REQUIRE A NEW SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UM, IF THAT BUSINESS WERE TO EVER EXPAND, I'D BE, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, MARLEY? YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
HEY LESLIE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 14 ON THE TREES TREE MITIGATION? SO THESE RED XS, ARE THESE, THESE TREES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED, PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED? MM-HMM
AND THEN IS THERE THREE OF THEM? 'CAUSE I'M JUST SEEING TWO.
AM I MISSING THE THIRD? YES, I BELIEVE THE THIRD IS ON THE, I BELIEVE THE THIRD IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, IT MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CLEANUP DONE ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, DUE TO SOME OVERGROWN LANDSCAPING AND THE, THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UH, WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT THERE THAT, THAT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR WHOEVER OWNS CHILI'S.
UM, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND THAT, THAT'S A GOOD LOOKING TREE.
IS THERE ANY REASON WHY, UM, THAT WOULD BE REMOVED? IT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED TO COMPLY WITH FIRE ACCESS.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, WITH THE FIRE LANE, THEY WOULD NEED TO MODIFY THE RADII 'CAUSE THE FIRE LANE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
UM, AND SO WITH THE CURB WORK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE TRUNK OF THE TREE, IT WOULD LIKELY NOT SURVIVE THE, UM, IMPACT OF, OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND, AND HOW ABOUT THE, UH, THE TREE CLOSEST TO THE BUILDING, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE, WHY WOULD THAT TREE BE REMOVED? I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN JUST A MOMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT STORY BEHIND THAT.
UM, NO, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
UM, ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM CAN COME FORWARD.
I DO HAVE ONE COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARD THAT I'LL CALL FIRST.
UH, AND THAT'LL BE FOR WARREN ELLIS.
AND MR. ELLIS, IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES, SIR.
MAD, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? MY NAME'S WARREN ELLIS, 8,700 STONEBROOK PARKWAY, FRISCO, TEXAS 7 5 0 3 4.
UM, I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APP.
MY, UH, CLIENT WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU SUPPORT THE, UH, SUPPORT THE, UH, REQUEST FOR THE SUP FOR THE LATE HOURS AS WELL AS FOR THE HOKU USE AT 44 60 BELTLINE ROAD.
UH, WE WILL ALSO, LIKE, UH, STAFF SAID THAT WE WANTED TO RENOVATE THE SITE, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A RESTAURANT.
HOKU USE ESTABLISHMENT BASICALLY IS TO ENVISION, UH, THE CLIENT'S ENVISION IS TO HAVE AN UPSCALE LUXURY FAMILY, UM, FRIENDLY DINING AND SOCIAL VENUE THAT WILL PROVIDE A QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR THE ADDISON RE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
UH, THE CONCEPT BASICALLY IS COMPARABLE TO THE QUALITY AND ATMOSPHERE OF LAIA, UM, LOUNGE AND GRILL, AND IS INTENDED TO BE DESTINATIONS FOR COMPLIMENTS TO ADDIS TOWN ADDISON'S, UH, VIBRANT RESTAURANT CORRIDOR.
WE ARE ASKING FOR EXTENDED HOURS SO WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE LA UH, PASHA, UH, LOUNGING GRILLS.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE ARE REQUESTING THESE HOURS OF OPERATION, ALCOHOL BEVERAGES WILL NOT BE SERVED AT THE SITE, UM, NOR BYOB.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DIS UH, DISTINCTION THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SAFE, WELCOMING AND FAMILY-ORIENTED, UM, ENVIRONMENT.
AGAIN, LIKE TO REITERATE, NO ALCOHOL OR BYOB WILL BE PRE ON THE PREMISES OF THIS SITE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN I, UM, WAS DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE, I DID MEET WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST TO ASK FOR, UM, TO DISCUSS THEIR SECURITY MEASURES AND OPERATIONAL BEST, BEST PRACTICES AND BA BASICALLY THEY MENTIONED TO US WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED AND WE WILL ADHERE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING APPROPRIATE SECURITY PROTOCOLS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO OUR PATRONS, NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES AND SURROUNDING
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COMMUNITIES TO THE ISSUES THAT THE, UH, OFFICER MENTIONED TO US, BASICALLY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE LATE HOURS, BUT THEY DID.AS, AS THIS BODY PROBABLY IS, IS AWARE OF ABOUT BYOB AS WELL AS ALCOHOL USES FOR THESE TYPE OF USES.
WE ADAMANTLY TOLD THEM THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA HAVE ALCOHOL OR B-Y-B-U-B-Y-O-B, UM, AT THIS, AT THIS PREMISE, THIS LOCATION.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE WILL HAVE VALLEY PARKING SIMILAR TO THE CONCEPT OF LA PROCESS OF LOUNGE AND, UM, AND GRILL.
UH, AND LASTLY, AS STAFF MENTIONED, THAT, UH, WE ARE NOT COMPLIANT AS YOU MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE PERIMETER PARKING AND LOTS LANDSCAPING.
HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MEETING AT IN SPIRIT BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING CONTINUOUS, UH, ROWS OF COMPACT TEXAS RANGER SHRUBS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE BECAUSE OF THE POWER LINES AS WELL AS, UH, FOUR OR ORNAMENTAL, UH, LITTLE GYM DWARF SOUTHERN, UH, TREES ALONG THAT EDGE.
SO WE BELIEVE WE ARE MEETING THE SPIRIT OF THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, WE REQUEST, UM, SUPPORT OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SO I, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY THIS.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION FOR DENIAL AND A SECOND FROM DARREN.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THIS ITEM AND A SECOND.
AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THAT A PROPER MO DO WE NEED TO LIST THE AGENDA NUMBER OR ANYTHING? NO.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF DENYING THIS ITEM.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE ITEM IS DENIED.
[b. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to rezone a 4.7± acre property generally located north and east of Landmark Boulevard, boarding the Addison town boundary on the west and the Dallas North Tollway to the east, addressed as 14651 Dallas Parkway, from Planned Development (PD) to a new Planned Development (PD) district to allow for a development comprised of 365 multifamily dwelling units, 10 condominium townhomes, 5 live/work units, office uses, and associated private open space and common areas, through the approval of development plans and standards. Case 1949-Z/The Princeton.]
ALL RIGHT.HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE A 4.7 ACRE PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH AND EAST OF LANDMARK BOULEVARD, BOARDING THE ADDISON TOWN BOUNDARY ON THE WEST AND THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY TO THE EAST, ADDRESSED AS 1 4 6 5 1 DALLAS PARKWAY FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD TO A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR A DEVELOPMENT COMPRISED OF 365 MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS, 10 CONDOMINIUM TOWN HOMES, FIVE LIVE WORK UNITS, OFFICE USES, AND ASSOCIATED PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AND COMMON AREAS THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND STANDARDS CASE 1949 DASH Z UH, THE PRINCETON.
AND THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS EVENING, SO WE'LL NOT, UH, TAKE ANY ACTION ON ITEM FIVE B.
[c. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance adopting the 2026 Master Transportation Plan.]
ALRIGHT, ITEM FIVE C, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2026 MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BECKY AND ENGINEERING.UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO BRING FORWARD THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR ADOPTION.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS REALLY THAT ROADMAP, THAT PLAYBOOK, THAT GUIDEBOOK, THAT'S GONNA HELP US WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, BRINGING IN, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS YOU CAN SEE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN.
FUTURE PROJECTS, COMMUNITY GROWTH, CONNECTING PEOPLE THROUGH ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS, UM, IT EVALUATES ALL THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, LOOKS AT FLEXIBLE ROADWAY, UH, CROSS SECTIONS, CREATES THAT OVERALL THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
UM, ALSO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH TRAILS.
UM, WE CREATED A PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX, TRAFFIC CALMING TOOLBOX, AND THEN ULTIMATELY AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, KIMLEY HORN WAS HIRED, UM, BACK, UH, IN 2024, UM, TO EXECUTE THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, AS A PART OF SECTION TWO 13, UH, 0.002 IN THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN SHALL BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE AFTER REVIEW, BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, AND A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TODAY AT CITY COUNCIL.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DATES, UM, THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
WE STARTED THIS BACK IN SEPTEMBER, UM, OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WENT THROUGH, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
WE ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD THE, UH, PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX AND CROSSING TREATMENTS GUIDE BACK IN APRIL FOR YOUR ADOPTION.
AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, WE DID PUT THE PROJECT ON PAUSE, UM, TO GO THROUGH THE DART ELECTION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CURRENT AND IN COMPLIANCE
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AND IN ALIGNMENT, UM, WITH THAT OVERALL, UH, UH, VOTE PROCESS.UM, LAST WEEK WE PRESENTED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHERE WE RECEIVED A FAVORABLE SEVEN OH, UH, VOTE TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU FOR ADOPTION TONIGHT.
UM, THE COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE COMMENTS.
NOT ONLY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD, ALSO THE COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM YOURSELVES, UM, AND THEN ANY OF THE RESIDENTS OR OTHER THINGS THAT EVEN STAFF FOUND THROUGHOUT, UH, THE DOCUMENT.
