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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
APRIL 9TH, 2025.PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION MEETINGS CALLED, HAVE YOURS? YEAH, WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE, SO WE MOVE ON.
[3. READING OF MINUTES]
IN THE MINUTES, APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 12TH PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION MEETING.DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND VOTE PLEASE? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
MOVING ON, UH, COMMISSION REPORTS, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.
[a. Development Services]
REPORTS, DIRECTOR OF THE MENT SERVICES.UM, I HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO REPORT ON.
UM, WE WILL BE BRINGING, UH, BACK TO YOU ALL A POSSIBLE UPDATE TO YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF IT, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A COPY OF YOUR CURRENT RULES OF PROCEDURE.
UM, IN PARTICULAR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS, YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE HAS IT TIMED FOR, UH, JULY, UM, WHICH WAS TYPICALLY AFTER APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE IN JUNE.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT WAS, THAT TIMELINE WAS ADJUSTED.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THOSE TIMELINES IN YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
AND THEN, UM, IF YOU ALL WANT, UH, TO CALL AN ELECTION SINCE YOU'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, REAPPOINTMENTS, UM, OR IF YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL JULY, UH, TO DO THE ELECTION, UM, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD, UM, FROM THERE.
UH, SO THAT IS ONE ITEM THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU ALL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE, UM, A COPY, UM, OF THOSE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND THEN ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED OR UPDATED, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AS WELL.
SO IT'LL JUST BE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE VOTE ON.
AND THEN, UH, JUST TO REMIND, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS THAT SIGNED UP FOR THE TEXAS CITIZEN PLANNER CONFERENCE.
UM, SO IT'S A SIX WEEK COURSE, ONE OF WHICH DOES CONFLICT WITH OUR MAY PNZ DATE.
SO WE DO EXPECT TO SEE YOU ALL HERE ON THAT DATE.
BUT, UM, THERE ARE SIX SESSIONS.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS, UH, THAT WILL BE JOINING, UH, YOU ALL AS WELL.
UM, WE DO HAVE A OPEN SEAT THAT WE SECURE JUST IN CASE SOMEONE WAS INTERESTED.
UM, SO IF THERE IS STILL A COMMISSIONER THAT'S INTERESTED, WE DO HAVE A SEAT.
UM, OTHERWISE WE'LL OPEN THAT UP TO A STAFF MEMBER, UM, OR ANOTHER BOARD, UH, TO ATTEND AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THAT BEING A GREAT, UH, SIX WEEK SESSION.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE INFORMATION COMING BACK, UM, OUT OF THAT, UH, THAT WORKSHOP.
AND THEN LAST, UM, APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
UM, AND SO WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, UM, AS PART OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968.
UM, FAIR HOUSING PROHIBITS, UH, THE FAIR HOUSING ACT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION IN LENDING PRACTICES THAT, UM, UH, ARE DIRECTED AT CLASSIFIED GROUPS.
AND, UH, THE CITY AS, UM, YOU KNOW, A RECIPIENT OF FUNDS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL, UM, MUST COMMIT TO AFFIRMATIVELY AFFIRM FAIR HOUSING IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, OUR DEVELOPMENT CODES, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING THOSE KIND OF BARRIERS, UM, IN THE CODES THAT, UH, WE ADOPT.
UM, SO, UH, THE CITY HAS DONE THAT CONTINUOUSLY, UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, THOSE ORDINANCES COME BEFORE YOU ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CONSIDER ZONING, ORDINANCE, HOUSING, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, SO JUST TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT, UH, THIS MONTH IS TYPICALLY USED, UH, TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THOSE EFFORTS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN REPORTS FOR TONIGHT.
[b. Engineering]
WELL, UM, LAST WEEK, UH, MARK SPELLED, UM, AS A CITY ENGINEER, SO I'M ACTUALLY TAKING OVER CITY ENGINEER, AND OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NOTHING.WE MOVE BOTTOM, UH, ITEM SIX, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE IN THE PUBLIC TO, UH, SPEAK CONCERNING A, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM OR, UH, AN AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[a. CONSENT AGENDA]
NUMBER SEVEN A, THE CONSENT AGENDA.CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR HARMONY SCHOOL MIDDLE, UH, MISSOURI CITY.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF RESERVE AT SIENNA RANCH ROAD.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SIENNA, SECTION 70.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF CNA, SECTION 51 A.
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CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF CNA SIX, SECTION 69 B.CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF CNA, SECTION 81.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF CNAS, SECTION 83.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA LAKES DRIVE STREET, DEDICATION.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF CENA LAKES DRIVE STREET, DEDICATION.
PHASE TWO, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA OAKS AMENITY CENTER.
PHASE ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA SPRINGS WAY.
PHASE TWO, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF OWEN BEND DRIVE, PHASE ONE STREET DEDICATION.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA PARKWAY, SECTION SIX STREET DEDICATION.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL SITE, AND 15, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF MEADOWVIEW ESTATES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES, PLEASE.
[b. Sienna]
B NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A REVISED CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF SIENNA FOUR C.UH, SO THIS IS A REVISED, UH, CONCEPT FOR CONTAINING, UH, THESE SECTIONS.
UM, IT'S REVISED, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT CONTAINED THREE SECTIONS.
UM, THEY'VE REVISED THAT TO, UM, ADD TWO MORE SECTIONS AND, UH, STREET DEDICATIONS.
UM, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, IN THIS AREA, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
OKAY, ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE, PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE ITEMS 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE, ALL TO ONE VOTE.
WE CAN RECORD IT IN THERE AND WE'LL UPDATE, UH, IN THE MINUTES.
DID, BUT, BUT WE'RE NOT APPROVING ITEM TWO.
WE'RE APPROVING CONSOLIDATING, MA'AM.
WE'LL WRITE IT OUT IN A MINUTE.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE WRITING IT ON PAPER.
ALRIGHT, SO LET ME, LET ME READ THEM OFF THEN.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON IS CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF REGENCY LAKE DRIVE STREET, DICATION, PHASE ONE.
NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF CS SECTION 75.
NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SIENNA, SECTION 78.
AND NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SIENNA PARKWAY, SECTION SEVEN STREET DEDICATION.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ALL OF THOSE.
UM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMISSIONER BOLDEN, THE, THE REASON WE HAVE BROKEN THESE OUT, THIS IS YOUR FIRST OR SECOND OR THIRD MEETING, WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, IN ORDER TO APPROVE THESE PLATS, THERE HAS TO BE AN APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN.
AND SINCE THEY AMENDED THE CONCEPT PLANNED, WE HAD TO, TO VOTE ON THAT SEPARATELY.
AND NOW THAT THE CONCEPT PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY US, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER ALL THESE PLATS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE, WE WENT THAT WAY.
GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE.
[c. Parkland Dedication]
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PARKLAND DEDICATION OF MEADOWVIEW ESTATES.OKAY, UH, GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
TONIGHT I HAVE BEFORE YOU A, UH, MOTION TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR THE PARKLAND INDICATION OF MEADOWVIEW ESTATES.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, UH, IN 2024, UH, FOR CASH IN LIEU OF, UM, PARKLAND
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FOR SEVEN RESIDENTIAL LOTS.UM, THEY'VE RECENTLY REVISED THE PLA TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO 11.
UM, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING CASH IN LIEU OF, OF $15,400.
THAT IS $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT TIMES 11.
UM, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS IN PARK ZONE 11.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME BACKGROUND.
UM, THEY ARE ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM AN EXISTING PARK.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS HAVE HAVE ACCESS TO A PARK WITHIN A HALF MILE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A CITY PARK, JUST SOMEWHERE WHERE, UH, THEY CAN RECREATE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN, UH, WE ALSO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A LARGER COMMUNITY OR REGIONAL PARK WITHIN TWO MILES OF EACH DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND THAT AT 2.4 MILES FROM MCNAUGHTON PARK, SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, A LARGER PARK AS WELL.
UM, SO PARK ACCESS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS, IS PRETTY GOOD.
UM, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE IN PARKS ON 11, SO, UM, CASH IN LIEU OF WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL SINCE WE DO HAVE FOUR UNDEVELOPED PARKS JUST WITHOUT THE MONEY TO DEVELOP IT.
