YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. CALL TO ORDER. [1. Call to Order: The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Monday, October 28, 2024, at 6:00 PM to consider the following items of business:] THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 AT 6 P.M. TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS. FIRST WILL BE THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS. MR. KEMPER WILL LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION. PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE. FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE DAY THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US WITH. WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US IN THIS DAY, AND WE PRAY, FATHER, FOR WISDOM AS WE DELIBERATE THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY THAT'S BROUGHT BEFORE US. WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US, THAT WE MIGHT MAKE THE PROPER DECISION AS YOU WOULD HAVE US TO. WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF AND THE FIREFIGHTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND KEEP THEM ALL SAFE. WE PRAISE YOU AND EXALT YOU IN YOUR SON'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. TEXAS PLEDGE. THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING. COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY DISCUSSION. ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, THE BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. I'LL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? NONE. ALL RIGHT. HAVING NO ONE WISHING TO STAND COMMENT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. ITEM C ACTION ITEMS. [1. Consider approving the September 9, 2024, meeting minutes.] ACTION ITEMS ARE FOR BOARD DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION FOR ACTION. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL INVITE COMMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD VOTES. A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. FIRST ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024 MEETING MINUTES. EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE COMMENTS. CORRECTIONS. I MOVE, WE APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KEMPER TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COX. GOT IT ALL? ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM WILL BE ITEM NUMBER TWO. [2. Conduct a public hearing to consider and act on a request by the Sachse Rod Shop to amend the existing Planned Development District (PD-35) to add an approximately 6,000 square foot building to the site plan, located at 3904 Miles Road, within Sachse city limits.] CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON A REQUEST BY THE SACHSE ROD SHOP TO AMEND THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD 35 TO ADD APPROXIMATELY 6000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING TO THE SITE PLAN. LOCATED AT 3904 MILES RD WITHIN SACHSE CITY LIMITS. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? I'M GOING TO PRESENT FIRST. PRESENTATION FIRST. OKAY. PHILIP FEINHALS, OUR CITY PLANNER, WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION. I'M PHILIP FINALS. I'M THE CITY PLANNER. IN FRONT OF YOU IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO THE SACHSE ROD SHOP. AS THE CHAIRMAN SAID, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING PD-35 TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITION OF A 6000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING OR ROUGHLY 6000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING LOCATED AT 3904 MILES ROAD. SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 10.13 ACRES, AND THE EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SITE CONSISTS OF FOUR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TOTALING ROUGHLY 12,600FT² AND ONE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE AERIAL MAP SHOWING THE SITE'S LOCATION AT 3904 MILES ROAD. [00:05:06] THE ZONING MAP HERE SHOWS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED PD-35. IT WAS ZONED PD-35 BACK IN 2016, AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE ABOLISHING THE SUP THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THAT THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THIS PD IS AG WITH THE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AS YOU SEE BELOW. WITH THIS AMENDMENT, WE ARE CHANGING THE SITE PLAN TO ALLOW THAT 6000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. BASICALLY ALLOWING FOR THAT AND THAT ONLY AS WELL AS CHANGING SOME OF THE VERBIAGE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, THIS WAS REZONED