UM, WE DID ADD LIGHTING TO THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX.
UM, WE DID LOOK AT, UH, THE SPEED LIMIT RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, ONE OF THE DEFINITE ONES THAT CAME UP DURING OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOURSELVES WAS THE SPEED LIMIT ON ARAPAHO.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES THE, UM, UPDATE TO THAT.
WE LOOKED AT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THE APPROPRIATE REFERENCE SECTIONS, UM, UPDATED SOME PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS THAT WERE REQUESTED.
UM, AND, AND SOME OF THOSE CAME THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, UPDATED THE PLAN TO REFLECT THE DAR DART SILVER LINE AS ACTUALLY BEING CURRENT, ADOPTED AND OPERATIONAL.
UM, THE CONSULTANT PREPARED A COMMENT RESPONSE LOG TO ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED, AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR BACKUP.
AND THEN WE DID, AS I MENTIONED, INCORPORATE ALL THE COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOURSELVES, REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE REMINDER.
THIS WAS A PLAN THAT WENT THROUGH LOTS OF INTERACTION.
IT WAS NOT ONLY THROUGH CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL INTERACTION, IT USED DATA ANALYSIS USING OUR TRAFFIC, UH, COUNTS DASHBOARD.
UM, LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT TRANSIT COORDINATION WITH THE DART SILVER LINE.
UM, LOOKING AT MAKING IT A MULTIMODAL NETWORK, WHICH MEANS ALL WAYS TO COMMUTE, NOT JUST BICYCLE, BUT ALSO THE SILVER LINE, UM, WALKING, USING YOUR VEHICLE.
WE USE THE GUIDANCE THAT WE HEARD FROM THE ADDISON, UM, ADVANCED ADDISON 2050 PLAN, UM, THAT OUR FRIENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT BROUGHT FORWARD.
WE HELD MEETINGS, UH, INTERACTION, GOT SURVEYS, UM, FOCUS GROUPS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE LAST TIME A MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN WENT THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL WAS BACK IN 2016, SO IT'S BEEN APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS AND IT'S TIME TO UPDATE THE DOCUMENT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, IT INCORPORATED THE 2021, UH, CITYWIDE, UH, TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PEDESTRIAN, UM, TOOLBOX AND CROSSING GUIDELINE THAT YOU ADOPTED IN APRIL HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED INTO THIS PLAN.
UM, THIS CREATION OF THIS PLAN HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UH, ITEMS THAT WE REALLY WERE FOCUSED IN ON CREATING FLEXIBLE CROSS SECTIONS.
YOU MAY ASK WHAT FLEXIBLE MEANS.
I KNOW THAT, UM, ENGINEERING SOMETIMES CAN BE VERY RIGID, BUT THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WITH THIS DOCUMENT.
WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT ROADWAY WIDTHS OR SIDEWALK WIDTHS OR, UH, PARKWAYS OR, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN HELP WITH THE LOCATION EVEN OF THE SIDEWALK.
WE HAVE RANGES WITHIN THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT SO THAT AS A PROJECT COMES THROUGH, WE CAN LOOK TO SEE WHAT BEST SUITS THAT OVERALL AREA AND PUTS IT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT IS ALREADY, UH, IN THAT AREA.
IN MANY CASES, WE SET GOALS FOR IMPLEMENTATION, CREATED A THOROUGHFARE PLAN, YOU'LL SEE HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
UM, CREATED THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THAT'S THE, THE BIKING AND THE WALKING.
UM, THE TRAFFIC, UH, CALMING TOOLBOX, UM, DEVELOPED AND RECOMMENDED THOSE NEW SPEED LIMITS ON A COUPLE OF ROADWAYS CREATED.
WHAT PROBABLY I'M MOST HAPPY ABOUT IS ONE OF THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX.
UM, WE'RE NOW THE THIRD IN THE STATE THAT I'M AWARE OF TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENT, UM, HAVE A TOOLBOX AND THE CROSSING GUIDELINE AND THEN ULTIMATELY IMPLEMENTING, UM, THROUGH A PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY END WITH THE STARS THAT I KNOW YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH AT THIS POINT.
UM, JUST TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CROSS SECTIONS, WE ACTUALLY UPDATED AND, AND ADDED A COUPLE THAT WEREN'T, UM, IN THE, UH, PREVIOUS PLAN.
SO IT GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH OR CAPITAL PROJECTS, BOND PROJECTS THAT WE IMPLEMENT.
THIS IS JUST THE, THE LIST OF WHAT THOSE ARE CALLED.
UM, THAT GOAL WAS TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY, HELP HOLD DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE AS THEY COME THROUGH, UM, THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND THEN DELIVER THAT VISION WHETHER WE'RE NEWLY CONSTRUCTING A ROADWAY OR RECONSTRUCTING A ROADWAY, OR WE HAVE A VISION FOR WHAT WE WANT OUR ROADWAY NETWORK TO LOOK LIKE.
THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN CLASSIFIES ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROADWAYS, UM, HELD, HOLDS THAT DEVELOPMENT STANDARD.
UM, SO ALL OF THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE DEVELOPED HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TOWN SPECIFICATIONS AND RIGHT AWAY DEDICATIONS.
UM, AND THEN IT LOOKS AT THOSE FUTURE SEGMENTS THAT MAY NEED TO BE, UM, CHANGED IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT BE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED OR, UM, IN SOME CASES MAY BE WIDENED, SOME CASES MAY BE NARROWED DEPENDING ON THE OVERALL SITUATION TO IMPROVE CIRCULATION AND HELP WITH THAT REDEVELOPMENT.
THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TOOK THE 2021 CITYWIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN AND INCORPORATED
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ALL THAT INFORMATION.UM, IT LOOKED AT SOME OF THE RECENT UPDATES MADE TO MIDWAY WITH THE SHARED USE PATH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.
UM, SOME OF THE VITRUVIAN CONNECTIONS, KIND OF THAT LONG RANGE PLAN AND THEN ALSO, UM, HELPED WITH SOME OF THOSE IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES AND IMMEDIATE PROJECTS.
THE TRAFFIC CALMING TOOLBOX, UM, REALLY ITS PURPOSE IS TO REDUCE SPEED, IMPROVE SAFETY, AND ENHANCED COMFORT FOR THOSE THAT ARE WALKING, BIKING, AND DRIVING.
UM, THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES, UM, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, ARE SPEED MANAGEMENT, ROADWAY DELINEATION TOOLS, INTERSECTION TOOLS, AND THEN COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT TOOLS.
I KNOW MANY TIMES WHEN WE GET CONCERNS THAT ARE RAISED, UM, ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SPEEDING, WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, BUT THERE ARE CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK TO DESIGN ROADWAYS THAT ALSO HELP SLOW, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPEED LIMIT EVALUATION WAS DONE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROADWAYS.
UM, WE LOOKED AT, AS YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED AND THEN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
UM, AND TRIED TO DEVELOP THAT FRAMEWORK, UM, TO COME UP WITH THE, THE EVALUATION THAT MADE THE MOST SENSE.
AND THROUGH THAT YOU CAN SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS A MAP THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL DOCUMENT.
UM, BASICALLY THE BIGGEST CHANGES YOU WILL SEE, UM, ARE ON WEST GROVE AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIMITS IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, CHANGING FROM 40 MILES PER HOUR TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.
UH, KELLER SPRINGS FROM 40 MILES PER HOUR TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.
UM, THE PORTIONS OF MARSH LANE OF WHICH WE HAVE CONTROL, BECAUSE REMEMBER WE SHARE THAT WITH OUR FRIENDS IN CARROLLTON.
UM, THAT'S 40 MILES PER HOUR AND SOME AREAS ARE GOING DOWN TO 35.
AND THEN TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED ALONG THE QUORUM CORRIDOR TO, UM, CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 ON BOTH SPECTRUM.
AND ADDISON CIRCLE, THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX HAS MANY DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT BEFORE AND YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
UM, THESE ARE ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WE CAN PULL FROM THE TOOLBOX IN ORDER TO, UH, MAKE CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT ANY LOCATION THAT A PEDESTRIAN WOULD BE CROSSING.
ONE OF THE ONES THAT Y'ALL BROUGHT, UM, UP AND THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE HIGHLIGHTING IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION WAS LIGHTING.
UM, ONE THAT I WILL JUST POINT OUT, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL LISTED HERE IS A LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL.
I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY GET ACROSS THE STREET.
AND SO THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO THE SIGNAL THAT HELPS GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO THE SIGNAL TO ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO CROSS THAT ROADWAY SAFELY.
THE CROSSING GUIDELINES REALLY IS JUST A WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE AND LOOK AT EVALUATE.
