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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. WE WELCOME INTO THE JULY 10TH MEETING OF THE CITY OF GARLAND
[Plan Commission Pre Meeting]
ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING IS THE COMMISSION'S WORK SESSION WHERE CITY STAFF BRIEFED THE COMMISSION ON CASES WE WILL HEAR THIS EVENING AFTERWARDS WE RECESSED UNTIL 7 P.M. AT WHICH TIME WE'LL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.READY FOR THE FIRST CASE. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST CASE TONIGHT IS Z 22 72, THE APPLICANT REQUEST APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS FOR A TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY WITH FIVE SERVICE BAY DOORS. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 403 MILLER PARK DRIVE. IT IS A 0.93 ACRE SITE AND ZONED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
THIS IS WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY. UM, IT DOES BORDER THE CITY OF DALLAS.
HERE IS THE SITE WITHIN THE LOCAL AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS LARGELY SURROUNDED, ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL ZONED AREAS. UM FEATURING, UH, BUSINESSES SUCH AS A LIGHT MANUFACTURING, WAREHOUSING AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND BY S U P. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THIS AREA AS AN INDUSTRY CENTER. INDUSTRY CENTERS, UM, PROVIDE A CLUSTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY THAT CUMULATIVELY CUMULATIVELY EMPLOY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE.
THE PROPOSED USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA PROVIDES A SUPPORTIVE BUSINESS TO SERVICE TRUCKS IN THE AREA. HE PROPOSED USES GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. YOUR PHOTOS OF THE SITE ON THE FIRST PHOTOS LOOKING WEST, UM FROM MILLER PARK DRIVE AT THE SITE AND THE SECOND PHOTOS LOOKING EAST ACROSS THE STREET TOWARDS AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
AND NEXT TO PHOTOS LOOK NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG MILLER PARK DRIVE. UM YOU CAN ALSO SEE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND THE SITE. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS FOR TRUCK REPAIR ONLY, AND THERE WILL BE NO TRAILERS ON THE SITE, AND THERE WILL BE NOTHING TO DO WITH TRAILERS. HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE LANDSCAPE PLAN DOES MEET ALL GDC REQUIREMENTS FOR FRONTAGE AND PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING. THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THE EAST VIEW IS THE STREET FACING VIEW. AND THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS DO MEET ALL GDC REQUIREMENTS. AND HERE'S THE WEST VIEW AND THE NORTH VIEW. AND HERE THE DUMPSTER ELEVATIONS WHICH DO MEET THE GDC REQUIREMENTS. THERE IS A DEVIATION. UM THE DEVIATION IS FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BAY DOORS, UM, PER THE G D. C. NO SERVICE BY DOORS MAY FACE A PUBLIC STREET AND THE APPLICANT DOES PROPOSE FIVE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BAY DOORS FACING MILLER PARK DRIVE. UM THE CURRENT SITE ISN'T AN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND FACES A CLASS G THOROUGHFARE, SO IT IS A VERY MINOR THOROUGHFARE AS WELL AS THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO BEST FIT WITHIN THE CORRIDOR, QUARTER CIRCLE SHAPED SITE AS WELL AS THE EXISTING 18 FT BUILDING LINE IN THE BACK. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A 25 YEAR S, U P AND THE S U P TIME PERIOD GUIDE RECOMMENDS 20 TO 25 YEARS FOR THIS USE. THANK YOU, SIR. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS FOR A TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY AS WELL AS A PLAN FOR A TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY. WE SENT OUT 35 LETTERS TO THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND WE RECEIVED ONE WITHIN THE CIRCLE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CONTAINING THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE SECOND AND FINAL CASE TODAY IS THE 23 21. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS FOR A BUILDING SLASH GARDEN MATERIAL SALES AND STORAGE WHOLESALE USE ON A PROPERTY ZONE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
YOU SAY IT IS LOCATED AT 543 NORTH FIFTH STREET. IT IS A 0.99 ACRE SITE ZONE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND THE UPTOWN SUBDISTRICT. THIS IS WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY. AND HERE'S THE SITE LOCATED WITHIN THE GENERAL AREA. UM IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GARLAND TRANSIT CENTER
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FOR THE BUSSES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THIS AH SITE ZONE FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS. TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS ARE AREAS OF CONCENTRATED ACTIVITY AND INCREASED DENSITY WITH MAXIMUM ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THE SITE ARE ALL ZONE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND UPTOWN SUBDISTRICTS AS WELL.THESE PROPERTIES INCLUDE VARIOUS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES, SUCH AS STORAGE, AUTO REPAIR CONTRACTOR WAREHOUSES, THE TRANSIT CENTER AND A CHURCH. THE PROPOSED USE IS GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING END IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA. YOU ARE THE IMAGES OF THE SITE AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS AN EXISTING SITE AND NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. YOUR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS LOOKING NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG NORTH HISTORY. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN. AGAIN. NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE, UM, PARKING, AND, UH, THE PLACEMENT OF THE REFUSE CONTAINER WILL REMAIN THE SAME. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO USE THE EXISTING 18,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR BUILDING AND GARDEN CELLS AND STORAGE, WHOLESALE USE FOR CABINETRY, MATERIALS AND STORAGE , SO THE STORAGE OF THE CABINETRY MATERIALS WILL BE INDOORS. ONLY THE BUILDING OR THE USE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS FOR THE UPTOWN SUBDISTRICT OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. AS WELL. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THE S U P TIME PERIOD OF 30 YEARS. THE S U P TIME PERIOD. GUY DOES NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDED TIME FOR THIS USE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. UM THE PROPOSED USE ON THE PROPERTY ZONE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND UPTOWN SUBDISTRICT APPROVAL OF A PLAN FOR THE USE. IN ADDITION, WHILE THE USE DOES ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT ALONG THIS PORTION OF NORTH FIFTH STREET STAFF DOES RECOMMENDATION. SHORTER S U P TIMES, SUCH AS FIVE OR 10 YEARS TO ALLOW FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT BETTER ALIGNS WITH THE DOWNTOWN UPTOWN SUBDISTRICT. WE SENT OUT 30 LETTERS AND WE RECEIVED ONE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA FOR THE REQUEST. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALREADY GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JACOB ACTON, AND I AM WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UM AND I AM HERE TODAY TO PRESENT WHAT AH TO PRESENT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, STRATEGIC PLAN. UM AND SO. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET IT RIGHT IN. SORRY IF I SPEAK A LITTLE BIT FAST, AND THIS IS A LONG PRESENTATION. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GO OVER AS YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY KIND OF RUN INTO IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. UM SO IT WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL 2023 SO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS KIND OF DESIGNED TO CLARIFY PRIORITIES.
PROVIDE DIRECTION AND INFORM FUTURE CITY DECISION MAKING. IT INCLUDED MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS.
UM WE SPOKE WITH BUSINESS OWNERS , GSD DALLAS COLLEGE CHAMBER STAFF AS WELL AS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND MANY OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN, UM MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS AND ROUND TABLES.