BACK IN 2016 TO THE PD-35. SITE PLANS ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE CURRENT SITE PLAN, WHAT IS EXISTING OUT THERE IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT AND THE PROPOSED IS ON THE RIGHT. THE PROPOSED HAS THE NEW PROPOSED STRUCTURE THAT ROUGHLY 6000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING SHOWN WITHIN RED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AS WELL AS NEW PAVEMENT MARKED IN PINK? THEY ARE FLIPPED FROM THE CURRENT TO THE PROPOSED. SO ON THE CURRENT MILES ROAD IS ON THAT RIGHT SIDE, AND THE PROPOSED IS ON THAT LEFT SIDE. SO IF YOU ARE I DON'T THINK I HAVE A POINTER OVER HERE, BUT UP IN THAT TOP LEFT CORNER ON THE CURRENT IS WHERE THE PROPOSED BUILDING WOULD BE. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES NOT SUPPORT THE REZONING REQUEST. HOWEVER, THE EXISTING ZONING ALLOWS FOR THIS TYPE OF USE AND THIS BUILDING ADDITION WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ON SITE. THE SITE HAS BEEN MAKING SMALL ADDITIONS TO ITS PROPERTY SINCE THE EARLY 1980S. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT. THIS IS A MINOR AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING ON THE SITE FOR THE FUNCTIONS OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USE. AS WE SAID, THIS IS PREVIOUSLY ZONED IN 2016. THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME? THE DRAWING THAT SHOWS THE PROPOSED FIRE HYDRANT THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AS PART OF THIS FOR SURE. OR IS THAT JUST. YES. THEY WILL NEED TO MEET ALL OF OUR STANDARDS, IBC AND IFC REQUIREMENTS WITH THIS NEW ADDITION. IS THIS A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING OR A ONE TENANT COMMERCIAL USE BUILDING? DO YOU KNOW? AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY FOR SACHSE ROD SHOP. RIGHT, NO, I'M ASKING, I GUESS, ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING. YOU WANT TO PUT A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, RIGHT? BUT IS IT GOING TO BE MULTIPLE OR ONE? SO IT'S BEEN EXPRESSED TO ME BY THE APPLICANT THAT THIS WOULD BE FOR THE STORAGE OF CARS ON SITE. THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT IN CASE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. PUBLIC HEARING. OH, SORRY, AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT TOO. IF Y'ALL WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AS WELL. CERTAINLY. THE APPLICANT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? WE'RE GOOD. YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? JUST ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT, SO, THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN IT NOW TO PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION. ANYBODY WISHES TO STAND UP AND SPEAK, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING. MY APOLOGIES. HAVING NO ONE STANDING TO SPEAK, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT, MR. COX. I MISSED THAT PART. I MAKE A PROPOSAL TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED. MOTION TO ACCEPT IT AS PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER COX. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BETTEN. ALL RIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [00:10:01] THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT WOULD BE ITEM D DISCUSSION ITEMS. [1. Receive a briefing on the Sachse Comprehensive Plan update.] THESE ITEMS ARE FOR THE BOARD AND STAFF TO DISCUSS AS NEEDED. COMMENTS ON DISCUSSION ITEMS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THIS MEETING. ITEM ONE IS RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE SACHSE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. SO TONIGHT WE'VE GOT KIMLEY-HORN, OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. THEY WILL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRESS TO DATE AND GIVE YOU KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF THE PROGRESS AND THEN THE STEPS MOVING FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE GOING THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. IN ADDITION, JARED POTTS, OUR ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, IS ALSO HERE TONIGHT. HE IS LEADING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO READ IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION. MY APOLOGIES. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE HAYLEY CARRUTHERS PRESENTING TONIGHT. DO I KNOW HOW TO GET THERE? PERFECT. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS HAYLEY CARRUTHERS. YES. PULL THE MIC UP; PULL IT CLOSER. YEP. IS THAT BETTER? THANK YOU. MY NAME IS HAYLEY CARRUTHERS. I AM DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALSO HELPING WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WITH ME IS REID CLEETER. HE IS THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE COMP PLAN. SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF BE GOING THROUGH A QUICK BRIEFING OF WHERE WE ARE AT SO FAR IN THE PROCESS. THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD THUS FAR, AND JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ON SOME MARKET SUMMARIES AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE COMING MONTHS. SO LIKE I SAID, PLAN OVERVIEW, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, NEXT STEPS, AND THAT'LL WRAP IT UP. SO STARTING WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVERVIEW, JUST KIND OF A QUICK SHOW OF HANDS, WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE 2017 PLAN. AWESOME, AND ANOTHER SHOW OF HANDS OF WHO HAS HEARD ABOUT THIS PLAN THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THOSE HANDS UP BY THE END OF THIS. SO WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? SO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS DONE IN 2017, AND IT REALLY SETS THE STAGE FOR YOUR DESIRED VISION FOR THE FUTURE. SO COORDINATING WITH FUTURE ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS KIND OF LIKE YOU HEARD IN JUST, YOU KNOW, THE PAST AGENDA ITEM. YOU LOOKED AT THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WE'LL REALLY BE SETTING UP THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS, AND SO THIS ISN'T SETTING ZONING, BUT IT DOES SET THE GUIDELINES FOR A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO SET UP FUTURE ZONING DECISIONS. SO IT REALLY IS GUIDED BY PUBLIC COMMENT, BY COMMUNITY VISION, BY YOU ALL, BY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE MET. RELATED TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND GOALS OF SACHSE. SO IT'S A POLICY DOCUMENT THAT HELPS CITY STAFF IMPLEMENT DECISIONS AND ALSO HELPS YOU ALL MAKE DECISIONS AS YOU SEE FIT WHEN DIFFERENT FUTURE DESIRED DEVELOPMENTS COMES INTO THIS ROOM. SO WHY PLAN NOW? SO IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE VISION OF SACHSE, WE CAN REALLY BREAK IT DOWN INTO THESE THREE BUCKETS. YOU HAVE YOUR PHYSICAL OPPORTUNITIES OF SACHSE WHERE IS THERE LEFT TO DEVELOP, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING CLOSE TO BUILDOUT. SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE VISION FOR SACHSE NEXT IS THAT MARKET POTENTIAL? WHAT CAN YOU GUYS REALLY WITHHOLD? WHAT DOES THE MARKET REALLY ALLOW? AND THEN FINALLY, COMMUNITY ASPIRATIONS. THE COMMUNITY HAS DIFFERENT THOUGHTS OF WHAT THEY WANT SACHSE TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. SO ALL OF THOSE THREE THINGS WORKING TOGETHER, WE HAVE THIS VISION OF SACHSE. SO MARKET DYNAMICS, PHYSICAL BUILDOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE SACHSE THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND RESILIENT AS YOU THINK ABOUT GROWTH. GROWTH ISN'T GOING TO LOOK SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ROOM LEFT TO GROW. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT GROWTH LOOKS LIKE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT LOOKS LIKE PLACEMAKING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHING FRAMEWORKS AND POLICIES TO REALLY HELP GUIDE THAT GROWTH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUTLINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WE ACTUALLY KICKED OFF THE PLAN BACK IN MAY. SO KIND OF DOING PROJECT INITIATION MEETING WITH CITY STAFF. WHAT THIS PLAN WILL COVER IS, LIKE I SAID, A VISION STATEMENT THAT REALLY WILL BE A UNIFIED EFFORT FROM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HEARD SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL TO REACT TO AS WELL AND ALSO STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CITY OF SACHSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. SO WHEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS, WHAT ARE THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO HELP YOU GROUND DECISION MAKING AND A PREFERRED SCENARIO? [00:15:05] SO WHEN WE SAY PREFERRED SCENARIO, THAT'S GOING TO BE A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. SO MOBILITY WOULD BE YOUR THOROUGHFARES, PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT RECREATION FACILITIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE MORE OF WATER, WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE, PLACEMAKING AND SUSTAINABILITY AND THEN DETAILED STUDIES, AND SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO KIND OF DIVE DOWN INTO SOME OF YOUR CATALYST AREAS, WHICH WOULD BE 78 CORRIDOR PGBT AND LOOKING HOW WE CAN KIND OF