SO IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY THE CROSSINGS, UM, THAT ARE NEEDED, EVALUATE THE SPEED, THE VOLUME, THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A DA IMPROVEMENTS, PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON, UM, RISK AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT, AND THEN SELECT THAT RIGHT SIZE TREATMENT USING THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX AND THEN OF COURSE, IMPLEMENT THAT PROJECT AND THEN MONITOR IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THINGS DO CHANGE OVER TIME OR THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
THE PRO PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THE ORANGE STAR IS AN EXISTING, UM, CROSSING IMPROVEMENT THAT NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL LOVE IS WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE DIFFERENT CIRCLES THAT ARE NEXT TO THE INDIVIDUAL STAR MATCH UP WITH THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX.
UM, THE GREEN ARE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE ARE NEW PROPOSED CROSSINGS, UM, THAT ARE NEEDED THAT DON'T CURRENTLY ALREADY EXIST TODAY.
UM, SOME OF THE ORANGE STARS I MIGHT MENTION ARE ACTUALLY AT SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE CAN TAKE SOME TIME TO GO IN AND MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THOSE AREAS TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE A, UH, A NOT ONLY THE FEEL, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SAFER CROSSING.
AND THEN BLUE ARE ONES THAT AS THE TOWN DEVELOPS OR DIFFERENT PROJECTS COME UP IN THOSE AREAS, WE ACTUALLY WILL LOOK AT, UH, MAKING FUTURE CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO THOSE ARE FUTURE CROSSING EVALUATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY ON OUR RADAR EXCEPT FOR THE STANDPOINT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO COORDINATE WITH LESLIE AND HER TEAM ON, WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW, UH, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN SO MUCH TIME ON THIS PROJECT AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, OF COURSE, UH, ALL THE EFFORTS AND THE TIME THAT Y'ALL HAVE SPENT ON THIS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT, UH, TO THIS POINT.
I THINK FIRST UP I HAVE CHRIS, WELL, BECKY, THIS IS GREAT STUFF AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT.
UM, I I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX.
I HOPE IT GETS FUNDED AGAIN IN THIS BUDGET.
UH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE.
SO AS WE BRING, I MEAN, I GET IT.
THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX IS, I MEAN, I THINK WE FUNDED $150,000.
AS YOU START TO TAKE DOWN LARGER PROJECTS, WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, WILL WILL,
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WILL THAT COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? WILL YOU LOOK FOR SOME COUNCIL INPUT? UM, WILL YOU INCLUDE THAT IN IN THAT BUDGET SEASON? UM, ABSOLUTELY.SO KEEP IN MIND WHEN I PRESENTED ON THE PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX, WE HAVE AN OVERALL DASHBOARD THAT INCORPORATES SEVERAL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PROJECTS.
THERE'S BOND AND CI PP PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING.
THERE'S PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS THAT ARE REQUESTED BY INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER IT'S CITIZENS COUNCIL MEMBERS, ET CETERA, THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
WE HAVE OUR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE TOWN AND ALSO TXDOT.
UM, AND THEN WE ULTIMATELY HAVE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IN THE MTP.
SO AS WE START EVALUATING, WE WILL BE TAKING THE FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SET ASIDE AND AS WE GET, UM, MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, WE'LL GET A BETTER IDEA AND A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO COST.
AND THEY'LL COME THROUGH YOU JUST LIKE THEY WILL IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THROUGH A DECISION PACKAGE.
UM, AND THE FUNDING THAT'S SET ASIDE, UM, MAY BE ENOUGH TO DO A, UM, OVERALL EVALUATION.
IT MAY BE ENOUGH TO DO SOME STRIPING.
IT DEPENDS ON EACH ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS.
UM, BUT YOU WILL SEE THEM COME THROUGH AND, AND DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE SAY THE $150,000 IS GONNA GET THESE COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THESE COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT WE NEED X AMOUNT TO DO THIS PARTICULAR, AND IT'LL BE ITS OWN SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WOULD NEED ITS OWN FUNDING.
SO ON SOME OF THOSE LARGER PROJECTS, FUTURE COUNCILS WILL HAVE A VOICE IN, IN THE DIRECTION AND THE FUNDING.
AND THEN DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING FOR, UM, SOME TYPE OF LIKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON SOME OF THOSE LARGER PROJECTS AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR AND LISTEN, WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC COUNTS DASHBOARD, SO WE CAN PAY ATTENTION TO THE TURNING MOVEMENTS WHICH HELP IMPACT, RIGHT.
THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE INTERSECTION.
UM, AND WHETHER IT'S A REQUEST OR AN INDIVIDUAL EMAIL, UM, WE'RE LISTENING TO SEE, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PAGE, UM, ON OUR DASHBOARD JUST SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TO THE CONCERNS THAT COME UP.
BECAUSE IF YOU WON'T, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS, BUT THERE IS A PATTERN ON CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL WHEN YOU ASK US, I CAN COME TO YOU AND SAY, WE'VE RECEIVED SIX REQUESTS FOR THIS SAME INTERSECTION.
WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A PRIORITY AND HERE'S WHY.
THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE THAT ENGAGEMENT'S IMPORTANT.
SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING THAT.
UM, ON, UH, ON YOUR PEDESTRIAN TOOLBOX, ON YOUR SIDEWALKS, DOES THAT GIVE YOU AN OPTION OR GIVE US AN OPTION RATHER THAN JUST DO THE STRAIGHT LINE THING PARALLEL? DO YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS? DO WE HAVE AN OPTION WHERE WE CAN DO SOMETHING SERPENTINE THROUGH THE TREES WHERE THE, THE PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, WHAT HAVE YOU HAVE GOT SHADE, BUT ALSO PROTECTION FROM THOSE TREES? ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EVALUATING AND I KNOW I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY ON THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EVALUATING WITH EVERY PROJECT.
NOT ONLY IS INDIVIDUALS DO NOT FEEL AS SAFE IF THE SIDEWALK IS A BUDDING, EVEN IF IT'S A STRAIGHT LINE, RIGHT, RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE CURB.
BUT IF THERE'S ALREADY LANDSCAPE OR SOMETHING IN THAT AREA THAT WE CAN DESIGN AROUND, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, CURVE RADIUS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING AND, AND THE TIGHTNESS OF THE, OF THE CURVE ITSELF IS SOMETHING WE LOOK THROUGH AS A DESIGN.
BUT, UM, NOWHERE DO WE SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE A STRAIGHT LINE FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
I KNOW THAT'S GREAT AND I, AND, UM, I REALIZE WE'RE LIMITED, YOU KNOW, IN, IN CERTAIN PLACES.
BUT WHERE THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, WE'VE HAD THAT IN THE PAST AND IT'S, AND IT'S GREAT.
UM, SOMETIMES WE HAVE A LITTLE, WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALK TO, TO ALLOW FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, I REALLY LOVE THAT, THAT PROTECTION THAT IT OFFERS THE SHADE AND THE LOOK.
UM, SO I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THAT.
I REMEMBER BEING IN THE AUDIENCE BACK IN 2016 AND I WAS SO FRUSTRATED I DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE, I DIDN'T HAVE A VOTE.
AND I WAS WANTING TO SAY, PLEASE, CAN WE HAVE THAT IN THE TOOLBOX? SO I'M HAPPY, HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS THESE SPEED LIMITS, UH, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY ON MARSH LANE, THAT THAT FARMER'S BRANCH HAS 35 MILES PER HOUR TO THE SOUTH OF US.
SO THIS, THIS WOULD JUST BE ONE CONSTANT 35 MILES PER HOUR DOWN MARSH LANE, ADDISON TO FARMER'S BRANCH.
I AM GOING OFF MEMORY, BUT I AM PRETTY POSITIVE YES.
BY LOOKING AT THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT AND THE ORANGE LINE, IT'S 35 MILES PER HOUR.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT IT IS NORTH OF BELTLINE.
I LIKE THAT, THAT THAT CAN GET CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THAT BIG AND YOU GO GO FROM CARROLLTON TO ADDISON TO FARMER'S BRANCH AND SPEED LIMITS CHANGE BACK AND FORTH IN A SHORT TIME.
SO YOU'RE TALKING NORTH OF BELTLINE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
NORTH OF BELTLINE, IT'LL BE 35 MILES PER HOUR.
IT'S ALREADY 35 MILES PER HOUR SOUTH OF BELTLINE, BUT WE WILL BE THE SAME SPEED LIMIT.
UM, AND, AND KEEP IN MIND WE WILL BRING THIS BACK FORWARD THROUGH AN ORDINANCE ADOPTION, JUST LIKE WE DO ANYTIME
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A SPEED LIMIT CHANGES.BUT MY MEMORY IS THAT CAROL, THE CARROLLTON SIDE IS 40.
I MAY MAYBE, MAYBE, BUT IT FOR ME, UM, I'M GOING DOWN THAT FARMER'S BRANCH ADDISON STRIP A A LOT AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, FARMER'S BRANCH IS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT CONTROLLING THAT SPEED.
AND SO IT, IT CAN GET A LITTLE TRICKY WHEN WE'RE GOING MAYBE 40 IN ADDISON AND YOU JUST CROSS SPRING VALLEY OR CROSS THE BORDER AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE AT A DIFFERENT SPEED.
SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, FOR ADDISON MARSH LANE TO BE ALL 35 MILES PER HOUR.
UH, BECKY, GREAT PRESENTATION.
IF YOU CLARIFY FOR ME A FEW SLIDES BACK, I DIDN'T, THERE WERE NO NUMBERS ON THAT SLIDE ABOUT LIGHTING.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WE WERE TALKING CROSSWALKS AND GIVING THE DURATION OF TIME CROSS THAT WALK.
I'M TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY LIKE LIGHTING.
EVERYTHING'S OBVIOUSLY MOVING WITH TECHNOLOGY TO LED, BUT ARE WE IN, WITHIN THAT PACKAGE? I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT WITHIN THE 600 PLUS PAGES WHERE THE SPECIFICS WERE ON LIGHTING ITSELF, ARE WE ADDING MORE LIGHT POSTS? ARE WE ADDING YES, SIR.
SO THIS SYMBOL THAT YOU SEE ON THE FAR, UM, RIGHT, RIGHT.
CORNER LIGHTING IS A STREETLIGHT.
UM, AND WE WOULD BE PUTTING IN LED, THAT'S OUR, PRETTY MUCH OUR STANDARD NOW IS THAT WE WOULD WORK TO MOVE TO LD AND COORDINATE WITH ENCORE, UM, ON ANY OF THOSE LIGHTS THAT WE PUT IN.
SO A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE A MARSH, UH, COMING UP FROM FARMER'S BRANCH INTO ADDISON.
AND I DRIVE THAT ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT CADENCE OF STREETLIGHTS, THERE ARE A COUPLE DARK SPOTS BECAUSE THERE'S NO STREET LIGHTS.
ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT WITH KINLEY HORN OR IS THAT SOMETHING OUR OWN DEPARTMENT'S DOING? UM, THOSE WILL BE THINGS THAT AS THEY ARE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION OR THOSE THINGS ARE REALIZED, THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE OVERALL LIST ON OUR PEDESTRIAN DASHBOARD.
AND THEN WE WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH ENCORE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
UNLESS IT'S A DESIGN CHANGE, UM, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE, UM, KIMBERLY HORN HELP US WITH.
BUT IF IT'S LIGHTING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE WORK THROUGH WITH ENCORE.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT IS HEAVILY TREED JUST NORTH OF SPRING VALLEY AND IT GETS, THERE'S THE WALK PATH THERE THAT OBVIOUSLY SNAKES THROUGH THE, THE PEDESTRIAN AREA AND IT GETS TO BE REALLY DARK.
SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED WITH KIMLEY IN TERMS OF REVIEWING OF LIGHTING.
THAT'S JUST ONE STREET AS AN EXAMPLE.
UH, BEFORE I GET INTO MY MAIN COMMENTS, I WANT TO TAG ONTO SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN WILLISON BROUGHT UP WITH THE SERPENTINE SIDEWALKS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THOSE IN THE PAST.
PEOPLE LOVE THEM, WE ALL LOVE THEM, BUT YET WE'RE FIXING TO ALLOW DART TO BULLDOZE ONE UP TO BUILD JUST SOMETHING BRAND NEW RIGHT THERE.
UH, MY MEMORY WAS A COUNCIL MEETING OR TWO AGO.
WE REQUESTED THAT, THAT BE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE.
AND I'VE, I'VE HEARD NOTHING BACK ON THAT.
UM, ARE THEY STILL PLANNING ON BULLDOZING THAT OR ARE WE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM ON THAT? UM, WE ARE REVIEWING A SET OF PLANS THAT THEY HAVE PUT BEFORE US THAT ALLOWS FOR A MORE SECUROUS UH, WINDY TURN.
UM, BUT THE EXISTING SIDEWALK WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THE WIDTH DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD.
UM, BUT WE HAVE GONE FORWARD, INSTEAD OF IT BEING STRAIGHT LIKE IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, ASK FOR THEM TO MAKE IT MORE WINDY WITHIN THE TREES.
UM, AND SO OUR STAFF IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THAT SET OF PLANS, WELL, MAYBE WE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE WELL, BUT WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THEM COMING BACK IN THE SAME SPOT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PRESERVING OUR WALKING PATH AND HAVING THEM MOVE THEIR PATH OVER AND LEAVE OUR SERPENTINE PATH ALONE AND TO KEEP THEM FROM BULLDOZING AND THEN RECONSTRUCTING, ALL THEY GOTTA DO IS CONSTRUCT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WASN'T COMMUNICATED OR WHAT THE DEAL IS, BUT I WOULD PREFER THAT SIDEWALK BE LEFT ALONE AND THEY BUILD THEIR OWN TRAIL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THAT, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND THAT'S, UH, THERE'S MANY, MANY THINGS IN THIS PLAN I LIKE, I LOVE, UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DO NOT, AND THAT WOULD BE THE BIKE LANES AND ALL THESE TRAIL, THIS MASTER TRAIL PLANS COMING THROUGH TOWN.
UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT HIDEOUS BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK FROM DALLAS INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL IN THIS MASTER PLAN IN DALLAS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S IN OURS, BUT IT STILL CAN REAR ITS UGLY HEAD THERE.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BIKE LANES ALL OVER TOWN.
I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER
UH, YOUR COMMENTS WERE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE CAN CHANGE AND ADAPT.
WELL, AS RECENTLY AS A MEETING OR TWO AGO, WE WENT THROUGH THIS BIG PROCESS OF TRYING TO, UH,
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CHANGE AND ADAPT A BIKE LANE ON BELTWAY DRIVE.AND WE JUST IGNORED THE SURVEYS THAT WE DID.
AND I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND PEOPLE ARE UN PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, FRUSTRATED ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING LISTENED TO.
AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT BECAUSE IT WAS OVERWHELMING THAT WE DON'T WANT THOSE THINGS, BUT YET THEY'RE STILL THERE.
SO IT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF, UH, EFFORT TO REGAIN THE TRUST OF PEOPLE ON, ON THOSE THINGS.
UH, UM, SO, UH, I I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THAT TRAILS PLAN.
I WISH WE COULD SEPARATE THESE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, APPROVE THIS, APPROVE THAT.
BUT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO STOP AND PAUSE ON THIS TRAILS PLAN.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTERJECT, I'M JUST GONNA COMMENT ON, ON, YOU KNOW, THE BIKE LANES.
I THINK THE CONNECTIVITY MATTERS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I LIVE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS REEVALUATE WHAT WE DID.
WE SAW THE PRESENTATION AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE SAFER, UM, EASIER FOR CARS TO GET IN AND OUT OF SOME OF THOSE TURNS, WE'RE GONNA GET THE RIGHT TURN LANE BACK, UH, ON BELTWAY.
UM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVE STEPS AND I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO TWEAK THAT.
IF THESE CHANGES DON'T MAKE IT BETTER, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND TRY IT AGAIN.
BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF BIKE LANES.
WE JUST, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO TRY TO GET IT RIGHT AND I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THIS PROCESS OF TRYING, TRYING TO MAKE SOME SMALL CHANGES AND IF IT WORKS, UM, THEN GREAT.
AND IF NOT, THEN MAYBE WE TRY SOMETHING ELSE.
WILL YOU YIELD BACK? THANK, THANK YOU.
I MAY BE MORE OF A BIKER THAN ANYBODY SITTING UP HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T NEED THOSE BIKE LANES.
UH, AND THERE WAS MANY OF US THAT TOLD PEOPLE THAT WE NEEDED TO GET RID OF THOSE BIKE LANES AND THEN WE CAME IN HERE AND DID NOT GET RID OF THOSE BIKE LANES.
AND WHEN WE HAVE A BIKE LANE THAT NO ONE EVER SEES BIKES IN THAT OCCUPIED JUST AS MUCH SPACE AS A CAR LANE, THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME.
UH, AND WE NEED TO, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF THESE, THE EXERCISE AND EXPENSE OF, OF SURVEYS AND SITTING OUT AND TALKING TO PEOPLE.
BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOU LIVE OVER THERE AND I RESPECT THAT, BUT, BUT I'VE NOT TALKED TO ANYONE THAT LIVES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAN I AM IS ALL I CAN SAY.
I'VE NEVER TALKED TO ANYBODY OVER THERE THAT LIKED THE THING.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT.
SOUND ON THE TRAILS AND WE GOTTA GET RID OF THAT ON THE, ON THE MARSH SPEED LIMIT, I'M KIND OF IN THAT BOAT IF IT'S 40.
AND THEN I DON'T WANT DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS ALONG THE WAY.
IF WE COULD WORK WITH THE OTHER CITIES THAT CONTROL MARSH AND TRY TO GET SOMETHING CONSISTENT, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 35 OR 45, IF WE COULD BE MORE CONSISTENT SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN MARSH LANE.
I, I THINK THAT SECTION OF MARSH IS MORE ADAPTABLE TO 40 OR 45 MILES AN HOUR THAN THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S NEITHER TO BE HERE, HERE NOR THERE.