SO CASH IN LIEU OF, UM, DOES PROVIDE OUR DEPARTMENT PROBABLY MORE OF AN ASSET THAN MORE PARK LAND, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COST YOU SEE TO ACQUIRE MORE PARK LAND.
SO THAT WAS WHY, UH, DEPARTMENT WAS IN FAVOR OF CASH IN LIEU OF, AND, UM, PARKS BOARD ALSO WAS IN FAVOR OF CASH OF, UH, CASH IN LIEU OF.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT, UM, MAPPED OUT THE WALKABILITY? SORRY, WHICH SLIDE WAS THAT, THAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT FOR THE WALKABILITY AREA? I, I THINK YOU SAID THEY CAN WALK TO THE OH, YES.
SO I KIND OF, WE, UH, THEY ARE RIGHT AROUND A HALF MILE FROM, UH, CREEKSTONE VILLAGE DOG PARK.
AND AM I LOOKING AT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT CORRECTLY? THEY'D BE WALKING ACROSS HIGHWAY SIX.
NO, YOU ONE IT BE ONE ON THE LEFT.
SO THAT'S JUST DISTANCE THEN IT, YOU DON'T, IT'S NOT REALLY WALKABLE AT WHAT IT'S CROSSING HIGHWAY SIX OR I COULD BE INTERPRETING IT WRONG FOR I UNDERSTAND THE ONE ON THE LEFT.
SO THERE, UM, SO THAT ROUTE MAY NOT BE, UM, THERE WERE, I, YOU ALSO COULD WALK THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF AS WELL.
UH, THAT WOULD PROBABLY INCREASE DISTANCE SLIGHTLY, BUT YOU'D STILL BE RELATIVELY CLOSE OR OKAY.
A SHORT, A SHORT DRIVE AS WELL, BUT YES, IT WOULD NOT, IT'S NOT THE MOST IDEAL SITUATION.
BUT, UM, THEY DO HAVE A PARK NEARBY AT LEAST.
BUT YOU SAID THE, UM, YOU SAID THE PARKS BOARD WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS THOUGH, SO THEY'VE PROBABLY ALREADY YES, SIR.
AND WE, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL.
SO, AND, AND DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU THERE.
SO WHILE THERE MIGHT NOT BE GREAT PARK ACCESS NOW, THAT CERTAINLY MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT STORY IN THE FUTURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, SEEING NONE, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE NO, UH, ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS, AND WE HAVE NO ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS, SO WE'LL MOVE
[a. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE]
ON TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE REPORT.I PROMISE I WILL NOT TALK FOR TWO HOURS STRAIGHT
UM, BUT FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, JOINING US LAST WEEK.
UM, IT'S A BIG TOPIC, UM, AND THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO IT.
SO I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT AND, UH, SPENDING, UH, THAT TIME WITH US TO, UH, PROVIDE, UM, INPUT AND TO UNDERSTAND, UH, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, UH, WITH THIS.
UM, SO WE HAVE THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF FLUSH OUT SOME OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED, UH, LAST WEEK AND PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AND THEN CONTINUE TO, UH, DISCUSS WHERE WE'RE MOVING, UM, FROM HERE.
SO THE TIMELINE THAT IS POSTED RIGHT NOW, UH, STILL HAS THE DRAFT REPORT, UH, BEING PROVIDED IN MARCH, AND WE ARE NOW AT APRIL.
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TIMELINE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED.UM, WE STILL HAVE, UM, ITEMS TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION, UM, AS WELL AS ITEMS TO TAKE TO THE COUNCIL, UM, AS WELL AS PUBLIC AND A SECOND PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.
UM, SO, UH, THOSE DATES OR, UH, TENTATIVE, UH, MONTHS, UH, WILL BE ADDED, UH, TO THE SCHEDULE SO THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, UM, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND, UH, STEPS THAT WE ARE, UH, TAKING TO MOVE FORWARD.
LAST WEEK'S MEETING HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
UM, SO THE SLIDES THAT WERE PRESENTED AT LA AS LA LAST WEEK'S SPECIAL MEETING, UM, ARE ON, UH, THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
WE'LL ALSO BE ADDING, UH, SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION, UH, THAT WAS IN THE BINDERS, UM, INCLUDING SOME OF THE RELEVANT MAPS, UM, AND SECTIONS OF THE EXISTING COMP PLAN AND ZONING ORDINANCES, UH, THAT WERE REFERENCED AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THOSE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WE'LL USE THE PROJECT WEBSITE AS KIND OF A LANDING PAGE, UH, SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO, UH, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS, UH, THAT ARE DISCUSSED.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO, UH, DO SOME CLARIFICATIONS FOR TONIGHT, UM, AND THEN JUST OPEN IT UP, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION, UH, TO DISCUSS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME INPUT, CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, PROVIDED SINCE IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT.
WE HAVE RE RECEIVED INPUT, UM, AND, UH, SOME FEEDBACK, UM, NOT ONLY FROM THE SPECIAL MEETING, UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE TOPICS, UH, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.
SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT INPUT, UM, AND FEEDBACK, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO INCORPORATE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SOM UH, TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, ZONING ORDINANCE, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS.
SO REALIZE, AS WE WERE TALKING LAST WEEK, UM, ON RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS.
UM, WE'RE TALKING FROM A PLACE THAT EVERYBODY, UH, KNOWS WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS, WHERE YOU GO TO FIND IT.
UM, AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT DETAIL.
SO JUST STEPPING BACK, JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, FOR THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL, WHY, YOU KNOW, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? WHAT IS OUR COMP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? WHAT IS THIS DISCUSSION? UM, AND IT REALLY IS THE POLICY, THE GUIDE, UM, THAT THE CITY USES, UH, FOR, UM, OUR FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS WHERE ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT TOOLS, ALL OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS, UM, ARE SOURCED FROM.
WE HAVE TO CREATE THAT VISION.
UM, AND THEN WE USE THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
WE USE THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO, TO, UM, IMPLEMENT, UH, THAT VISION.
SO THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO SOME OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS, UM, IN AREAS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
SO THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ISSUE, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THOSE SENSITIVE AREAS OF LAND THAT'S BEEN UNDEVELOPED, THAT'S ADJACENT TO OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, THINKING ABOUT JUST HOW OUR CITY HAS DEVELOPED, HOW OUR CITY IS LAID OUT.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL LAND THAT'S ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, SO THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ISSUE HAS BEEN, UH, BROUGHT UP.
AND SO, UH, PART OF THAT IS TO, UM, CREATE A GOAL IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, TO ADDRESS, UM, WHAT THE VISION IS BEHIND, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT REGARD.
ADDING POLICY STATEMENTS FOR LOCATIONS FOR PLACES OF ASSEMBLY SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE CENTERS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
UM, SO THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP AS WE, UH, LOOK TOWARDS SOME OF THE DESIRED LAND USES, THE DIVERSIFICATION, UM, OF SOME OF THE LAND USES THAT WE HAVE, UM, WHERE THOSE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS ARE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, SUCH AS THAT TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY, UM, OR JUST A, A A FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT ALLOWING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, UH, CONTINUE TO GROW, UM, AS NEEDED AS WELL.
ADDING A REDEVELOPMENT CHAPTER, WE'RE TALKING, UM, WE'VE TALKED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ON REDEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN SOME OF OUR, UM, MATURE, UM, AREAS OF THE CITY, SOME OF THOSE ORIGINAL AREAS OF THE CITY.
UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND KIND OF MENTIONED SOME OF THOSE, UH, LAST WEEK.
UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING A SPECIFIC CHAPTER IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT BASICALLY CODIFIES ALL OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING, ALL OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, ON REDEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN, UH, STREAMLINE THE TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION, UH, TOWARDS HELPING US REALIZE SOME OF THESE GOALS.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO REDEVELOPMENT, UPDATE, MARKET ANALYSIS, MOVING BEYOND JUST OUR WISHLIST OF ITEMS THAT WE WANNA SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT PUTTING, UH, TO REALITY WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CONDITIONS ARE, OUR MARKET CONDITIONS.