THERE WERE MULTIPLE FINDINGS REGARDING THE CITY'S POSITION WITHIN THE LARGER DFW MARKET. UM SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE BIG FINDINGS WHERE IN CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS AND EMPLOYMENT, UM WE FOUND A LOT OF GOOD DATA ON BEST DEVELOPMENTS FOR TAX GENERATION. UM AND NEW INFORMATION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE QUALITY OF HOUSING. UM WE ALSO IDENTIFIED NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET SOME GOALS . UM PRIORITIZE. UM, THE PLAN IS TO PRIORITIZE REDEVELOPMENT, UM , ALSO RETAIL AMENITIES AND THEN ALSO DENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT. UM SO THE QUESTION IS, WHY DID WE GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS? AND SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THAT DFW IS A COMPETITIVE MARKET, ESPECIALLY FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES. UM GARLAND IS MOSTLY BUILT OUT. AND SO THERE'S NEW OPPORTUNITIES. WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD REASON WHY FOR THOSE DEVELOPERS TO COME DEVELOPMENT IS OFTEN DRIVEN BY COST OF PROPERTY OR LAND AS WELL AS INCOMES. UM YOU SEE THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE RETAIL MARKET INCOMES IN GARLAND ARE MORE MODERATE THAN SOME AREAS WE DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY HAVE AS BIG OF A CONCENTRATION OF HIGH INCOMES AS SOME OTHER AREAS, BUT
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WE DO HAVE SOME HIGH INCOMES IN CERTAIN SPACES. BECAUSE OF THIS DIVERSE SPREAD OF INCOMES THROUGHOUT GARLAND, A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH WILL NOT WORK LIKE SOME OTHER CITIES. UM SO LAUNCHING RIGHT INTO KEY FINDINGS. UM GARLAND IS MORE THAN A MANUFACTURING CITY. UM THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG FINDINGS THAT WAS FOUND. UM GARLAND HAS A BIG HISTORY OF MANUFACTURING, AND IT REMAINS A VERY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CITY'S TAX BASE. HOWEVER MOST GARLAND RESIDENTS DO NOT WORK IN THE CITIES MANUFACTURING BASE. OCCUPATIONAL SKILL SETS OF GARLAND RESIDENTS MORE MIRROR DALLAS COUNTY OVERALL. UM AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MOMENT. UM SO ARE PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT BASE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THIS. THAT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH ABOUT 65,000 PAYROLL JOBS, GARLANDS. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN FLAT SINCE 2016 KIND OF KEEPING UP WITH BOTH MODERNIZATION, OUTSOURCING SOME JOBS BUT THEN ALSO INCREASES AS NEW PRODUCT LINES AND MANUFACTURERS ARE BEING ADDED AND, UM, SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5000 PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY THEMSELVES, UM, IN SELF EMPLOYMENT IN GARLAND. THIS IS KIND OF ROUGHLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW THAT WORKS OUT WHERE WE FIND OUR WORKFORCE. SO WE HAVE 53,000 PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO WORK TOGETHER IN GARLAND, AND THEY FILL JOBS IN THE CITY. 88,000 GARLAND RESIDENTS, HOWEVER, LEAVE TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. RELATIVELY FEW RESIDENTS WORK IN GARLAND. ONLY ABOUT 10% OR SO, UM, WORKS OUT TO, I THINK 20,000 ISH. A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, UM, SO TWO TIMES MORE GARLAND RESIDENTS WORKING OFFICE SPACE JOBS THAN ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE IN THE CITY. UM THIS IS KIND OF ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE WE MATCHED THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY KIND OF HAS THE SPLIT AND BECAUSE WE DON'T OFFER THOSE JOBS, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO WORK INSIDE THE CITY. GARLAND'S EMPLOYMENT BASE IS APPROXIMATELY 20% MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS 14% OF RESIDENTS WORK IN THESE SECTORS, HOWEVER, KIND OF AS PART OF THE PLAN WE DID ACTUALLY SEE WHETHER OR NOT OUR RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY WORK IN MANUFACTURING, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WORK IN IN GARLAND AND ABOUT 80% OF THEM ACTUALLY WORK OUTSIDE OF GARLAND. IN RICHARDSON, PLANO IN DALLAS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE, UM FROM AN INFORMAL LOOK, UM PAY IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE SPACES. AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT THE SKILL SET, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO WHERE YOU CAN GET BETTER PAY. UM AND SO 27% OF GARLAND RESIDENTS ONCE AGAIN WORKING OFFICE BASED JOBS , UM AND WE JUST DON'T SUPPLY MAJORITY OF THOSE. UM ARE OCCUPATIONS GARLAND RESIDENTS MIRROR DALLAS COUNTY IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER SLASH MATHEMATICAL OCCUPATIONS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS THE COUNTY. UM GARLAND HAS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING OCCUPATIONS. FINDING NUMBER TWO DESPITE BEING BUILT OUT. GARLAND HAS PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY STILL UM OF THE 29,000 ACRES OF THE CITY ABOUT 10% OF THIS IS VACANT. QUITE A BIT OF IT IS FLOODPLAIN. HOWEVER UM IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THEY DID FIND ABOUT 1000 ACRES COULD POTENTIALLY BE DEVELOPED. NOW A LOT OF THAT IS INFILL AND SMALL, SMALL FORM KIND OF LITTLE PIECES OF LAND. BUT IT WAS ALSO SOME FLOODPLAIN AND THEN ALSO SPACES WHERE REZONING COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED DENSITY. THIS IS A ROUGH LOOK AT THE LAND USE AS IT SITS BASED ON D CAB, SO WE WENT THROUGH AND BASICALLY RATHER THAN GOING BY ZONING. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY ON THE GROUND. UM, AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME BROKEN OUT PERCENTAGES. UM ONE NOTE IS THAT ABOUT 44% OF OUR SPACE IS TAKEN UP BY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. UM AND SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT ALSO, UH OF OPEN SPACE, VACANT LAND AND OTHER. UM, ONCE AGAIN ABOUT 10% OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA IS VACANT. UM, IT IS ABOUT 3034 ACRES OF VACANT LAND AS CODED BY D CAN NOW THAT MAY HAVE, LIKE A SINGLE HOUSE ON IT, OR IT MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW A SHED OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES OR MAYBE FLOODPLAIN. SOME OF THIS IS ALSO PARK. SO KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS. AH INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. UM WE ALSO LOOKED AT[00:15:01]
THIS TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSE RELATED BUSINESSES ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 1100, OR 1014 OF THE 2301 ACRES IN THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. OR ABOUT 44% SO ONE OF THE FINDINGS WAS THAT IT WOULD REALLY MAKE SENSE TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT SOME SORT OF TRUCK STAGING AREA SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE, UM, WHENEVER A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT, AND , UM THESE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRED. DISTRIBUTION WASN'T NEARLY AS MUCH OF A CONCERN. A LOT OF IT WAS SMALL PARTS COMING IN SMALL PARTS GOING OUT SMALL TRUCKS, NOT HUGE, BIG RIGS. FINDING NUMBER THREE. GARLAND NEEDS TO CONSIDER CHANGES IN THE STATE LAW AND DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEEDED REVENUE GENERATION. WITH THE STATE'S PROPERTY TAX CAP AND NO VIABLE OPTIONS FOR GROWTH THROUGH ANNEXATION. IN TERMS OF OVERALL SIZE, THE CITY NEEDS TO MAXIMIZE WHAT'S EXISTING AND FIND OPTIONS TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX. PROPERTY TAX GENERATION. THIS WAS A QUICK LOOK AT TOTAL ASSESSED COMMERCIAL VALUE. UM WE'VE GOT TO, UM, PRETTY INTERESTING AREAS A LOT ONE ALONG GEORGE BUSH WITH SOME OF THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL SPACES THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 7% OF THE PROPERTY TAXES. UM AND THEN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WHICH IS ABOUT 13. WE ALSO LOOKED AT REVENUE PER ACRE BY BUILDING TYPE, AND THIS IS ONCE AGAIN BASED OFF OF DEEP CATS.CLASSIFICATION OF WHAT BUILDING IS THERE? UM AND THIS IS AVERAGE REVENUE BY ACRE. UM, AND SO, AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 7 $7311. DATA CENTERS.