CREATE FRAMEWORKS TO UTILIZE THE SPACES THAT YOU HAVE SO FAR TO REALLY ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ALL OF THAT WILL COME INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO REALLY FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WE HAVE THESE PIE IN THE SKY IDEAS. HOW DO WE GROUND THEM IN REALITY AND CREATE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO GET THESE THINGS DONE? SO LIKE I SAID, WE STARTED BACK IN MAY REALLY JUST KICKING OFF CONVERSATIONS, HELPING US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY AND THEN GOING INTO DATA COLLECTION. SO LOOKING AT EXISTING CONDITIONS, ENGAGEMENT REALLY IS WEAVED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE PHASES, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE AT STRATEGIC DIRECTION. SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR VISION STATEMENT GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND IN THE, YOU KNOW, FALL TO SPRING OR SORRY WINTER TO SPRING, WE'LL REALLY GET INTO THOSE DETAILED STUDIES AND THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE PLAN. SO LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN DOING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SINCE MAY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY. WE'VE GONE OUT TO SOME EVENTS. THEY'VE GONE OUT TO SOME EVENTS. WE'VE DONE NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOPS. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO DIVE DOWN INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR AND SOME OF THOSE THEMES THAT ARE COMING UP. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ROLES, EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY, STARTING WITH CITY STAFF GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO CITY COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED RESIDENTS, INTERESTED CITIZENS, STAKEHOLDERS WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO MAYBE OWNS A BUSINESS ALONG PGBT OR HIGHWAY 78, WHO HAVE A SPECIFIC STAKE IN SACHSE AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORRIDOR. DIFFERENT BOARDS AND ORGANIZATIONS. SO WHETHER THAT'S EDC AND THEN YOU ALL, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL. SO THINKING ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT APPROACH, WE REALLY HAVE THIS THREE PRONGED APPROACH. SO FIRST STARTING WITH ONGOING INVOLVEMENT WE DO HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE THAT'S UP. THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR ENGAGEMENT THUS FAR IS POSTED. IF YOU'RE MORE INTERESTED IN THE DETAILS, FEEL FREE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE. WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP AND AN ONLINE SURVEY. THERE YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR RECAP DOCUMENTS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR, AND THAT WILL TELL YOU WHERE ALL OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS WILL BE. WE ALSO POST, LIKE I SAID, OUR SURVEY ON THERE AND DIFFERENT WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTERACTED WITH THE PLAN. WE HAVE A BRAND, SO SHAPING SACHSE HAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL BRAND. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN THE CORNER OF THE POWERPOINT. THE MARKETING TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE EVENTS AND THEY SEE OUR BOOTH, THEY SEE US. THEY KNOW THAT IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. NEXT IS EVENT INVOLVEMENT. SO WE HAD VERY SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOPS. THEY WERE FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOPS. ALL HAD THE SAME CONTENT THAT PEOPLE COULD COME OUT TO AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THAT WAS REALLY FLEXIBLE TO PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES. SO PEOPLE CAME OUT. IT WAS AN OPEN HOUSE FORMAT SO THEY COULD COME LEAVE COMMENTS, AND WE HAVE A RECAP OF THAT AS WELL. WE'VE GONE TO COMMUNITY EVENTS. SO THOSE ARE POP UP EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE HOSTED THAT WE WENT OUT AND EITHER ADVERTISED FOR THE PLAN OR HAD SOME INTENT INVOLVEMENT. SO THAT WAS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, FARMERS MARKET, RED, WHITE AND BLUE BLAST, AND LIKE I SAID, ANOTHER WORKSHOP THAT WE DID WITH CITY STAFF AND THEN REPRESENTATIONAL INVOLVEMENT WE'VE MET WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO WE DID ONE ON ONE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE DID GROUP INTERVIEWS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. WE DID ANOTHER GROUP INTERVIEW WITH RELIGIOUS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD DO REALLY UTILIZE