I JUST DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH MULTIPLE SPEED LIMITS ON THE SAME STRETCH OF ROAD.
JUST A COMMENT ON THE BIKE, UH, BELTWAY BIKE LANES.
UH, I, I WAS, I WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO TAKE THAT UP, AND I DIDN'T THINK TAXPAYERS WOULD WANNA SPEND THAT EITHER.
SO I THOUGHT WHAT WE DID ON THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.
UM, THERE'S MORE TO THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT FOR THIS CONVERSATION.
ON PAGE, UH, 90 OF THE, UM, MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, 5, 5 7 IN THE, IN THE PACKET.
OH, DO WE NOT HAVE, WE'VE GOT IT ON THE PACKET.
UH, THAT'S STILL GOT THE CIRCULATOR IN THERE AND WE'VE KIND OF ABANDONED THAT.
I MEAN, THE, THE LANGUAGE COULD BE MORE LIKE, WE MIGHT CONSIDER IT IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT SAYS ADDISON PLANS ON DOING THIS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO JUST A LITTLE, SEEM LIKE A LITTLE MORE UPDATE ON THAT ONE.
SORRY, I DIDN'T GET THAT QUESTION IN.
WE CAN MAKE THAT MODIFICATION.
THIS IS STILL A DRAFT UNTIL YOU ADOPT AND THEN WE'LL, HE'LL FINALIZE THE DOCUMENT.
TOWN PLANS TO IMPLEMENT A BRANDED CIRCULATOR SERVICE.
AND THEN ON PAGE, UM, 5 39, THE, AND THAT'S THE, THE MAP THAT'S GOT ALL OF THE, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
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IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, TO DISCERN WHAT, WHAT IS HAPPENING WHERE ON THAT, AND THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE IN THE PRESENTATION.UM, COUPLE OF THINGS I SAW IS I THOUGHT IN THE QUORUM, UH, REDEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WE BACKED OFF OF A LOT OF THE DESTRUCTION, UH, OF, OF THE ROADS OR, OR CONSTRUCTION OF THE, THE BIKE LANES.
UM, THE MORE, UH, PURPOSED, UH, ONLY FOR THE BIKE LANES, WHAT DO WE CALL THEM? UM, TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK.
UH, I THOUGHT WE KIND OF BACKED OFF ON THAT TO MORE OF A SHARED BIKE LANE.
UH, I SEE THAT IT'S IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
THAT KIND OF LEADS ME INTO THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH OF THIS MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN DECISION IS DONE BY STAFF VERSUS COMES TO COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, WE WANT TO GIVE ENOUGH POLICY DIRECTIONS SO STAFF CAN MAKE THAT DECISIONS AND NOT EVERYTHING COME TO COUNCIL.
UH, 'CAUSE THAT JUST BOGS EVERYTHING DOWN.
JUST THAT ONE, UH, CAUGHT MY EYE.
ALSO, I THOUGHT IT WAS NOT GONNA BE A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK.
MAYBE I'VE GOT MY MEMORY WRONG.
I MEAN, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP AND IT, I JUST SEE IT SAYS IT'S A SHARED USE PATH, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A BIKE LANE THERE.
SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE PRIORITY ACTIVE PROJECTS, AND IT'S ON 5 42 OF THE PACKET.
SORRY TO BE SO DETAILED ON THIS, BUT I THINK THESE ARE SOME THINGS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE PINK.
IT SHOWS THE SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE STREET.
THAT WAS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS WHEN WE BROUGHT QUORUM FORWARD.
IF THERE'S AN INACCURATE STATEMENT IN THAT CHART, WE'LL GO BACK THROUGH AND CHECK IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MAP.
THERE COULD BE A MISTAKE THAT JUST WASN'T MADE.
AND, UM, REGARDING THE, THE LIGHTING MM-HMM
UH, THAT WAS REALLY JUST FOR THE PEDESTRIAN.
UM, PART OF IT, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY FOR, UM, LIKE ROADWAY LIGHTING NECESSARILY.
YOU ADDED THAT IN FOR THE TOOLBOX FOR THE PEDESTRIAN SIDE.
SO THAT REALLY GOES HAND IN HAND BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE LOCATED, TYPICALLY THEY'RE LOCATED NEXT TO ROADWAYS MM-HMM
AND SO, UH, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN CIO ALLUDED TO, THERE'S A SECTION OF SIDEWALK IN A CERTAIN AREA THAT REALLY COULD USE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.
SO THAT'S A TOOL THAT WE WOULD WANNA PULL AND GO AND PUT INTO IMPLEMENTATION IN THAT AREA.
THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, AND SO IT'S NOT, THERE IS A WHOLE PROCESS FOR STREETLIGHTS.
YOU HAVE TO GO ON AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, ET CETERA.
BUT IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE SO THAT THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, THEY CAN FEEL SAFER AND, UM, WE CAN ADD THAT INCREASED ENHANCEMENT BY PULLING ONE OF THOSE TOOLS.
THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD CHOOSE TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
MORE LIKE TRAIL LIGHTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, OR OTHER PLACES WHERE IT START FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, AFTER HOURS WALKING OR, OR RUNNING.
UM, IS THIS KIND OF A, A, A BIGGER, A KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL QUESTION? DO WE HAVE LIKE A COMMUNICATION, DEFAULT COMMUNICATION PLAN OR COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK THAT WE FOLLOW FOR ALL COMMUNICATION AND INPUT, WHETHER IT'S PARKS OR STREETS OR ANYTHING ELSE? SEEMS LIKE, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DEFINED IN HERE.
HERE'S THE 20 THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO COMMUNICATE AND GET INPUT.
AND FOR THIS PLAN, IT ONLY REQUIRES THESE THREE IN THIS ORDER.
I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT IN THERE.
AND MAYBE SOMETHING WE WANNA CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD, I MEAN, I THINK THAT COULD LIVE IN A NUMBER OF PLACES.
I THINK WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND OTHER AVENUES.
I JUST WANTED TO, PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA LAST FOR 10 YEARS.
'CAUSE COMMUNICATION METHODS CHANGE AND WE PROBABLY WANNA BE NIMBLE.
I LIKE TO SEE KIND OF CONSISTENCY IN THAT.
THAT WAY WE, WE HAVE THE WHOLE CHECKLIST OF WHAT WE CAN CHOOSE FROM AND, AND IT'S, EVERYTHING'S MORE CONSISTENT AND, UM, TRANSPARENT AND KNOW, KNOWN THE WAY THAT WE COMMUNICATE.
I WOULD JUST STATE THAT WE WORK WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS, WHETHER IT'S THE ADVANCED ADDISON THAT'S COMING FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S THE MTP, WE'RE ALL WORKING IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER.
JUST LIKE WITH ADDISON JUNCTION UPCOMING, WE'RE WORKING TO USE SURVEYS AND USE TOOLS TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT, HAVE OPEN HOUSES, DO SIPS AND SCOOPS, WHERE WE'RE ALL REALLY KIND OF USING THE SAME FORMAT AND THE SAME TEMPLATE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION.
SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A STANDARD PROCESS THAT WE AS DIRECTORS WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND ULTIMATELY, MARKETING AND TOURISM IS HELPING US GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO FREEZE IT AND MOVE ON, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE CHANGES AS SOON AS WE FREEZE IT.
BUT, UH, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S WELL DONE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ALL THE PUBLIC'S INPUT, UH, ALONG THESE COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, AND TO DARREN'S POINT, UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT ADDISON ORBIT, UH, REMOVING THE CIRCULATOR AND INSERTING, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT ADDISON ORBIT PILOT PROGRAM OCCURRING RIGHT NOW, HOPEFULLY, UH, HELPING TO SOLVE FIRST MILE, LAST MILE, UM, I THINK THAT'D BE APPROPRIATE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S FAIRLY NEW RELATIVE TO ALL THE TIME
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WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING FORTH IN THIS PLAN, BUT, UM, MIGHT, MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE CHANGE.I KIND OF LOOKED AT EDGE OF THE PLAN AND I SAW THAT IT KIND OF ENCOMPASSED THAT.
SO IT HAD THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT IT WOULD ONE MORE TIME ON THAT.
I, I LOOKED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING THROUGH IT FROM A HIGH LEVEL, IT HAS THE, UM, FLEXIBILITY TO, UH, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT OR LEAVE ROOM FOR THAT AS WELL AS WHATEVER FUTURE TRANSPORTATION MODES WE HAVE, AUTONOMOUS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY OBSERVATION ESPECIALLY, IS THAT IT COULD END UP BEING ANOTHER 10 YEAR DOCUMENT AND THINGS COULD CHANGE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SO SPECIFIC, THAT IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY.
AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT SAME THING, IS THAT YEAH, YOU, I THINK HAVING THAT, THAT MICRO TRANSIT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MASTER PLAN IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE SPECIFICITY OF ADDISON ORBIT, A FUTURE COUNCIL COULD SAY WE'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO I THINK KEEPING IT A LITTLE BROADER IS, WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME.