OBVIOUSLY VERY HIGH MULTI FAMILY ALSO PARTICULARLY HIGH. THAT BECOMES PARTICULARLY OF NOTE BOTH HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND MULTI FAMILY HOUSING THEY BECOME OF NOTE, UM A LITTLE BIT LATER, PRIMARILY BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT YOU SEE WITH MULTI FAMILY IS THAT YOUNGER, NEWER, MULTI FAMILY TENDS TO BE A LOT MORE DENSE AND THE DENSER IT IS, UM, THE MORE REVENUE THAT YOU GENERATE. UM WHICH THEN LEADS TO HIGHER TAX VALUES THAT YOU KNOW WHATEVER THEIR ACCOUNTING FOR APPRAISALS. UM. INDUSTRIAL THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS, UM FOR MANUFACTURING SPACES, HONESTLY, BBP PROCESSES THAT ARE CAPITAL INTENSIVE CAN GENERATE REVENUE.
PER ACRE OVER $20,000, WHICH RIVALS DATA CENTERS. SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, SPACES LIKE CRAFT PLASTIC PACK, ETCETERA. SALES TAX COLLECTION BY CATEGORY. THIS ONE WAS ALSO INTERESTING AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE HAS CONTINUED TO LOOK AT PAST THIS, UM STRATEGIC PLAN.
CONSUMER SPENDING, UM IN THE RETAIL SECTOR IS ABOUT 19 MILLION IS IN TERMS OF GENERATION WHOLESALE IS ABOUT 6.1. SO UM, ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING THINGS IS THAT BUSINESS TO BUSINESS DOES ACCOUNT FOR A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UM, SALES TAX GENERATION. WE'VE TOOKEN TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A GRANULAR LOOK AT THAT, AND A LOT OF THAT IS HONESTLY DRIVEN BY HOME HOME CONSTRUCTION. AND SO, UM OR JUST GENERAL CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF PLACES LIKE ABC SUPPLY OR HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S THAT ARE PROVIDING A LOT OF THESE BUILDING MATERIALS THEY ARE GENERATING A LOT OF SALES TAX. FINDING NUMBER FOUR CONTINUED FOCUS IS NEEDED ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING. BASICALLY THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMY TOWARDS A MORE TEXT, TEXT BASED MANUFACTURING AS WELL AS DIGITAL SERVICES MEANS THAT A DIFFERENT MIX OF POTENTIAL RESIDENTS AND WORKERS WHO MAY HAVE CHOICES ON WHERE THEY LIVE. AND SO WE WANT GARLAND TO BE THE PLACE THAT THEY CHOOSE TO LOCATE. UM, RISING HOUSING PRICES IN GARLAND IS GRADUALLY TRANSFORMING THE INCOME LEVELS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE RESIDENT BASE. THIS DOES TAKE A LONG TIME, AND IT ALSO DOES TAKE A LONG TIME FOR RETAILERS TO NOTICE BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH THEIR DATA IS TYPICALLY ALWAYS BASED ON, UM, CENSUS DATA AND SO AS OFTEN AS A CENSUS OUT UPDATES IS TYPICALLY WHAT THEY GET IN TERMS OF INCOMES. AH UM AND SO THIS OPPORTUNITY OF FOR AMENITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS DOES LAG BEHIND WHAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND AND SO AS RESIDENTS WHO MOVED TO THE AREA KIND OF COME INTO THE SPACE. THEY'RE EXPECTING CERTAIN AMENITIES. BUT OFTENTIMES THERE'S A TWO OR THREE YEAR GAP BEFORE RETAILERS EVEN START TO LOOK AT THEIR AREA. UM HOUSING MARKET VERSUS INCOME GARLAND COULD BE IN FOR A GRADUAL SOCIOECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION DUE TO RISING
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HOME PRICES. UM, GARLANDS FOR SALE. HOUSING PRICES ACTUALLY REQUIRE 52% MORE INCOME THAN THE CURRENT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF GARLAND SO AS HOUSES SALE AND COME ONTO THE MARKET, UM PEOPLE WHO MOVE IN TYPICALLY ARE MEETING HIGHER INCOMES TO BE ABLE TO GO PURCHASE THOSE HOMES.THIS IS KIND OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS WELL SINCE 2010 51% OF ALL RESIDENTIAL PARCELS, UM AND 55% OF THE LAND HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED HANDS. SO SINCE 2010 ABOUT HALF OF THE CITY HAS , YOU KNOW CHANGED HANDS IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL LAND? MULTI FAMILY. UM WE'VE GOT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, BECAUSE, UM, IN THE NORTH. YOU DO KIND OF SEE THIS, UM HIGHER DENSITY OF UNITS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN CONSTRUCTED MORE RECENTLY. UM AND DEVELOPERS HAVE KIND OF REALLY NOTICED THAT THEY GET BETTER RETURNS WHENEVER THERE'S MORE MORE UNITS TO DRAW REVENUE FROM IN A SMALLER AREA, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION TENDS TO BE ACTUALLY OF HIGHER QUALITY AS WELL BECAUSE OF THOSE CONSTRAINTS. WHEREAS KIND OF MORE CENTRAL GARLAND IS MORE OF THAT GARDEN STYLE, LOW DENSITY SPACE WHERE YOU END UP WITH, YOU KNOW, LARGER PARKING LOTS AND ONLY 22 FLOORS. UM FINDING NUMBER FIVE WAS THAT GARLAND NEEDS FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT EFFORT , UM, TO BECOME COMPETITIVE IN THE DFW MARKETPLACE, THE CITY NEEDS A MORE PLACE BASED FOCUS ON ITS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. ROLES CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN SPLIT TYPICALLY ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS THE CHAMBER WITH THAT TIMES UNCLEAR RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS. THESE ARE KIND OF SOME OF THE INPUT HIGHLIGHTS.
WE HAVE VARIOUS OPINIONS ON WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS. WE'VE GOT A PLATYPUS PROBLEM WHERE HYBRID BUSINESSES DON'T REALLY FIT INTO A LAND USE TABLE. UM BUILT OUT, MEANING THAT WE'VE GOT TO REALLY FOCUS ON REDEVELOPMENT IN THE TYPES OF INCENTIVES THAT WE CAN OFFER.
WE'VE GOT AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT THAT HAS KIND OF SOME ISSUES AND CONCERNS NEEDING INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH SMALLER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WHERE YOU CAN'T REALLY FIT A BIG MANUFACTURER? UM, AND AVAILABILITY OF SPACED IT FOR EXPANSION, ESPECIALLY IF WE'VE GOT A LOCAL HOMEGROWN COMPANY THAT REALLY WANTS TO GET BIGGER AND THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH SPACE FOR THEM TO GO. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT BELOW 2% VACANCY ON INDUSTRIAL. SO THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE BUT ALSO A PROBLEM. WORKFORCE THERE'S ISSUES WITH COMMUTING AVAILABILITY AND SKILL SETS. AH WE'VE GOT FOCUS AREA OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THE WATERFRONT BUSH AREA AND I 30 INTERCHANGE IN CORRIDOR. THERE WAS SOME IDEAS RAISED AND THEN SOME CONCERNS RAISED AS WELL. SO WITHIN THIS FOCUS AREAS. THESE ARE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS A CITY REALLY KIND OF NEED TO GET BEHIND AND TRY OUR BEST TO PROMOTE AND SO DRIVING MORE SALES TAX BY CREATING AND SUPPORTING ENEMY AMENITIES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE THAT PROMOTE GARLAND AS A DESTINATION DURING DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS SO THAT PEOPLE SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE. UM CREATING A DESTINATION SO THAT GARLAND CAN CAPTURE MORE OF THAT NON LOCAL SALES TAX. EXPAND LODGING OPTIONS AS WELL. FOCUS AREA NUMBER TWO IS BUILDING ON THE CITY'S ENTREPRENEURIAL ENERGY AND DIVERSITY WITH AN ENHANCED SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.