UM, BECAUSE IT, IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO CREATE A LAND USE PLAN TO SAY WE WANT THIS, UM, IF THE MARKET, UH, DOES NOT, UH, SUPPORT, UH, SUCH
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USES OR SUCH SERVICES, AND WE'RE SPINNING OUR WHEELS.UM, SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, INFORMATION, UM, UH, CURRENT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN, UH, STRATEGIC PO UM, POLICY FOR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
UH, THERE'S SEVERAL, SEVERAL AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THAT COULD ADD TO OUR, UM, UH, DAYTIME, UH, TRAFFIC ADD TO OUR POPULATION THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT, UH, SOME OF THE AMENITIES AND SERVICES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, AS WELL AS PRESERVE, UH, SOME OF OUR HISTORIC AREAS.
UM, AND, UM, UH, MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW, UM, OF SOME OF THOSE HISTORIC AREAS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR CITY.
OUR GOALS, UM, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS, UM, WE'VE PULLED THAT OUT OF THE CHAPTER, OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, SO THAT IT'S EASILY IDENTIFIABLE.
SO THAT IS A SEPARATE LINK, UH, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
UH, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE WORKING FROM, UH, THE GOALS THAT ARE EXIST IN THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THEN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, TO THOSE GOALS.
ONE IN PARTICULAR IS THAT RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY, UH, THAT I JUST, UH, DISCUSSED OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION OR A LOT OF, UH, PRESENTATION ON OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UM, AND A LOT OF INTEREST.
UM, AND SO, UH, WHAT I REALIZED WHEN WE WERE, UH, DOING THIS LAST WEEK IS THAT YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE A OVERALL VIEW OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
YOU JUST HAD A SNAPSHOT AND A SNAPSHOT, UH, THAT WAS ON THE PRESENTATION SLIDES.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S HELPFUL IF YOU LOOK BACK AND SEE THE OVERALL FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER DISTRICTS, WHY THEY'RE CREATED, UM, AND HOW THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN WHAT THAT MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THOSE CHARACTER DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS OUR POLICY, UM, FOR WHEN ZONING CASES COME THROUGH, ZONING AMENDMENTS COME THROUGH.
UM, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SETTING AS POLICY, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, THOSE ZONING CHANGES THAT OCCUR, UM, OR ZONING AMENDMENTS THAT OCCUR.
AND ALL OF THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF OUR STRATEGIC GOALS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S GROWING NEW BUSINESS, WHETHER IT'S, UM, DIVERSIFYING, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LAND USES, UM, OUR FUTURE LAND USE POLICY HELPS TO SUPPORT, UH, THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, SO THIS IS THE CURRENT, UH, VERSION AS ADOPTED IN THE 2017 PLAN.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SLIGHT CHANGES FROM SOME ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS, UM, OVER THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS.
UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, THE CURRENT VERSION OF THAT PLAN.
SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
AND I'M GONNA ASK VANESSA IF SHE CAN TOGGLE, GO BACK AND COME BACK.
AND SO IF YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHERE SOME OF THOSE, THOSE CHANGES, UM, ARE IDENTIFIED, UM, LARGELY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX, UM, IN THOSE AREAS THAT WERE DESIGNATED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AS A STATE CHARACTER.
UM, AND WHAT THOSE CHARACTER DISTRICTS KIND OF DEFINE IS, UM, NOT ONLY THE LAND USE, UM, BUT THE SCALE AND INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THAT AREA.
SO THE WAY THAT THE CHARACTER, UH, DISTRICTS ARE, ARE DEFINED, UM, SUBURBAN CHARACTER IS A MORE SPREAD OUT DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS, UM, MORE ATTENTION TO GREEN SPACE, UM, OPEN SPACE IN BETWEEN BUILDINGS.
A URBAN AUTO ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT HAS MORE PAVEMENT, MORE PARKING, SURFACE PARKING BUILDINGS THAT ARE CLOSER, UM, TOGETHER.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS, UM, MORE, UM, UH, HIGH RISE, UM, TALLER BUILDINGS THAT ARE MULTI-STORY, UM, UH, IN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THERE'S A DISTINCTION IN TERMS OF THE SCALE.
SO PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE, UH, TO SUPPORT, UM, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNDEVELOPED LAND OR, UM, AREAS FOR STRATEGIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT EMPHASIS IS LOOKING AT THAT CHARACTER, LOOKING AT THE SCALE, LOOKING AT TRANSITIONS FROM EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY, UM, INTO, UM, AREAS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MORE DENSITY OR MORE INTENSITY.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S SAYING A LOT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO BREAK IT, BREAK THAT DOWN.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL WITH THE FUTURE, UH, LAND USE PLAN IS IT SHOULD IDENTIFY, UM, THOSE OVERALL CHARACTERS.
AND THEN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, OUR ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SHOULD SUPPORT THOSE GOALS, UM, SO THAT THEY'RE REALIZED, UM, WHEN, UH, PEOPLE COME THROUGH, UH, TO, UH, DEVELOP THESE PROPERTIES.
SO SOME OF THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, INCLUDE THE CLARIFICATION ON TERMS. WE USE RULE A LOT.
WE DON'T USE AGRICULTURE THAT MUCH, UM, BUT WE USE RURAL IN OUR FUTURE LAND USE AS WELL AS IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF CLEANING THAT UP, UM, ON THE TERMS. UM, AND THEN ALSO ADDING PRIMARY LAND USES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CHARACTER DISTRICTS.
SO AGAIN, SUBURBAN DISTRICT, AUTO ORIENTED DISTRICT.
WHAT ARE THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT
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CAN BE USED TO IMPLEMENT THAT? SO IF A DEVELOPMENT IS DEVELOPED IN A SUBURBAN AREA, UM, WHAT LAND NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RESERVED FOR OPEN SPACE, GREEN SPACE, HOW MUCH OF THAT LAND NEEDS TO BE RESERVED FOR THAT PURPOSE? UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE CORRELATION, UM, BETWEEN, UH, THOSE TWO.UM, AND THEN ALSO ADDING PRIMARY LAND USES, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS.
UM, SO WE HAVE A COPY OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THE CURRENT, UM, THAT IS LINKED, UH, TO, WILL BE LINKED TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
UM, SO ALL OF IT'S IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE, BUT WE'VE TAKEN THESE SECTIONS OUT, UM, SO THAT THEY'RE EASILY, UM, IDENTIFIABLE.
SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND FORTH, UM, AND TAKE A LOOK, UM, AT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE SAME THING WITH THE CHARACTER DISTRICT, THE DEFINITIONS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE, UM, THAT'S BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT.
UM, SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE CHANGES, UM, ARE THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, AGAIN, LOOKING AT, UH, CONFLICTS BETWEEN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS THOSE DEVELOP.
UM, AND SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE SIDE ARE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS.
THE HEART OF THAT QUESTION IS, IS WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE SEPARATION, UM, BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL USE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE, THOSE AMENDMENTS, UM, ARE AIMING TOWARDS.
SO HISTORICALLY, WE'VE USED MASONRY WALLS, EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT, AND 20 FEET OF LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THOSE USES.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME CONFLICTS OVER THE YEARS, UM, WHERE WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, USES THAT HAVE SEEMED TO BE INCOMPATIBLE, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.
NOISE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A PRIMARY ONE, NOISE, LIGHTING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, IS WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE SEPARATION? UM, AND SO IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED LAST WEEK, UM, IS IT THE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE ARE PRETTY STANDARD, UM, FOR THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS CITIES, UM, IN THIS AREA.
UM, HOWEVER YOU CAN LOOK AT MAYBE THE MATERIAL, UM, OF, UH, THAT MASONRY WALL.
UM, CAN IT BE IMPROVED AND HANDS TO ABSORB ADDITIONAL SOUND OR, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, IF MASONRY IS APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, SOIL CONDITIONS, UM, IN THIS, THIS AREA.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE HEART, UM, OF THAT QUESTION, UM, WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND WHAT IT'S TRYING TO, TO, UM, ADDRESS.
ADDITIONALLY WITHIN THERE, UM, THERE'S SOME, UH, AMENDMENTS FOR, UM, IDENTIFYING, UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, AS WE REQUIRE THESE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS, UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OR MAINTAINING A MASONRY WALL, UM, WHICH CAN BE COST PROHIBITIVE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO NON-RESIDENTIAL.