PARTNERSHIP. WE START THINKING ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN AND THEN FINALLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS, ORGANIZATIONS P AND Z, WHICH WE'RE DOING HERE, DOING A BRIEFING, AND WE WILL BE BRIEFING CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR, I THINK IT'S NOT MAYBE SHOCKING THAT SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAME UP IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT SACHSE IS GETTING CLOSE TO BUILD OUT, BUT THEY WANT TO SEE NEW AMENITIES, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY. SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A MAINTAINED STRENGTH OF CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY FEEL AND A PLACE THAT THEY CAME TO WHEN THEY FIRST BOUGHT THEIR HOUSE OR FIRST DECIDED TO MOVE TO SACHSE. SOMETHING ELSE IS ECONOMIC GROWTH. THEY WANT TO SEE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT THEY CAN GO TO WITHOUT WHILE AVOIDING OVERPOPULATION. TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT CAME UP. SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FUELS A LOT OF THIS FEAR OF OVERPOPULATION, OR JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GROWING RESPONSIBLY. [00:20:03] WALKABILITY, CONNECTIVITY. I THINK AFTER COVID, A LOT OF PEOPLE BROUGHT THEMSELVES DIFFERENT TO THE SPACE THAT THEY OCCUPY. SO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND. THEY WANT TO ENJOY OUTDOORS IN THE AMENITIES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. SO HOW DO WE MAKE WALKABILITY? HOW DO WE MAKE BYPASS SIDEWALKS SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FEELING MORE COMFORTABLE TO ACTUALLY GO ON? SO TRANSPORTATION CAR RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS CONGESTION, ROAD SAFETY. I DEFINITELY HIT SOME TRAFFIC ON MY WAY IN. SO DEFINITELY TAKING NOTES OF THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN PRIORITIZE BETTER CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HOUSING. SO PRIORITIZING WHERE IS THE AREAS IN SACHSE THAT COULD REALLY HELP WITH SOME REVITALIZATION? WHAT ARE SOME POLICIES AND TOOLS THAT WE COULD HELP WITH THAT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT. SO PROMOTING INFILL DEVELOPMENT, LIKE WE SAID, THERE'S NO REALLY ROOM FOR LARGE NEW GROWTH. SO HOW DO WE FOCUS ON INFILL AND DO THAT STRATEGICALLY? FINALLY, RECREATIONAL AMENITIES. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE MORE COMMUNITY CENTERS LIKE BASKETBALL COURTS, SWIMMING POOLS AND JUST THINGS TO DO. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO TO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THEY WANT TO STAY IN SACHSE. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OVER TO REID FOR THE MARKET. SUMMARY. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS. AS HAYLEY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS REED CLEETER. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, BUT I ALSO WORKED ON THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO I HAVE GOOD CONTEXT AS TO WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN SACHSE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SO, AS HALEY MENTIONED AS WE THINK ABOUT THE THREE LEGGED STOOL OF PHYSICAL OPPORTUNITIES, MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY VISION, A BIG PART OF THAT IS THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP LAND BY PRODUCT TYPE AND ALIGN THAT WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT NOT ALL RETAIL IS EQUAL, NOT ALL HOUSING IS EQUAL, AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF NUANCE THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND UNDERSTAND AS WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF SACHSE. SO FOR REGIONAL CONTEXT, I'M SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE, BUT DFW IS GROWING RAPIDLY. THE METROPLEX ADDED MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE BETWEEN JULY OF 22 AND 23. THE METROPLEX AS A WHOLE HAS ECLIPSED 8 MILLION PEOPLE, AND WE'VE ALSO NOTICED INTUITIVELY AND QUANTITATIVELY THAT MOST OF THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN CORE. SO OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS OR DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH, AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PUSH NORTH INTO THE SUBURBS, ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST. YOU, YOUR NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST IN ROWLETT AND ROCKWALL, KAUFMAN COUNTY, ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, AND WITH THAT GROWTH COMES PRESSURE TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND I THINK THIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT IN TIME TO GET THIS PLAN RIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF SACHSE AND THE RIGHT LIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE JUST DID THIS IN 2017, AND WE'VE SEEN HOW MUCH THINGS CAN CHANGE IN JUST A FEW YEARS. I THINK COVID CHANGED A LOT OF HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO SOCIALLY. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AS WE THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES AND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO WITH REGARDS TO RETAIL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE TRADE AREA FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE, AND THAT'S CREATED USING CUSTOMER INTERCEPT SAMPLES OR MORE SIMPLY, SAMPLES FROM CELL PHONES OF PEOPLE WHO VISIT SACHSE AND SHOP IN SACHSE, AND WHAT WE SEE IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO SHOP IN SACHSE DON'T JUST LIVE IN SACHSE, THEY LIVE MUCH BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS OF SACHSE ALL THE WAY INTO RICHARDSON TO 75, ALL THE WAY SOUTH THROUGH GARLAND, ALL THE WAY TO THE LAKE, AND ALL THE WAY NORTHEAST UP INTO NEVADA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE, AND REALLY, WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS A REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING SACHSE OR TO BRING THEM HERE AND HELP ESTABLISH SACHSE AS A DESTINATION FOR THOSE TAX DOLLARS AND THAT REVENUE. SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NEARLY 80,000FT² OF DEMAND THAT COULD BE SUPPORTED WITHIN THE CITY ALONE, AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S NOT NOT NECESSARILY APPLES TO APPLES. [00:25:06] THERE'S SOME NUANCE THERE. YOU KNOW, 5000FT² OF A CAR DEALERSHIP IS VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN 5000FT² OF A GROCERY STORE. SOME OF THOSE RETAIL CATEGORIES MAY NOT CARE ABOUT OVERSATURATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT OUR JOB IS TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY, LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY VISION AND THE PHYSICAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND ALIGN THOSE TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL. SO WE'RE CREATING THE RIGHT KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE RIGHT KINDS OF OUTCOMES THAT PEOPLE DESIRE IN SACHSE. MOST OF THIS RETAIL GROWTH WILL BE DRIVEN BY POPULATION GROWTH, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY CORPORATE EMPLOYMENT. PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE CITY AND WORK GO OUT AND SPEND THEIR MONEY AT LUNCH OR AFTER WORK, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SACHSE. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS BEYOND YOUR BORDERS, BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY PAY ATTENTION TO THE IMAGINARY LINES ALL THE TIME. SO IT'S A VERY SIMILAR STORY WITH HOUSING. IF WE LOOK AT THE BUILDING PERMITS AND THE GRAPH THERE, WE SEE PEAKS AND VALLEYS OR PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MOST NOTABLY RECENTLY IN THE 2020. SO 2020 TO 2022, WE SEE A LOT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT IS THE RESULT OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. SO ONE DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORTING EXAMPLE 300 UNITS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE SEE THIS CYCLE OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, AND EVERYTHING IS INDICATING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN ONE OF THOSE PEAKS. SO UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN POSITION THE CITY TO CAPTURE THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S A VARIETY OF OPINIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SACHSE ON WHAT THEIR PREFERRED RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT TYPE LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO RESOLVE, IS TO BUILD CONSENSUS ON HOW THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPS IN THE FUTURE, BOTH FROM A DESIRABILITY STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE 15 AND 20 YEARS FROM NOW AND NOT CREATING DRAG ON ON THE CITY OR BECOMING A BURDEN. SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT SACHSE CERTAINLY HAS A HIGHER PROPORTION OF OWNER OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING AS WE AS WE THINK ABOUT DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE MOVING FORWARD, AND HERE WE SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF DEMAND BY OWNER AND RENTER OCCUPIED, AND SOMETHING THAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT THE DEMAND IS MORE THAN A QUARTER FOR BOTH OWNER AND