WE NEED TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO PROVIDE MIXED SPACES FOR ENTREPRENEURS AS WELL AS PROVIDE USE FLEXIBILITY IN THE ZONING CODE TO ACCOMMODATE HYBRID BUSINESS MODELS IN SELECTED BUSINESS DISTRICTS. ALSO WE NEED TO DEVELOP AN EDUCATION AND NETWORKING PROGRAM CONSIDER COOPERATIVE MARKETING SUPPORT. WE NEED TO SUPPORT RETENTION EXPANSION OF THE CITY'S KEY HIGH VALUE PROPERTY TAX BASE THAT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO PROBABLY DEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM OR POLICY TO KIND OF HOPEFULLY, AS WE REDEVELOP. HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE READY AND WAITING FOR WHENEVER SOMETHING'S CONTAMINATED. UM CREATED TOP 100 BUSINESS OUTREACH PROGRAM. DEVELOP TARGETED SECRETARY SECTOR MARKETING AND ALIGN INCENTIVES. WE NEED TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE, UM ACROSS THE CITIES, REDEVELOPMENT OF, UM UNDERUTILIZED AND LOW VALUE PARCELS. USE CAN'T PLAN REVISION PROCESS TO DETERMINE AREAS FOR INCREASED DENSITY. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AN EXPANSION OF CITY LAND ASSEMBLY AND LAND PREP. UM MARKET SPECIFIC PROPERTIES BE SELECTIVE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS THAT WE APPROVE. AND THEN ALSO TARGET AND ENCOURAGE WALKABLE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
ESPECIALLY THINGS THAT LEAD TO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, HIGH SALES TAX AND HIGH DESTINATION, HIGH PLACE
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MAKING KIND OF SPACES. WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN THE IMAGE AND ALTER THE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY . UM BASICALLY CURB APPEAL. IF YOU HAD LOOK ALONG SOME OF OUR MAJOR ENTRY CORRIDORS, UM SOME OF THE USES ALONG THAT WAY, KIND OF DO CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES INVOLVING THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF GARLANDS, MAJOR GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS. UM WE NEED TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY AND ACCESS TO OUR NATURAL ASSETS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE REALLY GOOD PARKS. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, UM, CREATE A BUSINESS BASED BEAUTIFICATION, CAMPAIGN OR PROGRAM. AS WELL AS A RECOGNITION PROGRAM. INCREASED PUBLIC ART INVESTMENT AND ENGAGE IN ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED PR EFFORTS. UM. WE ALSO NEED TO UPDATE, UM THE IMAGE INITIATIVE RESEARCH AND EXPAND OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS TO KEY INFLUENCERS AND DECISION MAKERS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND INSIDE THE CITY. FOCUS AREA NUMBER SIX STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY. AH PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GARLANDS RESIDENTS TO GAIN THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO COMPETE IN THE EVOLVING REGIONAL ECONOMY. THIS LOOKS LIKE STRENGTHENING A GST PARTNERSHIP. EXPANDING TELUS COLLEGE PROGRAMMING AND PROFILING GARLAND AND MAINTAIN RESOURCES TO LINK GARLAND BUSINESSES AS WELL AS WORKFORCE.FOCUS AREA NUMBER SEVEN IMPROVE THE LIVABILITY OF THE CITY WITH HIGH VALUE FOR MONEY, HOUSING OPTIONS AND HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS LOOKS LIKE COMPLETING A HOUSING ANALYSIS IDENTIFYING SOME SPECIFIC SITES , UH, DEVELOPING A STRATEGY TO GO AND ACQUIRE SOME LOW QUALITY MULTI FAMILY HOUSING COMPLEXES THAT INCLUDES FINDING FUNDING OR WILLING, PARTNER. UM CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PARK MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ASSET. AND THEN ALSO CREATE NEIGHBORHOODS AMENITIES REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON INTO INTERIOR CORRIDORS OF GARLAND, WHERE THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE ACCESS THAT SAY, UM, SOME OF OUR SPACES NEAR OUR HIGHWAYS DUE TO THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM SPECIFIC RESTAURANTS OR OTHER PRIVATE AMENITIES. FINALLY FOCUS AREA NUMBER EIGHT. CREATE MORE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY CREATED DEPARTMENT OR POSITION IN CHARGE OF PLACE AS WELL AS AMENITY DEVELOPMENT. REALIGNED SOME OF THE EXISTING FUNCTIONS TO GET BETTER LEVERAGE FROM EXISTING EXPERTISE. CONSIDER CREATING SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO ASSIST AND MANAGING AND MAINTAINING KEY DEVELOPMENT AREAS AS WELL AS CLEAR, CLARIFY AND CLEARLY DELINEATE RULES, THE CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM , PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF RETENTION, ATTRACTION, LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORT, NETWORKING AND IMAGE. SO THAT WE CAN ALL WORK WELL TOGETHER. SO AT THIS POINT PUT IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER ROBIN THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. REALLY INTERESTING STUFF. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND KIND OF CIRCLE EFFECT PLANNING RELATED STUFF, BUT, UM. DID DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE CITY HOW MUCH OF THE LAND IS DEVELOPED, BUT IS NON REV. IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MUCH IS WHAT PERCENTAGE IS NON TAX REVENUE, GENERATING AS A RESULT OF BEING CHARITABLE. BE IT, WHETHER IT'S A CHURCH OR SOME OTHER KIND OF INSTITUTION. THAT'S NOT A NUMBER THAT I HAVE OFF OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE GOT IN THE DATABASE AVAILABLE. OKAY NO. I THINK FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH WAS DOING AN ANALYSIS OF THAT, WITH WITH THE THOUGHT TO WHETHER THAT WOULD PERHAPS REQUIRE SOME ZONING RELATED CHANGES OR ACTIVITY TO KIND OF ENCOURAGE. AH! MOVING MOVING PROPERTIES INTO A REVENUE GENERATING POSITION. YEAH UM, I KNOW THAT I'VE GOT THE SO WHAT OUR OFFICES ALSO PUT TOGETHER IS BASICALLY, UM, KIND OF A CATALOG OF ALL OR IT'S BASICALLY THE DECAF DATABASE. UM BUT IN A MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE FORMAT WHERE YOU CAN RUN ANALYSIS ON YES, THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE ACCESSED. YES, DOWN.