THERE CAN BE TIMING WHERE WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED DECADES BEFORE, AND COMMERCIAL COMES IN, YOU KNOW, UH, 30 OR 40 YEARS LATER, UM, AND CONFLICTS, UM, IN THOSE SITUATIONS AS WELL.
SO THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE REGARDING, UM, THAT MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND HAVING, UM, AN IDENTIFIED AREA FOR, UH, THAT TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW IS REALLY GOING AT THE HEART OF, UM, WE HAVE HEARD PUBLIC INPUT, WE'VE HEARD THE COMMISSION, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE ENGAGED, WE WANNA KNOW, UM, WHEN DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING.
UM, AND SO WE STILL HAVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT SEE IT, UM, ACTIVE ON A PROPERTY, THEY COULD BE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, WHETHER IT'S THEIR FINANCING, UM, WHETHER IT'S THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, GENERATING PLANS, UM, OR WORKING WITH THE CITY OR UTILITY DISTRICT IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, UM, INVOLVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHAT WE'RE PRES, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, IS A PROCESS, UM, BY WHICH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT CAN BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, UM, BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UH, TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY, UH, CONCERNS OR ISSUES, UH, THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE FROM A COLD PERSPECTIVE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM AN OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, PERSPECTIVE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT MIGHT BE MORE INTIMATELY, UM, AFFECTED BY DEVELOPMENT CAN, UM, KNOW, RELAY SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.
AND WE CAN WORK, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS IN ORDER TO, UH, ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
REDEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, DISTRICT, UH, TALKED ABOUT IT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SIDE.
UM, THIS, UH, AMENDMENT WOULD ADD A SPECIFIC REDEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.
AND WHAT DOES THAT DO? THAT CREATES POLICIES THAT ARE TARGETED, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF OUR USE DISTRICTS, OUR LCS, OUR RSS, UM, OUR MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE,
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UM, REGULATIONS THAT APPLY FOR WHATEVER PROPERTY, UM, IS UNDER THAT ZONING.THIS REDEVELOPMENT, UH, DISTRICT RECOMMENDATION WOULD CREATE TARGETED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, HEIGHTENED AREA STANDARDS, UH, YOU KNOW, USE, UM, PERMITTED USES, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE, UM, TARGETED TOWARDS THAT AREA THAT'S WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, UM, OF A REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, IS TO DO SO FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT ROAD AREA.
UM, AND THEN ALSO EXPANDING OUR USE OF OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS CONSIDERED AN OVERLAY, AN OVERLAY BEING THAT THE UNDERLINING ZONING DOESN'T CHANGE AND IT'S A, UM, ADDITIONAL REGULATION OR ADDITIONAL USE, UH, THAT'S PERMITTED ON TOP OF THAT UNDERLINING DISTRICT.
UM, SO, UH, WHAT WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING IS TO EXPLORE THE IDEA OF DOING OVERLAYS FOR, UM, SOME OF OUR AREAS THAT MAY STRUGGLING WITH REINVESTMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ROTHWELL, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CORRIDOR SPECIFIC FIFTH STREET ROTHWELL, UM, PLACES LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN TARGET, UM, SPECIFIC STANDARDS, UH, THAT MIGHT HELP OR ENHANCE, UM, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND ADDITIONALLY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
UM, SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, WE HAVE AREAS THAT MIGHT BE, UH, SENSITIVE TO DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDING IT.
UM, AND SO, UH, CREATING, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME STANDARD REGULATIONS THAT HELP PROTECT, UH, THOSE HISTORIC AREAS, UM, FROM, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT BE NEARBY, UM, OR ADJACENT, UH, TO IT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT FIRST.
CAN MY IT FRIEND, CAN WE HEAR WE'RE GOOD ON MICROPHONE? YES.
UM, HOW WOULD AN OVERLAY DISTRICT BE SUPPORTED, LIKE IN TERMS OF CITY SUPPORT OR RESOURCES? UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO DETAILS, BUT JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL, LIKE, WOULD THAT REQUIRE A SHIFT OF PRIORITIES OR SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THAT DISTRICT GIVEN ITS GOALS? OR DO WE HAVE IT ALREADY IN PLACE? NO, SO IT WOULD BE A NEW DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CREATED.
UM, IT WOULDN'T SO MUCH BE A SHIFT TO CITY RESOURCES, UM, AS OPPOSED TO IN THE BEGINNING, IDENTIFYING WHAT PARAMETERS YOU WANNA INCLUDE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.
AND SO, UM, AN OVERLAY WITH FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, VERY SIMILAR TO LIKE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WHERE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIRES, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PLANNING AND ZONING, COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
UM, YOU WOULD PUT CONDITIONS IN PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC, YOU KNOW, OVERLAY OR WHATEVER WE WANNA CALL IT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, THERE HAS TO BE A BUFFER OF HOWEVER MUCH AROUND THE BOUNDARIES, YOU KNOW, OF THAT AREA.
OR THERE'S HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AS YOU GET IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THAT AREA.
SO IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, TARGETED RESOURCES.
IT'S REALLY THE TOOLS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN PLACE FOR DEVELOPMENT AROUND THOSE AREAS TO ADHERE TO.
JENNIFER, I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO THE REDEVELOPMENT ASPECT.
WILL THIS SERVE AS A TEMPLATE AS OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY AGE? YES.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING, TERMINATE, IDENTIFYING IT WITH THAT TERMINOLOGY, DOES THAT PRESENT ITSELF WHERE THERE MAY BE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE WHEN YOU QUOTE, UNQUOTE USE THE TERM REDEVELOPMENT? POSSIBLY.
AND THEN I THINK, AND WE'VE, WE'VE EXPLORED SOME OF THAT OVER THE YEARS, UM, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT, UM, THIS DOES, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A PLAN, YOU KNOW, IN PLACE AND WE HAVE GOALS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PLAN, UM, THEN DEPENDING ON KIND OF WHAT THAT FUNDING STREAM IS, WHETHER IT'S A GRANT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, A FOUNDATION OR OTHER OPPORTUNITY, UM, IT PUTS US IN A BETTER POSITION IF WE HAVE THAT, UH, TOGETHER, UM, IN A PACKAGE THAT WE CAN PRESENT.
DO YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE DONE BEFORE WE BRING UP THOSE? DO YOU WANT TO HIT 'EM AS WE GO? YOU CAN.
OR WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? UM, SO I THINK THIS IS, I THINK WE HAVE TWO MORE.
LET ME, LET ME GO THROUGH, BECAUSE THE WAY WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN THE, THE COMMISSION DISCUSSION.
UM, SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO DO IT THAT WAY.
UM, A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ARE, ARE TRYING TO INTEGRATE, BETTER INTEGRATE, UM, OUR STREET PLANNING ROADWAY PLANNING, UM, WITH LAND USE.
AND WE DO, WE DO THAT INDIRECTLY.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, KIND OF SOME OF THOSE, UH, POSITIONS, BECAUSE OUR ROADS ARE BUILT, UM, FOR A PURPOSE, OUR ROADS ARE PLANNED OUT FOR A PURPOSE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED, UH, LAST MEETING AND PREVIOUS IS WE KNOW THAT THE FORT BEND PARKWAY IS GOING TO EXTEND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN
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DECADES IN THE FUTURE.UM, EVENTUALLY THE FORT BEND PARKWAY IS, IS EXPECTED TO TIE INTO THE GRAND PARKWAY, UM, AND, UH, THE LOOP, UM, AROUND, UH, THE CITY.
UM, AND ANTICIPATING THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT DECADES INTO THE FUTURE.
WE KNOW THAT, THAT THE LAND IN OUR ETJ, UM, AS WELL AS IN OUR CITY LIMITS THAT ARE BUDDING ADJACENT TO, UH, THE TOW ROAD OR IN THAT VICINITY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, UM, FLOWING THROUGH, UM, THOSE AREAS.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE LAND USE AND THEN IMPLEMENTING OUR FUTURE LAND USE, UM, OUR THOROUGH FARES, OUR ROADWAY PLANS HAVE TO BE FACTORED INTO THAT AS WELL.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WITH OUR, OUR CITY STREETS, WHETHER THEY'RE STATE MAINTAIN, UM, CITY MAINTAIN, COUNTY MAINTAIN, THEY'RE ALL DESIGNED, UM, FOR A PURPOSE OF A BUILD OUT PURPOSE.