I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, THAT AND SOME OTHER STUFF THAT'S COMING, UM, ARE, ARE REALLY THE SOLUTIONS TO THE FIRST MILE LAST MILE PROBLEM, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF THIS PLAN.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH IT.
NO, THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHY I EMPHASIZE IT RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE THE FUTURE COUNCIL COULD WANT TO, MIGHT, MIGHT CHOOSE TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION SO WE CAN YEAH.
AND, AND THEY COULD DO THAT WITH ALL KIND.
SO THAT'S WHAT, NO MORE SERPENTINE, NO MORE DO IT.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN CHANGE WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CHANGE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU, BECKY.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM CAN COME FORWARD.
BUT I DO HAVE ONE COUNCIL APPEARANCE CARD THAT I'LL CALL FIRST.
MR. QUINTANILLA, IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS GUILLERMO QUINTANILLA, 41 15 RUSH CIRCLE.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK TOWN STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO DEVELOPING ADDISON'S MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS PLAN REPRESENTS MANY HOURS OF RESEARCH ANALYSIS, PUBLIC INPUT, AND THOUGHTFUL PLANNING THAT WORK DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED.
I ALSO WANNA THANK STAFF AND COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BELTLINE BIKE LANE PROJECT.
PROVIDING SAFE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE DRIVING, WALKING, OR CYCLING, IS AN, IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PLANNING FOR ADDISON'S FUTURE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ISN'T JUST ABOUT PLAN TODAY'S NEEDS.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING THOUGHTFUL INVESTMENTS THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
I BELIEVE THIS PLAN PROVIDES A STRONG FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE THOSE DECISIONS WHILE PRESERVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MAKES ADDISON A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND CONTINUE BUILDING ON THE VISION THAT STAFF HAS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
THANK YOU CHRIS AND MARLON FOR THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[a. Present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance approving the Final Project and Financing Plan for Addison Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #1.]
TO ITEM SIX A PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN FOR ADDISON TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE.UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THIS ITEM AGAIN THIS EVENING.
AS THE COUNCIL HAS DEPOSED THE TURS BOARD, UM, THIS ITEM IS THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER AS PART OF THE TOURS BOARD.
UM, GOING BACK TO THE JULY 14TH, UH, THIS IS THE SECOND STEP, UH, IS THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PROJECT PLAN AT THE JULY 14TH, MEANING, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CREATION ORDINANCE, WHICH CREATED THE FOLLOWING, UH, THE BOUNDARY OF ADDISON TURS, NUMBER ONE, THE TERM WHICH WAS 30 YEARS.
THE CITY PARTICIPATION RATE, WHICH WAS A STAIR STEP METHOD OF 80% IN, UH, THE FIRST 10 YEARS, 65% IN YEARS 11 THROUGH 20, AND THEN 50% IN THE FINAL 10 YEARS.
UM, THAT CREATION ORDINANCE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE TOURS BOARD, AS I HAD ALREADY MENTIONED, AND WE MET EARLIER THIS EVENING, WHICH IS, UH, THE MAYOR IS THE
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CHAIR AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS THAT BOARD.AND THEN WHAT WAS THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN? TONIGHT WOULD BE THE FINAL, UH, PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN.
SO, BACKGROUND, UH, WE'VE MET, UH, SEVERAL TIMES, UH, ON THIS ITEM OVER THE PAST YEAR.
BACK IN NOVEMBER, THERE WAS A WORK SESSION THAT, UH, DIRECTED COUNCIL TO, UH, BEGIN THE, UH, CREATION OF THIS, OF THIS PLAN THAT WAS PUT ON, UM, HIATUS UNTIL SOME FUNDING, UH, ISSUES WITH DART WERE, WERE RESOLVED.
AND THEN THAT PICKED BACK UP AT THE JULY 7TH WORK SESSION.
AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, UM, ON JULY 14TH, THERE WAS THE CREATION ORDINANCE, UH, WAS APPROVED.
SO WHY CREATE A TURF TURS? UM, IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHEN THERE'S GONNA BE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS THE ADDISON JUNCTION DEVELOPMENT THAT ACTS AS A CATALYST.
IT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE AREA AS A, AS AT A LARGE, AS A WHOLE AS, AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT.
AND YOU CAN REALLY TAKE THAT, UH, CATALYTIC INVESTMENT AND THAT SPILLOVER AND LEVERAGE THAT INTO OTHER PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A TOOL THAT HELPS ATTRACT FURTHER REINVESTMENT IN THAT AREA AND DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT BY THE TOWN TO REINVEST IN THAT SPECIFIC ZONE.
SO, UM, YOU'VE ALL HEARD THIS SEVERAL TIMES.
THIS IS NOT A NEW TAX ON DEVELOPMENT.
THE WAY THAT THIS WOULD WORK IS, UH, UNDER THAT CREATION ORDINANCE, THE BASE YEAR WOULD BEGIN, UH, JANUARY, 2027.
THAT WILL FREEZE THE BASE, AND THEN THE INCREMENT IS, UH, REDIRECTED INTO TWO DIFFERENT PORTIONS.
UM, SO THE 80% PORTION WOULD FLOW INTO THE TURS AND FIRST YEARS ONE THROUGH 10, THE OTHER 20% WOULD GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND UNTIL EVENTUALLY STAIR STEPPING DOWN INTO THAT 50% INCREMENT.
UH, AND THEN AFTER THAT 30 YEAR TERM, ALL OF THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE WOULD RETURN TO THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, THERE'S TWO THINGS OR TWO WAYS ACTUALLY THAT, UH, YOU COULD EXPECT TO SEE INCREMENT THAT WOULD EITHER NEW INVESTMENT OR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR WHAT WE CALL ORGANIC GROWTH WAS, WHICH IS THE APPRECIATION OF THE BASE.
SO THIS TWO STEP PROCESS I HAD MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO, THE FIRST BEING THE CREATION ORDINANCE, UH, ON THE JULY 14TH MEETING.
AND THEN HERE TONIGHT, THE APPROVAL OF THAT FINAL, UH, UH, TS PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN.
UM, AND SO THOSE FIVE ELEMENTS THAT I HAD MENTIONED, UH, THAT WERE CREATED AT THE LAST MEETING, AND THEN TODAY, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THAT FINANCING PLAN, WHICH I'LL GO THROUGH HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS, THIS IS, UH, ADDISON JUNCTION.
THIS IS THAT CATALYST PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SORT OF JUMPSTART THIS TURS AND REALLY START THAT SPILLOVER EFFECT INTO THE REST OF THE ZONE.
SO WHEN WE WENT AND, UH, DREW THE BOUNDARIES, THERE WERE THREE MAIN, UH, THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT IN CREATING THOSE BOUNDARIES.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS, UM, UH, ASSETS OR SITES THAT WOULD PRODUCE NEW INCREMENT OR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THE SECOND WAS ASSETS THAT WE VIEWED AS TARGETED FOR IN NEED OF REINVESTMENT.
AND THE THIRD, UH, WOULD BE SALES TAX GENERATING PROPERTIES.
THE TOWN IS NOT, UH, PLEDGING ANY SALES TAX IN THIS TURS.
HOWEVER, THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING, UM, ILA THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY DART, WHICH I'LL GO TO.
I CAN JUST MOVE OVER INTO THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT WAS APPROVED ON JUNE 9TH IN 2025.
UM, THE, THE TERMS OF THAT ILA WERE THAT YOU NEEDED TO HAVE A TRANSIT ANCHOR, WHICH WE DO HERE AT THE ADDISON TRANSIT STATION AND THE NEWLY, UH, SILVER LINE STATION.
UH, THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO BE USED FOR DARTS.
UH, ELIGIBLE FUND FUNDING, WHICH IS CHAPTER 4 5 2.
DART IS PROPOSING TO CONTRIBUTE 60%, UM, INTO THEIR SALES TAX OR INCREMENTAL SALES TAX THAT WOULD GO IN THERE.
THE CITY DOES NEED TO MATCH ANY FUNDS THAT THE DART, UH, PUTS IN THERE.
AND THAT IS DONE ON, UH, FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS, UM, ON YEAR FIVE AND YEAR 10.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH CITY MATCHING FUNDS, THERE WOULD BE A TRUE UP AT THE END OF THAT.
AND THAT APPROVED TERM IS 10 YEARS.
UM, BUT AS I SHOULD NOTE THAT STAFF IS HAVING ONGOING, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH DART ABOUT, UM, SPECIFICS TO THE ADDISON TERMS, NUMBER ONE THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN, UH, THESE TERMS LAID OUT THAT ARE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
AND THOSE ARE LOOKING TO GO, UM, HOPEFULLY IN, UH, AUGUST 11TH AND THE AUGUST 28TH MEETINGS TO DIRT TO DART.
SO HERE ARE THOSE PROPOSED TURS BOUNDARIES.
THAT ESTIMATED TAX, UH, BASE VALUE IS ABOUT $1.5 BILLION.