UM THE, UM. LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HOUSE THAT DEFINED SO THAT TYPICALLY IS GOING TO BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, AND DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM. IS IT LIKE SOME NUMBER ACRE BREAKER? BASICALLY IT'S DEACON'S GOT CLASSIFICATION THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT, UM, WHAT THEY DID IS, UH, VINAIGRETTE. WHENEVER THEY CREATED THIS MAP THEY WENT THROUGH AND THEY USED A COMBINATION OF THE SPD DECODE AS WELL AS THE UM, BUILDING DESCRIPTION THAT COMES WITH THE
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D CAD DATA TO BASICALLY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS TOWN HOMES, DUPLEXES, CONDOS, AND ALL OF THOSE I BELIEVE WENT INTO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL VERSUS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, REGARDLESS OF LOT SIZE, TYPICALLY, IF IT WAS A STANDALONE BUILDING GOT CODED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. UM YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT WILL MIGHT, UH WE HAVE SOME RELATIVELY NEW MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. ZONING FOR HORIZONTAL, MULTI FAMILY HOUSING. OR DO YOU KNOW IF THOSE COME OUT IF THOSE ARE CLASSIFIED, AS WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS LOW DENSITY, RIGHT? I KNOW WE'VE APPROVED SEVERAL OF THEM, AND I THINK THE DENSITY IS ACTUALLY VERY LOW ON THOSE, BUT I'M NOT SURE RELATIVE TO OTHER MULTI FAMILY RELATIVE TO OTHER MULTI FAMILY. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, THE M F ZERO KIND OF HORIZONTAL MULTI FAMILY THAT HAS A CAP OF 12 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS THE SAME AS TOWNHOUSES SO KIND OF A MID LOW TO MID DENSITY. PROBABLY MOST LIKELY MY GUT INSTINCT CAUSE I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT SPECIFIC. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS WITH D CATS DATA IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, MID DENSITY WOULD BE MY GUESS. ARE YOU EXPECTING TO COME BACK TO US OR TO THE COUNCIL OR SOMETHING ABOUT LOOKING AT CHANGING SOME OF OUR ZONING, TOO? TO KIND OF ELIMINATE SOME OF THE LOWER DENSITY USES OR TO PROMOTE HIGHER DENSITY. WELL THAT'S YOUR QUESTION. I SHORT ANSWER IS I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING AT THIS TIME, BUT I KNOW THAT IT IT SEEMS TO BE BECOMING MORE AND MORE UNDERSTOOD THAT DENSITY IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING IT WHAT WE FOUND WITH A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS AS IT DOES, AS JACOB ALLUDED TO EARLIER IT OFTEN TIMES, UM EQUATES TO HIGHER AMENITIES ON SITE AND YOU KNOW THAT HIGHER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN. I THINK ONE AND THIS IS NOT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OR THE FIREWALL TOWN CENTER, BUT THERE WAS ONE REZONING THAT CAME THROUGH, PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AGO OR SO, AND IT WAS 44 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS REALLY THE HIGHEST WE'VE SEEN OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN OR FIRE WHEEL AND REALLY NEAT AMENITIES AND VERY, VERY HIGH QUALITY. SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN SEEING THAT CORRELATION AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS RECENTLY. ON ON THE COMMISSION ABOUT DENSITY ISSUES AS PEOPLE COME BEFORE US AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE PATH FORWARD REALLY IS. GOING TO BE HIRED. UP TO SOME DEGREE HIGHER DENSITY, UM, IN WHICH ALSO HAS THE BENEFITS FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE YEARS. YOU KNOW IT'S SPREADING OUT THE HOW TO PUT IT. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN HIGHER TAXES. IT MEANS SPREADING OUT THE TAX BURDEN ACROSS A LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE LARGE AND YOU KNOW, LARGER REVENUE BASE. AND UH, PROVIDES PERHAPS SOME PATH TOWARDS REMAINING MAINTAINING SOME LEVEL OF, UH, AFFORDABILITY. BUT IF I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S LIKE A WORD ANYMORE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW WITH I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEE HOW VALUES HAVE HAVE CHANGED IN THE YOU KNOW WHEN I WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNT THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN I FIRST GOT ONTO THE COUNCIL, WE'RE GETTING PRESENTATIONS FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS BACK IN 2016 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL PRICE COLLAPSE IN AREAS OF IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PRICES IN THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT A DISTRICT FIVE. AND THERE WAS SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ABOUT WHICH DIRECTION WE WERE GOING TO GO. AND NOW MY CONCERN IS WHETHER WE'RE HEADING KIND OF AND NOT WHETHER WE'RE HEADING. WE ARE, IN FACT HEADING TO A POINT WHERE YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION, WHICH IS NOT PRICE COLLAPSE, BUT PRICE INCREASE TO THE POINT THAT PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE HERE AND ALTHOUGH I FOUND A VERY INTERESTING DO WE KNOW WHICH SEGUES INTO THE NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WORKING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL, BUT TIME REVERSAL THAT HOW MANY OF THEIR JOBS ARE SUPPLY. KIND OF THE REVERSE PERCENTAGE OF THAT HOW MANY OF THEIR JOBS ARE FILLED BY GARLAND RESIDENTS? HOW MANY JOBS ARE FILLED BY GARLAND RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF WHICH I THINK IT WAS LIKE, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS LIKE 15 10 OR 15, OR SOME NUMBER PERCENT WORKING. BUT HOW MANY? HOW MANY OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL JOBS ARE FILLED BY GARLAND RED? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER ON THAT FOR MANUFACTURING , BUT THERE IS NUMBERS ON LET'S SEE HERE. YEAH SO, YEAH, BECAUSE BASICALLY ALL THAT WE CAN DO IS ABOUT 14% OF OUR RESIDENTS WORK IN MANUFACTURING, BUT ONLY ABOUT , UM 20% OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING IN MANUFACTURING ITSELF. OR IN GARLAND. SO 20% OF 14% SO I COULD DO SOME QUICK MATH 25,000 TO ABOUT 5000. YEAH SO ABOUT 5000 OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE PROBABLY WORKING ROUGHLY ROUGH[00:35:02]
NUMBERS. THAT'S VERY NAPKIN MATH , BUT YEAH, IN THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE ANOTHER LONG TERM CONCERN IS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BUSINESS IS THE MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE IN FROM FURTHER AWAY TO WORK HERE. IT CHANGES A LOT OF THEIR ECONOMICS, AND I THINK THE LONG TERM QUESTION IS FOR A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES. DO THEY DO THEY MOVE? NOT TOO MUCH LOGISTICS HAS TO MOSTLY BE WHERE IT IS, BUT FOR A MANUFACTURING PERSPECTIVE OF MANUFACTURING. IF THE LONG TAIL ON THAT IS IF CERTAIN COMPANIES NEED TO MOVE TO GO WHERE THEIR WORKERS ARE.THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL WHEN I SERVED THERE ABOUT LIKE PUTTING , YOU KNOW, ONE WAY TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS TO MAKE IT SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL SO FAR TO GET TO WHERE THEY WORK. UM THE HAVE WE SEEN THE DO WE HAVE NUMBERS THAT'S NOT SELF EMPLOYED, BUT THAT HIS WORK FROM HOME OR IS THAT COMBINED WITH THAT? THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY VERY DIFFICULT TO TRACK PRIMARILY BECAUSE, UM, YOU WOULD BE CODED AT WHEREVER YOUR WORK FROM HOME PLACE IS AS THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE EMPLOYED. UM, SO IF YOU WORKED FOR, SAY, CVS CAREMARK, BUT YOU WERE AN AT HOME, YOU KNOW, DATA ENTRY PERSON, UM, YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE CODED TO THEIR RICHARDSON LOCATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE LOCAL THE CLOSEST LOCATION WHERE YOU WOULD PROBABLY GO PICK UP EQUIPMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S PROBABLY HOW THEY WOULD DO THE MAJORITY OF THEIR ACCOUNTING. SO IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO NECESSARILY KNOW HOW MUCH IS WORK FROM HOME BECAUSE IT WILL LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WORKING SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE METROPLEX OR IN GARLAND, BUT MAYBE THEY ARE WORKING FROM A LAPTOP IN THEIR IN THEIR SPACE TO, UM, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT IN THE ANALYSIS OF VACANT LAND THAT PARKS WERE INCLUDED, AS PART WAS IT SOME PARTS OR ALL OF OUR PARKS SYSTEM IS CONSIDERED VACANT LAND. IT DEPENDED SO, UH , I CAN KIND OF. YEAH, THIS IS A GOOD ONE, AND SO THE CAT IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT ODD, BECAUSE IF IT'S A DEVELOPED PARK OR IF IT HAD A CLASSIFICATION AT ONE POINT, THEY WOULD LEAVE IT AS PARKS ARE OPEN SPACE. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, EASTERN HILLS, UM UH, COUNTRY CLUB. WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE THEM RECODE THAT AS OPEN SPACE BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT IS NOT, YOU KNOW , TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOPABLE SPACE. SIMILARLY SIMILARLY, UM NOW, OF COURSE, IF THINGS CHANGE WHO KNOWS, BUT SIMILARLY, UM, A LOT OF THE CITY PARKS. WE GAVE THEM A, UH BASICALLY THE ASSETS FOR THE SHAPE FILE. SO TO SPEAK FOR THE GIS FILES FOR ALL OF OUR PARKS SO THAT THEY COULD CODE THOSE AS ACTUALLY PARKS AND NOT AS VACANT LAND AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT D CADD SAYS. LAND ONLY , OR VACANT ON. UM THAT WAS WHAT THEY CODED AS VACANT LAND. SO SOME OF THEM I BELIEVE ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A BUILDING OR TWO ON THEM, BUT AND SO THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED LAND ONLY BY BY THE CAT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME SORT OF IMPROVEMENT, BUT D CAT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY ARE VACANT FOR TAX PURPOSES. AND SO SOME OF THOSE PARCELS DO HAVE, LIKE SOME SORT OF SHED OR SOMETHING ALONG THEM. SO GREAT MHM. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS TURNS INTO, FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE FOR US. THANK YOU, MR THANK YOU, SIR. COMMISSIONER PARIS. GOOD EVENING . THANK YOU, JACOB FOR GOING THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . UM STRATEGIC PLAN. APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING, AND I'M SURE THE PLANT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE. I WASN'T CLEAR WHERE THE PLAN IS LOCATED. BUT I WOULD LIKE A BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT. SO THAT YEAH, IT'S LONG LINE, OKAY? IS IT TO YOU? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONLINE. IT'S JUST WHETHER OR NOT OUR WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE OR NOT, BECAUSE WE RECENTLY DID A REDESIGN OF IT, AND SO SOMETIMES IT DEPENDING ON THE DAY, IT'S TAKEN DOWN TO EDIT. SOMETHING GOT IT GOT IT AND THERE THERE WERE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. MOST OF SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE CLARIFIED. WHEN COMMISSIONER AUBURN SPOKE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR ME JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ACRONYMS THAT I WOULD NOT JUST NOT AS CLEAR AND UNDERSTOOD AND SO FEW THINGS THAT I HAD A QUESTION ON THAT WILL HELP ME. UM HCS A. IT WAS PART OF YOUR OCCUPATION SLIDE ON ACT. AND WHAT'S THAT ACRONYM FOR? BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS A PREVIOUS SLIDE. WHERE IT NOT THIS ONE. IT IS HERE. BUT IT WAS A PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWED A VERY HIGH. YEAH THIS ONE. WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S HEALTH . UM AND HEALTHCARE AND SERVICES . THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IS WHERE THAT ONE. OKAY. THAT WAS
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HELPFUL FOR ME. I WAS TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS EMPLOYMENT BASE. AND THEN, UM ON YOUR FINDINGS. UH NUMBER FIVE YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, PLACE BASED. AND I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE PLACE BASED ON FINDINGS NUMBER FIVE, SO LET ME GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO IT. AH SO IN THIS CASE, UM WHAT YOU KIND OF SEE ACROSS THE METROPLEX IS THIS GEAR TOWARDS OR THIS BENT TOWARDS KIND OF PLACE, MAKING, UM SO THAT THAT CAN LOOK ANYTHING FROM KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AT, SAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LEGACY WEST OR SOME OF THOSE OTHER LIKE TRINITY GROVES. UM YOU KNOW, BISHOP ARTS, THOSE SORTS OF SPACES WHERE YOU HAVE KIND OF A DESIGNED THEME OR, OR EVEN JUST AN ORGANIC THEME THAT HAS CROPPED UP OVER TIME. THAT IS AS MORE THINGS DEVELOPED. THEY TRY TO FIT THAT AREA TO CREATE A MORE HOLISTIC SENSE OF SPACE. UM AND SO THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, AS PLANNED AS LEGACY WEST OR AS KIND OF ORGANIC AS SAY, YOU KNOW, DEEP ELLUM USED TO BE, YEAH. THANK YOU. FOR THAT EXAMPLE. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE I WAS TRACKING WITH WHAT THAT FOCUSED ON WITH THAT, UM, THAT PLACE BASEMENT AND THEN, UM, TWO MORE THINGS REALLY QUICKLY. UH, THERE ARE AREAS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION. UNDERUTILIZED DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK YOU GAVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT MIGHT INTEL AND I COULDN'T CAP YOU WENT PRETTY QUICKLY AND I COULDN'T CAPTURE THE SLIDE NUMBER. UM BUT GIVE ME A FEW EXAMPLES AS I'M TRYING TO JUST ASSESS THAT AND AS IT RELATES TO ZONING, ETCETERA, SO IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF UNDER UNDER UTILIZED DEVELOPMENT , I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE TERMINOLOGY WAS. SO UM, VERY CLEAR EXAMPLE FOR ME IS THERE'S THE NUMBER OF SPACES IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THAT AT ONE POINT THEY WERE MANUFACTURERS.UM BUT PERHAPS THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR STORAGE. UM I WOULD SAY, PROBABLY TO 17 WEST WALNUT IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE IT USED TO BE A PROCESSING SPACE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS . UM NOW IT IS USED FOR STORAGE AND OCCASIONALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A WORKSHOP FOR PEOPLE. UM SO IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ACTIVE BUSINESS . IT DOESN'T HAPPY PP OR EQUIPMENT OR MACHINERY. IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S DRIVING A TON OF EMPLOYMENT. UM BUT IT'S A VERY LARGE TRACTS OF LAND. AND IF THE OWNERS WERE AT ALL WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, SELL OR DO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. UM ARE REDEVELOP THE SPACE THAT WOULD BE A VERY HIGH PRIORITY TARGET FOR US, BECAUSE IT'S JUST KIND OF ONE OF THOSE IDEAS OF, YOU KNOW. IT USED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS GENERATING JOBS AND GENERATING TAX, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR THE CITY, BUT NOW IT HAS KIND OF FALLEN INTO A DIFFERENT KIND OF USE THAT THAT WHILE IMPORTANT, UM MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE HIGHEST INVEST. THANK YOU. FOR THAT EXAMPLE. LAST EXAMPLE. LAST QUESTION FOR YOU. I THINK IT WAS ALREADY ALLUDED TO WHEN, UM WILL STEP UP. OUR STAFF STEPPED UP. UM THE CREATION OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS. THAT WAS A WRECK. THAT WAS WHAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION OR SUGGESTION. JUST BASED ON THE TRAJECTORY OF WHERE THESE FINDINGS ARE GOING, UM, AND WILL STAFF COME BACK WITH THOSE TYPES OF RECOMMENDATION FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS. I BELIEVE AS THEY KIND OF COME UP. YES OKAY. AND MAYBE WILKINS SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THIS, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, IT'S THINGS LIKE THE VALOROUS HEALTH PARK WOULD BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS. WHERE UM , WE'VE KIND OF DONE A SMALL AREA MASTER PLAN FOR THE SPACE. UM AND SO THAT RECOMMENDATION BY AN INTEGRATE WOULD BE TO KIND OF CREATE A SPECIAL DISTRICT AROUND THAT SPACE. ONCE WE'RE READY, UM , TO HELP WITH THE ONGOING UPKEEP OF THE STREETSCAPES ONCE WE MAKE SIGNIFICANT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THERE WERE ALSO I THINK SOME, UM OTHER EXAMPLES SUCH AS AROUND THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. UM THAT , UH, YOU KNOW IF WE WERE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IN IN INFRASTRUCTURE OR AMENITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME TYPE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE INVESTMENTS REALLY SHINE. THANK YOU THAT I THOUGHT I SAW A FEW. MAYBE ONE. SLAUGHTER TWO ON, UM