AND SO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT PURPOSE IS WILL HELP SUPPORT THE APPROPRIATE LAND USES, UH, TO CONSIDER ALONG THOSE ROADWAYS.
UM, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S A LOCAL STREET, IT HAS A LOWER CAPACITY, UM, PROBABLY NOT THE BEST LOCATION TO PUT URBAN, YOU KNOW, MULTI-STORY HIGH RISES AND, YOU KNOW, HIGH TRAFFIC, UH, GENERATING USES.
UM, BUT SOME OF OUR OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS, UM, ARE DESIGNED, YOU KNOW, FOR UM, SPECIFIC PURPOSES, OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, OUR STATE HIGHWAYS ARE DESIGNED TO MOVE TRAFFIC, MOVE TRAFFIC FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.
SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT FEASIBLE TO PUT A LOT OF LAND USES THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF STOPS, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BACK UP TRAFFIC ONE TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE ROADWAYS.
UM, SO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS PARTICULARLY, UM, IDENTIFYING LOCATION STANDARDS FOR PLACES OF ASSEMBLIES, UM, FOR SCHOOLS, UM, FOR UH, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TOWERS, UM, ARE COORDINATED WITH OUR MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS AND OUR STREET PLAN.
SO PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, WE'VE HAD CON COMMUNICATIONS WITH ENGINEERING, UM, AS WELL IS AN UPDATE TO THAT MAP, UM, SO THAT THE POLICY OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
AND THERE'S A COHESIVE, UM, KIND OF MESSAGE, UH, THAT'S GOING OUT IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S FUTURE, UH, DEVELOPMENT MET.
SO NEXT STEPS, UM, WE TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO THE SLIDES WERE FILLED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SUMMARIZE THOSE NOW INTO A SPREADSHEET.
UM, I HAVE A PRINTOUT COPY OF IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA SEND IT TO YOU ALL ELECTRONICALLY.
UM, THAT, UH, THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LIST FORM, UM, AND THE ASSOCIATED DOCUMENT THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ARE CONSIDERING TO AMEND.
UM, AND WHAT THE SPREADSHEET WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO, UM, IS TO DEFINE, YOU AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, YOU DISAGREE WITH THE REST RECOMMENDATION, OR YOU JUST NEED MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, IS PROPOSING.
UM, AND THEN IT ALSO GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRIORITIZE.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYTHING CAN'T BE A PRIORITY.
UM, SO KIND OF WHERE THOSE FOCUS AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD CONSIDER, UH, TO BE FOCUS AREAS OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING, UM, FROM THAT, UH, TO PROVIDE IT.
UM, FROM THERE, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, UM, ARE IN ADDITION TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ARE, UH, THE MAP UPDATES.
UH, SO VISUALS, UM, WE'RE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR, UM, THAT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IS BETTER REPRESENTED, UM, ON, IN MAP FORM SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, UM, SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE CHANGES, UH, TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE MAP UPDATES NOW SO THAT THOSE CAN BE, UH, CONVEYED AND PRESENTED, UM, AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ALIGN, UH, WITH BOTH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUS, OUR ENGINEERING FOCUS, UTILITY PLANNING, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, NEXT STEPS INCLUDE CITY COUNCIL THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE PUTTING, UH, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS INTO A SURVEY, UM, TO PUSH OUT.
SO I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION, UH, IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE ON THE FIRST SURVEY.
UM, THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP SURVEY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE AND, UM, INCREASE, UH, THAT NUMBER, UM, AS WELL, PUTTING A TARGET OUT THERE, UM, AND SEEING, UM, HOW WE CAN ENGAGE OUR HOAS AND, UM, OTHER, UH, KEY, UH, STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TO KIND TO, UH, UH, MAKE IT MORE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, OF OUR POPULATION.
UM, AND THEN ALSO HAVING, HOSTING A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE, UH, TO AGAIN, GET PUBLIC INPUT, UM, ON, UH, THESE ITEMS. UM, SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE IN TERMS OF, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
SO, UH, NUMBER TWO IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNING SPEAKING, WE DO, WE HAVE MS. DEI ABTA.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS
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WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM.MY NAME IS DANIA BERENA AND MY ADDRESS IS 4 4 2 7 PINE LANDING DRIVE.
UM, SO ONE THING I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT IS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I PO I PARTICIPATED IN THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE SURVEY TRIED TO GET A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS AS A HOA PRESIDENT TO DO IT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORING BIG FIVE, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND, UH, THE THING, YOU KNOW, THAT I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY RESOUNDING WAS GREEN SPACE, GREEN DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S EVEN ONE OF THE GOALS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I REALLY DIDN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE IN ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
LIKE I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE TALK ABOUT SPORTS TOURISM, BUT WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND ATTENTION TO, TO DO THAT SURVEY, RIGHT? IT WAS A REALLY LONG, LENGTHY SURVEY AND, AND, AND ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, ATTEND THESE FOCUS GROUPS, ALL ATTEND THESE FORUMS, COME HERE TODAY, RIGHT AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO THESE MEETINGS A LOT AND IT'S A LOT OF HOURS THAT WE DO AND WE, WE ADD FEEDBACK AND THEN WHEN WE SEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE DON'T SEE ONE OF LIKE THE PRIMARY THEMES OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THERE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO EVEN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE, RIGHT? SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO SEE THAT.
AND I REALLY WANNA SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME PRIORITIZING OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN FOLKS DO TAKE THE TIME TO COME, YOU KNOW, DO THAT SURVEY.
IT TOOK ME 30 MINUTES AND I'M, YOU KNOW, TECH SAVVY.
SO FOR, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I KNOW IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT.
AND SO WHAT WE REALLY WANNA ASK IS, THIS IS THE TIME TO DESIGNATE GREEN SPACE.
I'VE HEARD JTGG, SORRY, SAY IT HERSELF, RIGHT? THIS IS THE TIME, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO ALL THE EXCITING REDEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT ONE THING WE REALLY WANNA SEE IS LIKE THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE DESIGNATED WETLANDS THAT WE SEE AND WE DRIVE BY EVERY DAY, BECOME A COMMON AMENITY THAT WE CAN ALL ENJOY AS MISSOURI CITY FOLKS.
I WAS TALKING TO FOLKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT IT AND THEY WERE LIKE, YEAH, IMAGINE WE CAN STOCK IT WITH FISH.
WE COULD TAKE A FOUR WHEELER OVER THERE, RIGHT? I SEE FOLKS, I SEE KIDS NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE METRO AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT OF FORT BEND TOWN CENTER, JUST CONSTANTLY WALKING ON THE ROADS, RIGHT? THEY'RE LIKE WALKING ON ROADS WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING 60 MILES PER HOUR AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WALKABILITY.
AND PUTTING SIDEWALKS BY ROADS IS LIKE A MANDATE NOW AND, AND DOING ALL THESE THINGS.
SO I JUST, I REALLY WANNA SEE MORE OF THAT.
I WANNA SEE MORE DESIGNATED GREEN SPACE.
WE HAVE MONEY, I JUST WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FINANCIALS AND I KNOW WE HAVE MONEY FROM THE PARKS BOND DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS.
MY ZONE DOES NOT HAVE A PARK, AND WE'VE BEEN DESPERATELY ASKING FOR IT.
SO FOR ME, THIS IS THE FORUM WHERE WE DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A HIGH RESPONSE RATE, WE DID HAVE FOCUS GROUPS, WE DID HAVE THIS, WE WERE GONNA HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE, LIKE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THOSE AND TRY TO FIND THE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE, WE NEED IT IN THE PARK ZONE.
LIKE I, I, I'M REALLY LIKE, I REMISS OF LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS RECIPE WORK TOGETHER? BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE THINGS, AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS THAT ARE WILLING TO DO LIKE MATCHING CAMPAIGNS WITH YOU, WITH THE MONEY YOU RAISE AND CAN DESIGNATE FOR IT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP HERE, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS.
DAVID, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM.