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HERE ARE THOSE, UH, TAX REVENUES.SO AFTER YOU'VE OVERLAID THAT ZONE AND WE'VE DONE THOSE TAX, UH, PROJECTIONS, UH, AND YOU'VE DONE THE STAIR STEP THROUGH YEARS ONE THROUGH 30, IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $184 MILLION IN THE TUR FUND, AND THEN A NET BENEFIT TO THE GENERAL FUND OF ABOUT $175 MILLION.
AND THEN THE NOTE HERE, UH, SHOWS YOU AS ASSUMING THAT ILA, UM, IS APPROVED AT 60% AND USING A 30 YEAR TERM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THIS, UH, MODEL WAS MODELED ON THE ON DART'S SALES TAX PORTION, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $2.6 MILLION.
SO, UH, EARLIER TONIGHT, UH, THE COUNCIL SERVED AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS FINAL PROJECT PLAN.
UH, WITHIN THAT PROJECT PLAN, UH, IS REQUIRED TO HAVE PROJECT COSTS.
UH, THESE ARE THE, THE BUCKETS THAT WE LOOKED AT TO ALLOCATE THAT 100 AND, UH, 83 OR $184 MILLION IN PROJECTED INCREMENTAL REVENUE.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE PROJECT COSTS ARE MERELY, MERELY ESTIMATES BASED OFF, UH, THE ADDISON JUNCTION AND SORT OF, UH, COMPS FROM OTHER PROJECTS.
UH, IF 30 YEARS FROM NOW WE FIND THAT WE NEED TO MOVE SOME OF THESE FUNDS AROUND, THEY CAN EASILY MOVE FROM BUCKET TO BUCKET.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, ANY PROJECT WILL ALWAYS COME TO THE TURS BOARD AND COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO EACH PROJECT IS APPROVED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SO THE NEXT STEP HERE WOULD BE, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS FINAL, UH, UH, PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN, AND THEN, UH, CONTINUE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH DART INTO AUGUST.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE WOULD DELIVER ANY, UH, OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED AT THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THIS FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN FOR ADDISON, UH, TURS NUMBER ONE, AND PROVIDING THAT EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 28TH, 2026.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? UH, CHANEL? THANK YOU, MS. SAM.
MAYOR, JUST ONE QUESTION, WAYNE.
GOOD JOB ON THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
BESIDES THE, UH, ADDISON JUNCTION, UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SLATED OR HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED? UM, NOT AS CATALYST PROJECTS, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO, UM, THAT HAVE STATED INTEREST IN DOING SOME REINVESTMENT.
AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, UM, THEY COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TURS.
THE OTHER PIECE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IS HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR THAT INCREMENT TO BUILD UP AND, AND ENSURING THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW THE, THE PRIORITY IS TO REALLY FUND ADDISON JUNCTION.
AND THEN ONCE ADDISON JUNCTION IS FUNDED AND IT'S PAYING BACK THAT GENERAL FUND, UM, PIECE, AND THEN WE REALLY START TO SEE WHAT WE CALL EXTRA INCREMENT, WE CAN REALLY START TO IDENTIFY SOME FUTURE PROJECTS.
I THINK A, A COUPLE PUBLIC PROJECTS THAT ARE GOOD EXAMPLES.
SO WHAT WE COULD HAVE WOULD BE THE PAPER PROJECT.
WE WE'RE HAVING A BIG CONVERSATION, ALL THE PAVERS THAT WE HAVE DOWN HERE AND WHAT THAT REPLACEMENT LOOK LIKE, IT'S A BIG TICKET TO DO THEM ALL.
THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL PROJECT.
THE IMPROVEMENTS AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD, THAT COULD BE A, A GOOD REVENUE SOURCE FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROJECTS LIKE THAT ON THE PUBLIC SIDE IN ADDITION TO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, WE COULD HAVE, AND, AND PROBABLY ALSO TO STATE ON THE DART PIECE TOO, ANY, UM, ANY NEEDED CONNECTIONS TO, UH, THE TRAIN STATION AND ADDISON TRANSIT STATION.
SO LIKE SIDEWALKS, UH, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
ANY OF THOSE LAST MILE CONNECTORS TO THAT TRANSIT STATION WOULD CERTAINLY BE ELIGIBLE.
SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PROJECT CERTAINLY WE COULD LOOK AT.
UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS A BRAND NEW PROCESS AND WE'RE GETTING INTO SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ON THE TOURS BOARD AND WE JUST HAD THE TOURS, UH, TOURS BOARD MEETING.
WE HEARD THE SAME PRESENTATION.
I HOPE WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
SO IT REALLY, IT'S A QUESTION, UH, MAYBE FOR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT JUST PROCESS WISE AS WE GO, AS WE GO FORWARD IN TIME AND WE HAVE A TOURS BOARD MEETING LIKE WE DID BEFORE, WHEN WE HEAR THE PRESENTATION, CAN, CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO THE COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE NEED TO DO THAT.
CAN WE, CAN WE KIND OF SKIP THE PRESENTATIONS AND JUST SAY, HEY, IF WE GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EARLIER, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW, HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK, BUT, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT AS WE GO FORWARD.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THESE, A LOT OF THESE, UH, TOURS, BOARD MEETINGS FOLLOWED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEETINGS ARE WE NOT WHERE THE, WHERE THE TOURS BOARD IS GONNA MAKE A DECISION AND THEN THE COUNCIL IS GONNA MAKE A SUBSEQUENT DECISION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF WAYNE IMPROVES
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EVERY TIME HE MADE A IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.I WAS GONNA SAY, AND I THINK WE CAN ASK IMPROVED QUESTIONS.
MARLA, I USED TO TEACH, UH, YOU KNOW, SEVEN PERIODS AND I REALLY GOT IT DOWN BY LIKE THE FIFTH PERIOD.
SO THIS IS REALLY HELPING ME OUT ACTUALLY.
IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE AN ANSWER RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING, SOMETHING I'M JUST HEARING LITTLE DEJAVU AND SO, UH, JUST A THOUGHT I WANTED TO SHARE.
YEAH, AND FOR SOME OF US, MARLIN, IT TAKES US THAT MANY PRESENTATIONS BEFORE WE START TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT TOO.
I NEED TO HEAR THE QUESTIONS AGAIN AND THE ANSWERS AND, YOU KNOW.
UH, DARREN, SPEAKING OF THAT SECOND TIME AROUND, UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 11? SO WE DON'T HAVE, UH, YOUR PENDING APPROVAL OF THE DART ILA ON OUR, UM, ITEM THERE.
THE, UH, THE 2.6 MILLION IS 60% OF THE 4.3 MILLION, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.
WOULDN'T THAT BE UP THERE SOMEWHERE IN SOME OF THE TABLES, 2.6 OR, OR 10 YEARS OF THAT? NO.
YEAH, THIS, SO THIS IS, THIS IS A FINAL PROJECT FINANCE COMPLAINT OF CHAPTER THREE 11.
UH, WE HAD KIND OF STATED IN EARLIER PRESENTATIONS THAT TRANSIT AUTHORITIES CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN CHAPTER THREE 11.
SO WE ARE GONNA DO A SEPARATE ILA THAT EFFECT EFFECTIVELY MIMICS, UH, PARTICIPATION INTO THE TURS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF HAVE THE NOTE RIGHT HERE THAT ASSUMING IT WOULD BE, AND THEN ON ANOTHER NOTE OF ALL THE PROJECTIONS ON HERE, I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE SALES TAX NUMBERS ARE PRETTY LOW BASED, BASED ON THE MODEL THAT WAS IN THERE, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT IT.
SO, UM, THERE TRULY ARE JUST PROJECTIONS AND IF THEY COME IN HIGHER, THAT THAT LEAVES MORE INCREMENT INTO THET FUND AND THAT LEAVES MORE INCREMENT INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING, WHETHER IT'S THE DARK PIECE, WHETHER IT'S THE TURS, IS REALLY THAT PARTICIPATION RATE BECAUSE HOWEVER MUCH INCREMENT ACTUALLY GETS GENERATED, THAT'S THE PROPORTION THAT'S GONNA GO TO THE TURS AND THAT'S THE PROPORTION THAT'S GONNA STAY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, UH, WHY IT'S NOT IN THERE.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC'S HEARD THAT WE HAVE DARK PARTICIPATION.
WHERE IS IT ON THE CHART? SO IT IS UP THERE.
THAT'S GOOD, GOOD FOR THE RECORD ALSO, I HAVE A ANOTHER QUESTION.
SLIDE 13, UM, ON THE ED GRANTS, UH, THEREFORE 30%, 55 MILLION, UM, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR THE TLD PROJECTS.
SO ABOUT 20 MILLION OF THAT IS ALLOCATED IS ALLOCATED TO, SO WE HAVE 35 MILLION MAYBE THAT WE COULD ALLOCATE AS KIND OF THE GENERAL INITIAL PLAN.