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, THE AFFORDABILITY OF REMAINING AS FAR AS RESIDENTS WITHIN THE HOUSING RATHER, IT'S MULTI FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY. AND CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE RE SHARE. IF YOU CAN JUST POP THAT UP REAL QUICKLY. I THINK IT WAS UH, A PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU WERE RECOMMENDING FOR DEVELOPMENT, CREATION OF AFFORDABILITY. WELL LET'S HEAR WAS IT JUST WENT PRETTY QUICKLY, AND I COULDN'T AND I DON'T AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME . BUT I WILL SAY IS, I'M SURE WE'LL GET SOME TYPE OF COPY OF THIS. UH OKAY. ALRIGHT I BELIEVE WHENEVER I WAS REFERENCING, THAT IS, UM SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR OFFICE IS WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY WITH IS THE HOUSING ANALYSIS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY MISSING IN GARLAND. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INITIAL FINDINGS IN THAT STUDY HAVE KIND OF FOUND IS THAT WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING UP LOWER, UM, KIND OF THE LOWER END OF THE HOUSING STOCK, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE MAKING MORE MONEY . UM AND SO AS A RESULT, IT'S DRIVING UP PRICES FOR THAT LOW END. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MIDDLE INCOME SPACES. AND SO WHAT'S GOING ON IS THOSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAKE KIND OF MODERATE INCOMES. UM THEY'RE HAVING TO GO FURTHER DOWN IN THE HOUSING STOCK OR IN THE APARTMENT STOCK TO BE ABLE TO, UM, FIND A PLACE THAT THEY CAN AFFORD. AND SO RATHER THAN KIND OF BEING ABLE TO, IT'S KIND OF A SUPPLY THING ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE METROPLEX, FOR SURE, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTIONS AND ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISSIONER . I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION. UM MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ONE ELSE BEFORE I POSE MY QUESTION. ALRIGHT FIRST INSIGHTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION VERY WELL DONE BEFORE BEFORE PRESENTATION ON 117 PAGES OF IT ARE INCREDIBLY INSIGHTFUL. UM YOU I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH JUST A LITTLE INSIGHT ABOUT HOW PUBLIC INVESTMENT ENCOURAGES THIS DEVELOPMENT, SEEING AS HOW WE HAVE A HUGE TRANSFER RATE. HAVE PROPERTIES LOCATED. YOU KNOW, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, CAN YOU CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT? REALLY QUICKLY, THEY REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN AND HOW THAT'S UH, AFFECTING THE MARKET. THANK YOU. WELL SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE AREA A LITTLE BIT. PUBLIC INVESTMENT CAN REALLY KIND OF CHANGE CHARACTERISTICS BASED OFF OF, UM WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT YOU ARE IN. AND SO ONE OF THE GREAT EXAMPLES THAT I CAN KIND OF THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS IN OUR MEDICAL DISTRICT . ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON IS SO WE ADDED PUBLIC ART. ALREADY AND A FEW OTHER THINGS IN THAT SPACE, UM AND, UM WHAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGH BOTH INCENTIVES AND THEN ALSO, THE PUBLIC ART IS VACANCY RATES IN THAT AREA HAVE REALLY, REALLY STARTED TO FALL. UM AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LOCAL DEVELOPERS THERE TO KIND OF REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONTINUES ON PACE SO THAT EVENTUALLY HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO RECRUIT A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE BIG, YOU KNOW, UM, POSITIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY JOBS, BUT IT'S ALSO SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO PEOPLE. OTHER SPACE IS KIND OF LIKE DOWNTOWN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING AS WELL IS KIND OF POTENTIALLY NEW AND INTERESTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS, UM WITH THE DRAPER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT KIND OF AT THE CORNER OF DOWNTOWN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.UM AND THEY ARE, UM THEY'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING VERY MUCH SO FOR ADDITIONAL RETAILERS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THEIR CHASE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING READY TO COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW. DO A BUNCH OF ASBESTOS ABATEMENT, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO SEE THAT BUILDING THAT FIRST FLOOR AT LEAST FULL. UM AND THEN ONCE THEY GET SOME TENDENCY IN THEIR APARTMENTS, THAT'S WHENEVER THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ADDITIONAL FLOORS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS ADDITIONAL , YOU KNOW SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL AMENITY ATTRACTION FOR IN THE FORM OF NEW AND INTERESTING RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS FOR DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THIS CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S WORK SESSION PORTION. WE WILL AH, GIVE THE COMMISSION ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND CO ALL RIGHT, WELL,D
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POSITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. UH, WE BEGIN EVERY MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION AND THE PLAYER OF ALLEGIANCE. THIS EVENING'S PRAYER AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY THE COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT FOUR COMMISSIONER AH, CORNELIUS.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND HUMILITY AND FAITH.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE GIVEN US AND THE MANY BLESSINGS IN OUR LIVES. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH. FIND YOUR LIGHT UPON OUR SPIRITUAL LEADERS . ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, FIRST RESPONDERS, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WITH THE WAY AND FILL IT WITH COURAGE AND, WELL, WISDOM. HELP US TO REMEMBER YOUR LIFE AND GRACE TO BE FAITHFUL IN OUR SERVICE TO YOU. GIVE US THE PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING TO FACE LIFE'S CHALLENGES WITH GRACE, ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. TO QUIET THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. REPUBLIC DID YOU SAY ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IF YOU ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS TO OUR APPLICANTS AND ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. ALL APPLICANTS ARE GIVEN 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASES AND OTHER SPEAKERS. SUPPORTERS OR THOSE IN OPPOSITION WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR GROUPS SUCH AS THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, YOU HAVE ABOUT NINE MINUTES AFTER THE APPLICANT WERE PROVIDED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. IF YOU DO COME TO ADJUST THE COMMISSION , PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AGAIN. THAT IS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. ONTO OUR AGENDA.