SO, UM, YEAH, LAST YEAR WE STARTED HERE, UH, FIGHTING AGAINST THE SIX STORY, UM, HOTEL THAT WAS TO BE BUILT THERE.
UH, AND WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTY ON KNIGHTS ROAD, UM, AND, UH, WATTS PLANTATION.
MY WIFE AND I, WE WERE INDIVIDUALS.
WE JUST MOVED INTO THE, UH, FACILITY OR THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE IN NOW FOR, WELL THIS YEAR IS THREE YEARS, BUT WE CAME AS INDIVIDUALS.
THIS TIME I'M SHOWING UP AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA BOARD.
DESI IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA BOARD.
AND SO WE'RE REPRESENTING WHAT 70 HOMES THERE AND WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS ACCURATE.
SO WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND I WANNA BELIEVE THAT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, UM, INSTRUMENTATION AND GETTING THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOING AND WITH OUR IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS AND SO FORTH WITH THE GREEN SPACE AND WHAT WE WANNA SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS.
WE, A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND IT'S NOT REPRESENTING ON THE RESULTS SO FAR THAT I'VE SEEN.
AND IT, IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US.
UH, AS DENISE, SHE SAID, WE DO NOT HAVE A A A PARK THAT WE CAN WALK TO.
WE ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO IT SEEMS, AND THE BUILD OUT THAT'S HAPPENING, WE'RE NOT AGAINST IT, BUT WE ALSO WANT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE, WHICH IS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS GREEN
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SPACE WHEN NEEDED.WE, I MEAN, WE WENT THROUGH COVID, OVID, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS FOR US TO HAVE THAT PLACE OF REPRIEVE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
UH, WE HAVE A MISSOURI CITY TRAIL IN THE BACK OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS AS OLD AS THE COMMUNITY.
I SPOKE WITH DONNY THE OTHER DAY, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, DIRECTOR, AND THEY HAVE A PRIORITY LIST OF TRAILS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND WORKING ON, BUT WE'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT WHY.
AND SO THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING HERE, I FEEL LIKE EACH TIME WE SHOW UP HERE, YES WE ARE, WE ARE, WE'RE WE'RE COMING INTO YOUR EARS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING REALLY HEARD.
UM, MY VOICE IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN NORMAL.
I'M USUALLY PRETTY RAMBUNCTIOUS AND LET'S GET HER DONE.
BUT NOW WE ARE A YEAR INTO IT.
AND WHO DO WE SPEAK TO TO HEAR US? SO MY PLAN IS TO OF COURSE, INVITE THE MAYOR AND JENNIFER AND WHOEVER IT IS THAT IS INTERESTED IN HELPING US TO A FACE-TO-FACE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED THAT WAY.
UM, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING.
ONE LAST THING I WANNA SAY BEFORE I'M DONE IS PLAN A Z WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE, UH, PARKING AND THE, I KNOW IT'S DONE, BUT THE PARKING FOR THE, SORRY, SIR.
NEW STRUCTURE, YOU'RE THREE MINUTES.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY BAD.
WE HAVE, WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO.
WE HAVE NO OTHER, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION INPUT, AND DISCUSSION.
I REALLY, WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU GONNA MAKE SHEET, I WAS GONNA, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WALK THROUGH ALL THOSE SLIDES.
AND SO I GUESS, LET ME BRING UP ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I PUT IN MY EMAILS AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THE REDEVELOPMENT.
I'VE, I'VE LIVED IN MISSOURI CITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
I GREW UP OUT HERE AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS CHANGE AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF REDEVELOPMENT, BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT, UM, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT REDEVELOPMENT IS KIND OF NEEDED FOR A REASON.
IS THAT'S BECAUSE MAYBE THE BUSINESSES THAT OCCUPIED THOSE SPACES FOUND OTHER PLACES TO GO AS THE CITY CHANGED AND THEY'RE NOT, THE ODDS OF THEM COMING BACK ARE PRETTY SMALL.
I MEAN, NEAR ME, I'VE GOT A COUPLE, I I'VE LIVED NEAR CARTWRIGHT ROAD, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THOSE.
I'M THINKING THAT SOMEBODY'S EVENTUALLY GONNA MOVE INTO THE OLD HEV STRIP CENTER ON CARTRIGHT.
I, I THINK IS, IS NOT REALISTIC.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD ASK IS, WHEN IT COMES TO REDEVELOPMENT, IS IT, CAN WE INCLUDE SOME THINGS CAN THAT HAVE TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, TAKING THOSE PLACES BACK TO GROUND? WE SAVE SPACES AT A PREMIUM IN MISSOURI CITY, EMPTY SPACE AND THOSE COULD BECOME EMPTY SPACE AND MAYBE THE BEST THING FOR THEM IS THAT.
SO I THINK WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR REDEVELOPMENT, THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM IS HOW DO WE SUPPORT BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO TAKE IT BACK DOWN TO NOTHING AND PUT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WOULD, WOULD, UH, BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR SPACES.
AND YOU, ARE YOU WANTING HER TO RESPOND OR? NO, I JUST, JUST GIVING HIM, I WAS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY 2 CENTS.
AS FAR AS FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION, THAT'S ALL.
AND I'LL JUST ADD, 'CAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE STRUGGLES WITH THE, THE REDEVELOPMENT APPROACH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MANY OF THE PLANS, UM, AND STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, UM, IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE ON SOME OF THESE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, UM, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE BALANCED.
UM, AND SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED DENSITY, WE NEED, UM, AN INFLUX OF RESIDENTIAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT TO KIND OF HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, REINVESTMENT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
SO I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES THAT USED TO LOCATE HERE.
'CAUSE THE REALITY IS, IS THEIR MARKET SPAN, UM, IS FAIRLY LARGE.
SO AS THE, THE CITY POOLS AND DEVELOPS SOURCE OF BRAZOS AND THROUGH THE SOUTH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PULLING PEOPLE COMING FROM THE SOUTH AND THEY'RE PULLING PEOPLE COMING FROM THE NORTH.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODELS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE IN EFFECT THERE.
UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION
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ON REINVESTMENT AND MAKING SURE, UM, THAT OUR CORRIDORS ARE HEALTHY AND THRIVING, UM, YOU KNOW, IS PART OF THAT, THAT FOCUS AND THAT APPROACH.UM, AND, AND THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY OF OUR AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY AS DEVELOPMENT TRENDS SHIFT OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS START TO AGE OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER, YOU KNOW, ASPECTS KIND OF, UH, CHALLENGE IT.
UM, SO DEFINITELY I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY THERE'S SOME, UM, ITEMS THAT CAN BE ADDED, UH, TO SOME OF THOSE REDEVELOPMENT APPROACHES, UH, THAT SHOULD INFUSE, YOU KNOW, MORE ENERGY AND MORE ATTENTION, UH, TO SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
UM, BECAUSE AT THE HEART OF IT, IT'S ALL MISSOURI CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, FROM THESE OLDER AREAS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO IT'S, WE WANT ALL AREAS OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTIAL, NON-RESIDENTIAL TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO THRIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND TO BE REFLECTIVE, YOU KNOW, OF THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT IT IS.
I AGREE WITH THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS TO POSSIBLY DO THAT IS TO KNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT THE ODDS OF A BUSINESS COMING BACK INTO SOME OF THOSE CENTERS IS EXTREMELY LOW.
IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT USE, IF, IF IT WAS BARE GROUND, WHAT COULD GO THERE THAT WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL? I, I LOOK AT THAT STRIP CENTER WHERE THE OLD HEB WAS ON CARTWRIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN EMPTY, BUT IT'S BEEN A GENERATION.
AND SO THE ODDS THINKING THAT SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THAT CHANGES THAT I THINK, UH, MAY NOT BE AS REALISTIC AS TAKING IT TO GROUND.
I HAVE A, A QUESTION AND IT'S PERTAINING TO, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE TWO PRESENTERS MENTIONED, UH, THE DEDICATION OF GREEN SPACE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE HAVE LEFT.
ARE WE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? SO THE WAY I WOULD PUT IT IS, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EVERY PROPERTY HAS AN OWNER.
EVERY PROPERTY HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, VALUE AND PROPERTY RIGHTS, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND FLOODPLAIN ISSUES ARE REAL.