SO, UH, IF WE HAVE CHANGES, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALSO, BUT I WANT IT TO BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, CHANGES THAT WE WANNA MAKE TO THIS TOUR, THIS, UM, THAT'S, UH, UM, EVALUATED BY THE BOARD, AGREED ON BY THE BOARD, AND THEN IT'S BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
LIKE IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE, THE DURATION OF IT OR SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE TS, WE, WE JUST CHANGE IT BY COUNCIL VOTE.
IT WOULD JUST BE AMENDMENT TO THIS, UM, EITHER TO THE ORDINANCE OR TO THE FINAL PROJECT.
WOULD THAT INCLUDE LIKE A ZONE CHANGE TO WHERE IT WOULD THE MAP OF, OF WHAT'S INCLUDED CHANGES? OR IS THAT FIXED? UH, CORRECT.
NO, YOU CAN, YOU CAN CHANGE IT.
THE ONLY THING TO BE AWARE OF THAT IS THAT ANYTIME YOU CHANGE THE BOUNDARY, THOSE BOUNDARIES WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT BASE VALUE A YEAR.
SO IF YOU WERE TO EXTEND COMPLICATES IT, YOU KNOW, AND IT CAN GET COMPLICATED IF, IF YOU START EXTENDING AND RETRACTING, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY PROBABLY HICCUP THERE IS THAT YOU WOULD, YOU'D END UP WITH DIFFERENT BASE VALUES WITHIN THOSE ZONES.
SO IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE LENGTH OF THE TERM, LIKE FROM 20, FROM 30 TO 20 YEARS TO 10 YEARS, THAT WOULD BE THE COUNCIL VOTE, CORRECT.
UH, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO A TURS.
IT'S A GOOD THING FOR A SPECIFIC AREA.
UH, THE 30 YEARS IS WHERE I'M OPPOSED TO THIS WITH A PARTNER.
A TURS IS NO GOOD WITHOUT A PARTNER.
AND WHEN OUR PARTNER GOES AWAY AT THE 10TH YEAR, THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE PARTNER AND THE REST OF THE TOWN, IN MY OPINION, IS NOT BENEFITED BY IT.
IT'S JUST, IT STAYS IN ONE PART OF THE TOWN FOR THE MOST PART.
TO DARREN'S POINT, WE CAN LOWER IT, BUT WE COULD ALSO INCREASE IT.
IF WE GET TO THE 10 YEAR AND OUR PARTNER DROPS OUT, WE COULD ALWAYS INCREASE THAT.
IT'S EASIER TO DO IT AGAIN GOING FORWARD THAN IT IS FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL TO COME IN AND RETRACT THAT.
UM, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PARTNER IN
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THIS UNTIL THEY VOTE.AND A TURS IS USELESS WITHOUT A PARTNER.
SO I THINK WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE HERE.
WE NEED TO WAIT, IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD TABLE THIS UNTIL DART ELECTS TO BE OUR PARTNER IN THIS.
AND THEN WE COME BACK AND BE A SIMPLE PROCESS TO DO THAT.
THERE'S NO SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.
WE'RE NOT LOSING OUT ON ANYTHING.
UH, I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS WAY TOO SOON.
UH, AND TO MARLON'S POINT, THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID IS ODD ABOUT THE TURS BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL BEING THE SAME THING BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST BASICALLY DUPLICATING AND IT, IT DOESN'T, WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF SOMETHING CHANGING FROM THAT ROOM TO THIS ROOM? SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE SEEN ODD ABOUT THE BOARD BEING THE COUNCIL.
SO, UM, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS WITH THE 30 YEAR TERM, 20 YEARS AFTER WE'VE LOST A PARTNER AND, UH, DOING IT BEFORE WE EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PARTNER.
ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, THE, WHAT ITEM IS THIS? SIX A.
UH, I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX A FOR THE TOUR AS PRESENTED.
AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS, SO APPRECIATE IT.
AND BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, I WANT TO JUST YOU TO JUMP BACK JUST FOR A SECOND TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE DID HAVE A, UH, AN ONLINE, UH, COMMENT CARD THAT WAS RECEIVED THAT WAS EMAILED TO THE COUNCIL TODAY.
JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
AND THAT CAME FROM RYAN JOHNSON.
AND THAT DOCUMENT WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, UH, OF THIS MEETING.
[Items of Community Interest]
NOW WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.IT'S THAT TIME FOR COUNSEL TO SHARE ITEMS OF EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCE, ET CETERA.
AND, UH, MARLON, I SEE YOU'RE LIKE, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WAS AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB TODAY.
AND, UM, AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE INDOOR
LOOKS GOOD, DOESN'T IT? AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE POOL.
UM, THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF, UH, RENOVATING SOME STUFF THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED UP TOP, WHICH NOT EASY.
AND, UM, AND SO THEY, THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND THEY WERE REAL SMART ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TIMELINE AND, AND HAVING THE POOL EMPTY WHEN THEY'RE GOT STUFF FALLING OFF THE TOP OF THE CEILING.
IT, IT LOOKS BETTER THAN A, I DON'T I EVER RECALL.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT, THAT USE THAT A LOT, SOME BIG TIME SWIMMERS, AND I KNOW THEY'RE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET BACK IN THAT POOL, AND IT'S GONNA BE ANY DAY NOW.
YEAH, I'M, I'M REALLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACK IN THAT POOL.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, 19-YEAR-OLD ARMY PRIVATE ISABELLA GONZALEZ, A CARROLLTON RESIDENT, OUR NEIGHBOR, UH, THAT LOST HER LIFE, UH, KILLED IN ACTION, UH, THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, IT'S SAD WHEN, WHEN YOU HEAR OF US LOSING A SERVICE MEMBER ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, BUT WHEN IT HITS THIS CLOSE TO HOME, IT'S JUST, IT'S THAT EXTRA LITTLE STAB IN THE, IN THE CHEST ON THIS.
AND I REALLY WANNA SEND, UH, NOT ONLY MINE, BUT I'M SURE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE TOWN OF ADDISON WOULD, UH, JOIN ME IN SENDING OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
AND, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO OTHER THAN SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE ARE SO DEEPLY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, UH, I WISH THEY'D CALL.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, GOD BLESS HER AND UH, GOD SPEAK TO HER.
AND, UH, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND, AND, UH, YEAH, THANK YOU.
CHANEL, YES, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, TO WHAT DEPARTMENT PUTS ON THE THURSDAY NIGHTS OVER AT THE PARK, THE DANCE, THE DANCE, UH, VI TRIVIA PARK.
I HAD A GOOD TIME DANCING LAST THURSDAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SALSA NIGHT ON SUNDAY.
I MEAN, SATURDAY
YOU WON'T SEE ME DANCING THOUGH RIGHT AFTER I GET OUTTA THE POOL.
UH, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL
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QUICKLY.UH, ONE, I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO, UM, BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, UH, WHEN, UH, OFFICER DUNN WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS, UH, LIFESAVING WORK THAT HE DID.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST, EVERY TIME I HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT, I'M REMINDED OF WHAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS GO THROUGH EVERY DAY.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT MINUTE IS GONNA BRING.
IT COULD BE A DOMESTIC ISSUE, IT COULD BE JUST A TRAFFIC TICKET, OR IT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
AND, AND MAN, OH MAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT.
BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY DO AND I'M SO PROUD OF THEM AND, AND APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT THEY DO AND, AND AND PERFORMING FOR US EVERY DAY.
AND SO THANK YOU CHIEFS BACK THERE FOR, UH, AND, UH, PLEASE PASS ALONG OUR APPRECIATION TO ALL YOUR FOLKS.
AND THE OTHER, ONE OTHER THING, I, I, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO, I HAD A VISITOR, I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE, UH, CONSULATE GENERAL OF MEXICO, LUIS RODRIGUEZ, UH, BUSILLO.
AND, UH, I INVITED HIM AND HIS WIFE TO COME TO KABOOM TOWN.
AND SO WE GOT, HE GOT THE VIP PASSES TO KABOOM TOWN AND HE SENT A LETTER THAT I JUST RECEIVED, UH, UH, WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
AND, UH, JUST HE SAID IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR, HONOR TO JOIN YOU AND THE ADDISON COMMUNITY FOR THIS SPECTACULAR EVENT DURING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY.
THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME ATTENDING THE EVENT AND WE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE CELEBRATION.
THE ORGANIZATION, THE CROWD'S ENERGY AND THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY WERE TRULY IMPRESSIVE.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT ADDISON'S SIGNATURE TRADITIONS FIRSTHAND, AND HE PASSES ALONG HIS APPRECIATION TO THE ORGANIZERS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH A GREAT EVENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH, UH, WITH Y'ALL FROM OUR, UH, COUNCIL GENERAL OF MEXICO.
AND, UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? WELL, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FOLKS THAT DO PUT ALL IN ALL THAT HARD WORK FOR KABOOM TOWN AND ALL OF OUR EVENTS IN OCTOBERFEST COMING RIGHT UP.
WELL, WITH THAT, IT IS 8 59 O'CLOCK, IT'S NINE O'CLOCK, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.