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OUR FIRST ITEM IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ARE ITEMS TO COMMISSION HAS PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED AND WE'RE VOTING ON AS ONE ITEM TO APPROVE IF ANYONE WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WHETHER IT IS A COMMISSIONER OR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC. PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL CONSIDER THAT ITEMS SEPARATELY. OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT IS ITEM ONE. A CONSIDERATION OF THE PLANT COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 26TH 2023 MEETING AND ITEMS TWO A AND TWO B CONSIDERATION OF P 23 17 OR VERA FAMILY EDITION FAMILY PLANTS AND P 23 22 COLUMBIA HOSPITAL, GARLAND. DOES ANYONE DESIRE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? SING NO ONE. WE WILL AWAIT A MOTION. PLATON. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS IN THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALVIN RIGHT? PLEASE VOTE.AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUS E THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO, NO, THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING TO OUR
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ZONING PORTION OR FIRST ZONING ITEM TONIGHT IS CONTAINED IN TWO PARTS. AND UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS PROPOSAL, EACH WILL BE READ AND CONSIDERED JOINTLY. ITEM THREE A AND THREE B. CONSIDER THE APPLICATION OF ALKATIRI'S REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY PROVISIONS FOR A TRUCK, BUS REPAIR USE AND PROPERTIES OWNED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 4003 MILLER PARK DRIVE IN DISTRICT SIX IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. DO YOU ? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR PRESENTATION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO YOU DON'T HAVE TO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL, WAIT A MOTION.COMMISSIONER PARIS. AND THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UM EXCEPT AS PRESENTED. CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING AND ACCEPT AS PRESENTED OR I MOVE WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR THE BOTH PARTS ONE AND TWO CORRECT. AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AGAIN. I BELIEVE CHAIRMAN LET ME RESTATE GO RIGHT AHEAD, MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN EXCEPT THE, UH, THE ZONING FOR ONE AND TWO AS PRESENTED. AND DOES THE SECOND CONCUR. MR CHAIR. LET'S CLARIFY THE MOTION. SURE MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. CORRECT BOTH
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OF BOTH. YES AND THREE B 3? YES. CORRECT. THERE'S THE SECOND APPROVE. YES THANK YOU. THE MOTION BEFORE US TONIGHT IS CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, APPROVE. THE ITEMS THREE A AND THREE B AS PRESENTED. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT'S PRESENT. WHY I CAN GO INTO THE SCHEDULE IS THERE THERE'S A POINT OF ORDER COMMISSIONER AUBURN FIVE WHETHER IT'S POINT OR NOT, BUT I DON'T THINK STAFF MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON DID THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE LENGTH? THEY JUST SAID. HERE'S WHAT THE AVERAGE IS. AND HERE'S WHAT'S BEEN REQUESTED. UM YES, SIR. MR CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER. WE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL AS PRESENTED REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT. IN OTHER WORDS, WHICH WAS 25 YEARS. I'M JUST MAKING NO, I'M ON THIS ITEM. YOU YOU YOU RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE 25. OKAY CORRECT. OKAY. LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE THE ITEMS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. EXCUSE ME AND THANK YOU AND APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF 25 YEARS BEING THE TIMEFRAME AS THE APPLICANT REQUESTED, AND WE HAVE THE SECOND THAT APPROVED THAT. I MEAN, IT'S OK. OKAY, LET'S PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.[Items 3C & 3D]
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM THIS EVENING. WE HAVE ITEMS. THREE C AND THREE D. CONSIDER THE APPLICATION OF WORLD BOWS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PLANET SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS. OR BUILDING GARDEN MATERIALS, SALES AND STORAGE, WHOLESALE AND PROPERTIES OWNED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 543 NORTH FIFTH STREET IN DISTRICT EIGHT IS THAT ADVOCATE PRESENT THIS EVENING. YOU WANT TO DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? YOU WOULD GO ON DOWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COME ON DOWN. AND PLEASE PROVIDE FOR US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. HI UM, WILL BOWLS ADDRESSES 63 30 HIGHGATE LANE. THANK YOU.COMMISSIONER PARIS. MY QUESTION IS JUST REALLY MORE AROUND THE REQUEST FOR BELIEVE IT WAS 30 YEAR FOR THE S U P. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT TO THAT I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. MY CONTEXT WAS JUST FROM LOOKING AT PREVIOUS CASES, SORT OF AGNOSTIC OF WHAT THE USE WAS. I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT HAD BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST. SO THAT WAS MY BASIS AND I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH WILL AND MATTHEW OVER THE PAST. WEEK WEEK AND A HALF ABOUT REDUCING THAT. UM MOVING FORWARD. OKAY, THANK YOU. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. PROBABLY DISCUSSION FOR US, BUT NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY THANK YOU . MRS DID WE GET NAMING THAT? YES, WE DID. OKAY, WE WILL AWAIT EMOTION. MR ROSE, MOVE. WE EXCEPT THE APPLICANTS. REQUEST AND ITEMS C AND D. BUT I WOULD SAY, UM, LET'S MAKE IT A 20 YEAR. S U P OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MUCH BEFORE THE FLOOR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? APPROVE IT? YEAH. SECOND COMMISSIONER DALTON IS OUR SECOND APPROVAL. I'M SORRY APPROVAL MOTION TO APPROVE . UH APOLOGIZES. THERE ALSO INCLUDED THAT MOTION A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY WE HAVE MOTION BEFORE THE FORWARD TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEMS. THREE C AND THREE D WITH THE S U P OF 20 YEAR. CORRECT OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DALTON, PLEASE. ANY DISCUSSION? EXCUSE ME. THE DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER PARIS. UM COMMISSIONER ROSE ANY REASON FOR THE 20 YEAR VERSUS A 10 YEAR. THE ONLY REASON I ASKED IS BECAUSE I REMEMBER IN THE STAFF'S, UH, PRESENTATION THE REASON FOR THE LOWER NUMBER OF YEARS IS BECAUSE THE FLEXIBILITY OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH, UM UPCOMING CHANGES TO EITHER ZONING OR PLACEMENT, ETCETERA AND SO JUST CURIOUS OF THE 22 10. FROM 30 YEARS TO 20 YEAR
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
NORTH OF WHAT? WHAT'S IT? WALNUT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THAT'S FAR AWAY ANYWAY. THAT'S MY OPINION. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER AUBURN UM, JUST TO FOLLOW ON WITH COMMISSIONER ROSES COMMENT. I YOU KNOW IF THE PROPERTY BECOMES IT BECOMES ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.
SEE YOU IN A DIFFERENT USE. THEN SOMEBODY WILL BY THE PROPERTY AND REDEVELOP IT. I MEAN, IF IT'S IF IT'S VALUABLE ENOUGH IF THERE'S YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY BUILDS, YOU KNOW IF CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES OR WHATEVER YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, DOWNTOWN GARWIN IS THE NEXT PLACE THEN THEN THE ECONOMICS OF THAT WILL MAKE THAT DEVELOPABLE. UM BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW TO ME. TYPICALLY WE SEE S UPS ASSOCIATED WITH, UM SOMEWHAT DISFAVORED USES. AH AND , UH I DON'T. I DON'T SEE THIS IN AND OF ITSELF AS A AS A DISFAVORED USE, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT IN THE POSITION WHERE YOU KNOW, A FUTURE COUNCIL IS KIND OF HOLDING THAT S U P IN 10 YEARS OVER SOMEBODY'S HEAD BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE IT REDEVELOPED AND YOU KNOW THE ECONOMIC AND THE ECONOMICS MAY NOT BE THERE, SO I THINK WE JUST KIND OF LEAVE IT TO MARKET FORCES ON THAT AND GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT IN LINE WITH SIMILAR TYPES OF I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT. COMMERCIAL RETAIL WHOLESALE REQUESTS. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY THE WASHING BEFORE THE FLOOR, THE FLOOR. EXCUSE ME . IT'S A CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE WITH APPROVED ITEMS . THREE C AND THREE D WITH THE 20 YEAR AS YOU P THE 2ND 2ND WAS MR DALTON ON THAT. NO PROBLEM. DISCUSSION. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAN THAT
[4A. Economic Development Strategic Plan Briefing]
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, SIR. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS A MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS WAS WAS A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF AND THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED ON THAT ITEM. SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TONIGHT. FUTURE WHEN YOU ASKED FOR COMMENTS ON THAT. CERTAINLY CERTAINLY ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM? THANK YOU HEARING HEARING NONE. THIS CONCLUDES OUR EVENING AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE MONDAY,
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