AND WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UM, THAT SURROUND THOSE.
UM, THE REALITY IS, IS A LOT OF OUR LAND WAS IN FLOODPLAINS AT SOME POINT, UM, IN TIME BEFORE IT WAS DEVELOPED.
AND DIFFERENT LEVEE SYSTEMS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, UM, HAVE BEEN CREATED, UH, TO SUPPORT, UM, A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO IT IS, IS, UH, THE CHARACTER DISTRICTS, UM, I THINK ARE IMPORTANT THERE.
UM, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THOSE CORRIDORS ARE GOING TO BE SUBJECT AND PRONE TO SOME LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT THE CHARACTER DISTRICTS IS WHERE WE CAN REALLY HONE IN ON SOME OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT OF LAND THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING PERCENTAGES ON, YOU KNOW, CLUSTERING, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT ON HIGHER LAND SO YOU'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY PAVE OVER, YOU KNOW, A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, SO, SO SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE KNOW ARE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX THAT ARE IN CURRENT, UM, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAINS OR, UM, ARE COMPROMISED, UM, IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM, UM, BY FLOOD AREA.
UM, IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO IDENTIFY THAT FOR SUBURBAN DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED FROM THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT, UM, TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, THIS PERCENTAGE NEEDS TO BE GREEN SPACE OR THIS PERCENTAGE NEEDS TO BE, UM, RESERVED FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE STRATEGY BEHIND, UH, SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THE, THE WAY MAYBE TO ADDRESS THAT IS THE FUTURE LAND USE AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE, WHERE WE'RE KIND OF REDEFINING SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS AND, AND BETTER, BETTER KIND OF LAYOUT WHAT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN THERE.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY OWNS THAT LAND AND WE CAN'T MAKE 'EM TURN IT INTO GREEN SPACE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE PARK SITUATION DOWN IN THAT AREA, UM, WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, MONEY FOR TO BUY LAND FOR PARKS, BUT THAT RESIDENT STATES THERE'S, THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE.
SO THERE'S SOME KIND OF DISCONNECT THERE.
AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE, TO THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY THE, THE FUTURE LAND USE COULD, COULD HELP KIND OF FRAME THAT.
AND I, I GUESS MAYBE THE, THE DISCONNECT IS IT'S JUST NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT RIGHT NOW IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE, WE'VE KIND OF TRY TO FO ADD THAT
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AS AN ITEM TO CALL OUT IN THE FUTURE LAND USE, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THOSE AREAS THAT, THAT MAYBE SHOULD BE DESIGNATED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.UM, THE, THE OTHER, UM, THING THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I WAS, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS AND, AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT WAS, UM, WE KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE SOME BALANCE BETWEEN THIS, UM, RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY QUESTION AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, OWNER SLASH DEVELOPER AND, AND WHAT IS REASONABLE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE PROBABLY GO TOO FAR IN TRYING TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I BELIEVE THAT THE STRATEGY AROUND THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT STUFF WILL HELP KIND OF GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, BUT, BUT I'VE SEEN IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GONNA AFFECT MY PROPERTY, IT'S PROPERTY VALUES, IT'S GOING TO DO THIS, IT'S GONNA DO THAT, DO THAT.
AND, AND IT'S, AND, AND IT'S THIS NOT IN MY BACKYARD MENTALITY, WHICH HAS MERIT, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH MERIT AS WHAT YOU MIGHT BE LED TO BELIEVE BY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE TONE IN THE ROOM.
I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN, IN BRIGHTWATER, THEY SAID THEY, NOBODY WILL EVER BUILD ON THAT OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.
IT'S GONNA BE JUST THIS NICE OPEN SPACE.
YOU KNOW, AND THERE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE TINY PARK, BUT THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT.
SO, UM, I I, I'VE HAD THAT BEEN TOLD TO ME AND, AND UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, UM, IF THEY DON'T OWN THE LAND OR IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T OWN THE LAND, YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT, RIGHT? SO, UM, BUT THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF MY MAIN TAKEAWAYS WAS IN GOING THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE, WE KIND OF HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THAT, UM, WE NEED THAT BALANCE.
AND, UM, IF WE, I DON'T, I, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M, I MEAN WE, UM, I DIDN'T SAY A WORD THAT LAST PRESENTATION, I GOT A LOT OUTTA IT.
BUT WHEN, UH, HERMAN TALKED ABOUT THE DATA THAT HE HAS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE TELLING HIM AND VERY QUALIFIED, HIS STAFF IS VERY QUALIFIED, THEY'RE DATA DRIVEN AND EMPLOYEES WITH ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE WANT IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
WE WANT THE NICE FINE DINING AND THE RESTAURANTS AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH GROWTH AND EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING EMPLOYEES TO COME HERE 'CAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO LIVE FOR THEM.
AND HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM WHERE IT GETS FILLED UP BY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE OF A POTENTIAL APARTMENT COMPLEX CAN BE BUILT.
WELL, APARTMENTS ARE EXPENSIVE.
WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE FUTURE AT ALL.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BLIP OF APARTMENT IN ALL OF MISSOURI CITY AND THEY'RE OLDER THAN ME.
AND IT'S, I I WAS, IT GAVE ME PAUSE BECAUSE I'M WONDERING IF I WAS LISTENING FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS BECAUSE HOW MANY TIMES THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION OF LAKE OLYMPIA WOULD COME AND SAY, OH, WE CAN'T HAVE THAT APARTMENT.
'CAUSE THEY'LL GIVE THE LONG LIST, THE TOP 10 OF HOW THE WORLD'S GONNA COME TO AN END.
IF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX COMES WITHIN A MILE, WELL, NOBODY CAN COME HERE TO WORK 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
AND WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPER WHO'S, WHO'S NOT, IT'S NOT HIS OPINION.
WE HAVE TO TRAIN, UH, INEXPERIENCED FORKLIFT DRIVERS BECAUSE OTHER FORKLIFT DRIVERS WON'T COME TO MISSOURI CITY 'CAUSE IT'S TOO FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THEY LIVE, MAN.
AND THE REASON I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING IS I DIDN'T WANT TO AFFECT THE MOMENTUM THAT YOUR STAFF HAS THAT HAS, 'CAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS AND I DON'T WANNA THROW A WRENCH IN IT.
I DO THINK WE AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP, MAYBE WE PRESENT IT DIFFERENT, MAYBE WE START
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EXPRESSING OURSELVES MORE WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS COME AND SAY THEY DON'T WANT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.AND THEN WE TOLD TELL 'EM THE WHOLE PICTURE.
AND IF, IF THE VOTE IS STILL NOT TO DO IT, FINE.
BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE BRINGING ALL THE FACTS TO EVERYBODY.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO, AND WE NEED TO DISPUTE SOME OF THE CRIME AND PROPERTY VALUES.
AND I, I'M NOT BUYING IT 'CAUSE I'M NOT SEEING IT IN OUR NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE APARTMENTS IN THEIR CITIES.
I'M SEEING A HUGE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER FINANCIAL AUDITORIUM THAT FILLS UP EVERY WEEKEND AND YOU KNOW, THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN SUGAR LAND, THINGS BE, LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S DOING PRETTY GOOD AND THEY'VE GOT MALLS AND THEY'VE GOT EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AT THE MALLS.
AND I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA FILL UP THAT FORT BEN TOLLWAY AND ALL THE EXPANSION.
WE HAVE TO THINK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE THE PAST 25 YEARS.
WE HAVE, MY WHOLE LIFE IS DEDICATED TO MAKING LANDSCAPING AND TREES AND PLANTS.
AND I'VE PROBABLY PLANTED MORE TREES THAN 99% OF THE PLANET, AND I'M REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO WRITE THAT CHECK.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GET EMPLOYEES, UM, AND MAYBE WE'RE MISSING THE BOAT COMING FROM A GUY THAT HAS A GREEN THUMB.
I WANT NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
BUT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE INVEST IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR TWO
I LIKE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND THE REDEVELOPMENT, I'M SEEING THE REDEVELOPMENT ZONES AS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIFFERENT FORMS OF LIVING SPACE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOWEVER MANY YEARS AGO THAT WE NEED TO OFFER MORE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
WE HAVEN'T, SIENNA HAS ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX, IS THAT RIGHT? THERE'S 2, 3, 3, 4.
SO A LITTLE BLIP ON OUR MAP THAT HAS IT.
AND YOU COULD DRAW IT WITH I GREAT FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS THAT YOU SPOKE.
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR VOICE WOULDN'T AFFECT.
AND, AND I SECOND SECONDLY HOW COMMISSIONER O'MALLEY WAS SAYING, I PUT IT IN MY COMMENTS.
BUT THE, THE OTHER THING THAT I PUT IN THERE WAS, I THINK WE'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF DEVELOPERS COME BEFORE US AND SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROPOSED MULTI-FAMILIES INSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY THAT AREN'T GOING FORWARD.
IS THAT ACCURATE? AND IF SO, WHY? AND IS THAT DUE TO ECONOMICS? IS IT DUE TO REGULATION? IS IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? 'CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, WHY AREN'T THEY GETTING DONE? AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, IS THERE ANY SPACE THAT WAS TOUGH TO SEE ON THAT LITTLE BITTY MAP? IS THERE ANYTHING ON THERE THAT IS BROWN FOR MULTIFAMILY AND ON THE ONLINE MAP? CAN I ZOOM IN AND FIND WHERE THOSE SPACES ARE? SO I ANSWER THE LAST QUESTION FIRST.
UM, SO NO NEW AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR MULTIFAMILY, UM, DIRECTLY.
THERE IS A, UM, I THINK THE MULTIFAMILY CHARACTER DISTRICT IS PART, PART OF THE AUTO ORIENTED.
UM, BECAUSE THINKING ABOUT THE, THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THE SURFACE PARKING, UM, SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GREEN SPACE, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THOSE, THOSE BUILDING, UH, DEVELOPMENT LAYOUTS.
UM, SO IT'S UNDER THAT CHARACTER DISTRICT.
UM, BUT MULTIFAMILY IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE AUTO ORIENTED, THE, UM, I THINK THE URBAN, UH, DEVELOPMENT CHARACTER AS WELL.
UM, SO YOU CAN IMPLEMENT IT IN EITHER ONE.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PART OF, OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IN TERMS OF THE PERFORMANCE, WE DO HAVE, UM, ALLOCATIONS OF LAND THAT HAVE, UM, ZONING FOR MULTIFAMILY THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, WE CAN REVISE THAT MAP.
UH, THAT, UH, I THINK WE PROVIDED, I THINK AT SOME POINT LAST YEAR, UH, THERE'S AREAS NEAR AND, UH, SURROUNDING THE TOLL ROAD, UM, THAT WERE EITHER ZONED STRAIGHT MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT THAT ALLOW FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT OR THAT ARE PART OF, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THERE'S UM, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE AREAS, UM, WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAS THAT DESIGNATION THAT HAS NOT DEVELOPED.
AND IT, IT, SOME OF THOSE, IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT CAN BE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
I KNOW ONE THAT HAS A STRAIGHT DISTRICT, THERE'S SOME COMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF EASEMENTS, UM, PIPELINES AND UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT RUN THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
UM, THAT A FEW DEVELOPERS HAVE FOUND CHALLENGES IN TRYING TO FIT, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ON, UM, AND THEN SOME JUST MAY BE, YOU KNOW, MARKET, YOU KNOW, RELATED ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT
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OCCURRING AND THE TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT.AND THEN, UH, THOSE AREAS MIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP AS WELL BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE MULTIFAMILY, NON-RESIDENTIAL, THEY'RE ALL RELATED.
UM, SO IF THERE'S NOT A MARKET, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DRIVING IT, UH, THAT WILL HELP, YOU KNOW, TO LEASE THOSE PROPERTIES OR SELL THOSE PROPERTIES, UM, IT'S GONNA DELAY, UH, SOME OF THAT TIMING.
JENNIFER, I JUST, OH, GO AHEAD JENNY.
I I, IT IS GONNA BE QUICK
UM, JUST TO ADDRESS MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS.
UM, AND, AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE IT CAN BE ADDED IN THE COMP PLAN, UM, UNDER ADD STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS, MAYBE IN THAT VERY DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES, BUT BETTER DEFINE THAT TO INCLUDE, UM, THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS, POSSIBLY ALSO IN, UM, ADDING A DIFFERENT CHAPTER SPECIFIC TO WHAT HOUSING LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY.
THAT INCLUDES MULTIFAMILY, THAT INCLUDES AVAILABLE GREEN SPACES.
AND THEN I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT FROM LAST WEEK BECAUSE I HAD BLUE STICKY NOTES THAT I HOPE YOU ALL KEPT.
UM, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED A HEALTHCARE CHAPTER THAT ESTABLISHES A VISION FOR HOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS FROM BABY TO MUCH WISER THAN ME.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING.
I CONCUR WITH EVERYONE IN REFERENCE TO THE NEED FOR MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.
I THINK THAT THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS MOVING US INTO THE FUTURE, BUT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS, NO DISRESPECT TO ANY OF THE CITIZENS THAT ARE STILL THINKING IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS WERE 20, 30, POSSIBLY EVEN 40 YEARS AGO.
AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND THEY HAVE TO TRUST THAT MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE.
AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE THE CHALLENGE IS BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE NEEDED.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET PEOPLE TO COME OUT HERE TO WORK, THEY DO NEED TO HAVE PLACES TO LIVE.
AND, AND IF THE ONES THAT ARE IN SNA, THOSE ARE NOT INEXPENSIVE.
SO I THINK THE MISNOMER IS WHEN YOU SAY MULTIFAMILY, YOU'RE SEEING APARTMENTS AND EVERYBODY GETS NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IT'S GONNA BE THE INEXPENSIVE SECTION EIGHT, THOSE TYPES OF PLACES, AND THEY'RE THINKING THAT THAT'S GOING TO DRAW THE NEGATIVE FOLKS.
WELL, IN REALITY, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE CASE.
AND AS A CITY WE CAN CONTROL THAT BY PUTTING IN PLACE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I GUESS I DO, DO ONE MORE, SORRY.
UM, SO THE SPREADSHEET WE HAVE IS ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF.
HOW DOES ALL THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY END UP IN THAT SPREADSHEET AND HOW DO WE GET THAT FEEDBACK IN THERE? AND THEN THE OTHER THING I HAD IS, I, I TALKED ABOUT THE, THE PLAN GOALS, UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE STAYING WITH THE ONE ADDITION ON, UH, SEPARATION.
I HAD SOME KIND OF HEARTBURN WITH THE SECOND ONE.
IS THAT ONE SET IN STONE? WHAT'S THE THOUGHT THERE? SO NOTHING'S SET IN STONE.
UM, SO THIS IS STILL PLAY-DOH OR WHATEVER, BUT
NOW THIS IS, THIS IS STILL GETTING YOU ALL'S COLLECTIVE INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
UM, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS SET KIND OF A TIMEFRAME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, SET TODAY, UH, WOULD BE THE, THE TIMELINE FOR IT.
UH, THE REALITY IS, IS, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL NEED TO THINK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AND GET, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED SO THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE INFORMED, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION LIKE YOU'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T ALWAYS DO.
UM, SO, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE RECEIVE THAT ADDITIONAL INPUT.
IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ADDITIONAL INPUT, UM, ON THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, THE DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, UM, OR DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT, UH, YOU THINK AREN'T REFLECTED OR NEED TO BE CONSIDERED, GO AHEAD AND SEND THAT OVER TO US.
UM, YOU CAN SEND THAT TO US BY EMAIL.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL, UH, SUMMARIZE IT, UM, ON TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN WEIGH IN AS A, A BODY, UM, ON WHAT YOUR POSITION, UM, IS RECOMMENDING.
WE NEED TO ADD THIS TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE NEED TO ADD THIS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, OR THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER, UM, THIS IN TERMS OF ITS ITS FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO HAS CITY COUNCIL HAD ANY PREVIEW OF ANY OF THIS STUFF YET? NOT YET.
'CAUSE IT, IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AND THEN IT'S GONNA GO TO THAT.
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OTHER INPUT COMMENTS? ALRIGHT THEN.UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND A SECOND.