RENTER. OCCUPIED DEMAND SUPPORTS RESIDENTS 65 AND ABOVE. SO THERE'S CERTAINLY A NEED TO SUPPORT THE OLDER GENERATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES. THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT PEOPLE 65 PLUS LIVE IN IS BOUND TO BE DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE WHO'S 25 AND JUST TRYING TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOUSE AND JUST TRYING TO GET BY, BUT WE SEE THERE'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT DEMAND FOR A VARIETY OF PRICE POINTS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, IS A DESIRE FOR A VARIETY OF HOUSING. SO PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN SACHSE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE CYCLE. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE IS JUST MOVING TO THE CITY AS A TEACHER AND DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO MOVE UP INTO A DIFFERENT HOME AS THEY AGE AND BECOME MORE ESTABLISHED IN THEIR CAREER, AND THEN THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DOWNSIZE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A FAMILY AND THEY DON'T HAVE A NEED FOR A LARGER HOUSE. SO CONSIDERING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE TO THE SUCCESS OF HOUSING. SO OFFICE GROWTH IS GENERALLY A RESULT OF POPULATION GROWTH, BUT WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN THROUGH THE LAST YEARS THAT SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES THAT MAY NOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR, AND THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OFFICE OR INDUSTRIAL, BUT SOMETHING NOTEWORTHY IS THAT ALL OF SACHSE'S OFFICE VACANCY IS CURRENTLY IN TWO BUILDINGS, THE TRINITY SACHSE MEDICAL CENTER AND 7214 HIGHWAY 78, WHICH IS A SMALL MEDICAL BUILDING. IT'S NOT COMPLETELY VACANT. I THINK THERE'S JUST ONE VACANCY IN A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING, BUT THE BASE OF SACHSE'S OFFICE PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY MEDICAL, SO SUPPORTING THAT TYPE OF USE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR [00:30:10] OTHER TYPES OF OFFICE DEVELOPMENT AND THE TYPES OF USERS THAT WOULD DESIRE TO BE IN SACHSE IN THOSE LOCATIONS THAT CAN MAKE SENSE AS WELL. SIMILAR TO THE OFFICE DEMAND, INDUSTRIAL DEMAND IS GENERALLY A RESULT OF POPULATION GROWTH. HISTORICALLY, DFW HAS PERFORMED WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PART OF THE METROPLEX. A QUICK TRIP DOWN GEORGE BUSH TO THE EAST OR SOUTH CERTAINLY SHOWS WHAT ROWLETT IS DOING WITH ALL OF THEIR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THE AREA. THERE'S ALSO LOTS OF OFFICE DEVELOPMENT OR INDUSTRIAL RATHER DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN SACHSE, SPECIFICALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH. SO UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM THAT'S SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HELP US IN THE FUTURE AND MOST OF THE LARGE FORMAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING ON LARGER TRACTS OF LAND, WHICH SACHSE IS SOMEWHAT CONSTRAINED ON. THERE'S LIMITED LAND LEFT WITHIN THE CITY. SO THINKING ABOUT THAT DEEPLY AND THOUGHTFULLY IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE LAST REMAINING UNDEVELOPED LAND DEVELOPED IN THE RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE WAY. SO HERE WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT A SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT DEMAND TYPES. SO WE HAVE RETAIL HOUSING OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL. SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY FOR RETAIL AND HOUSING ARE TO CAPTURE A LARGER REGIONAL MARKET. SO IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY LIVE IN SACHSE, BUT AS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT'S ABOUT CAPTURING PEOPLE WHO MAY BE PASSING THROUGH OR WHO MAY BE HERE FOR ANOTHER REASON. WITH RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO GIVING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THOSE WHO DESIRE TO LIVE IN SACHSE. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH RETAIL MAY BE SOME OF THE AGING SPACES OR LACK OF COHESIVE DESIGN AND FEEL. WE'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT ALONG THE 78 CORRIDOR, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT TARGET TYPES. WE'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT AND DESTINATION USES THAT PEOPLE CAN VISIT JUST BEYOND SACHSE AS WELL. SO NOT JUST SUPPORTING LOCAL PEOPLE, BUT GIVING THE REGION A REASON TO VISIT SACHSE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE. IN REGARDS TO HOUSING, THERE'S AGAIN LIMITED OPPORTUNITY IN SOME OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE FOR SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS, INFILL DEVELOPMENT, OR PRODUCT TYPES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY JUST SINGLE FAMILY AND SOME OF THOSE HARDER, MORE CONSTRAINED AREAS BUT THERE'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT DEMAND FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AS I MENTIONED WITH OFFICE, I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES ARE THE EXISTING VACANCIES AND THE AMOUNT OF MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT. SO GETTING A PRODUCT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT MAY BE CHALLENGING, BUT IN THE RIGHT CONTEXT, I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY SUPPORTABLE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE SMALLER OFFICE, WHETHER IT BE INSURANCE OR REAL ESTATE, SOME OF THE SOME OF THE OFFICE TYPES THAT TEND TO SUPPORT IN MORE DENSE URBAN AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, LIKE THE STATION THAT WE SEE, AND FOR INDUSTRIAL, SOME OF THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES ARE SOME OF THE LAST FEW AVAILABLE TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL ALONG PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT RIGHT AND DON'T HAVE ANOTHER INSTANCE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED DOWN THERE, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN THE CITY'S CONTROL, TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT HAVING THE RIGHT PARTNERS CAN ALSO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT. SO WHERE WE GO FROM HERE IS WHAT WE CALL THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION, AND HALEY ALLUDED TO IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT WE CAN THINK OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION REALLY AS THE FOUNDATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IT CAN BE SUMMARIZED INTO THREE FAIRLY SIMPLE ELEMENTS THE VISION STATEMENT, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND A LAND USE [00:35:08] SCENARIO THAT ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GIVE YOU CLEAR DIRECTION AND CLEAR EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUTURE. SO A VISION STATEMENT IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY VISION THAT SUPPORTS WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE. IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO IT SHOULD BE GENERAL BUT SPECIFIC TO SACHSE, AND IT SHOULD CAPTURE THE CHARACTER THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN SACHSE TEN, 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES SHOULD SERVE AS GUIDEPOSTS THAT WE CAN CONSTANTLY CHECK BACK TO AND SAY, DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT MAKE SENSE IN THIS PLACE? YES, BECAUSE IT FULFILLS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. IT FULFILLS THOSE GUIDEPOSTS OR THOSE REALLY MEANINGFUL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE ALL DISTILLED INTO SIMPLE STATEMENTS, AND THE PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO SHOULD AGAIN WORK IN CONJUNCTION AND IN SUPPORT OF THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO POINT TO ANY PLACE ON THE MAP AND SAY, DOES THIS FULFILL THE VISION FOR THIS SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. THE ANSWER SHOULD ALWAYS BE YES IN THAT INSTANCE, AND IT SHOULD ALSO HELP TO INFORM ZONING DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. IT SHOULD GIVE YOU DIRECTION AND CLARITY ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE OF THAT AREA. SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE IS WE CONTINUE TO GATHER ENGAGEMENT VIA THE WEBSITE. SO IF YOU'D LIKE YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE. THERE'S AN ONLINE MAP THAT YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS ON. THERE'S SURVEYS PERIODICALLY ON THERE. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SURVEY A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PROCESS, AND WE WILL TAKE THIS INFORMATION, AS WELL AS THE PRELIMINARY VISION STATEMENT AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, AND AFTER WE BRIEF COUNCIL ON THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL PUT THE DRAFT VISION AND DRAFT GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON THE WEBSITE FOR FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL, FROM COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND OUR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS ACTUALLY GROUNDED IN REALITY. NO ONE KNOWS BETTER THAN Y'ALL. Y'ALL SEE CASES COME THROUGH ALL THE TIME AND YOU HAVE A PULSE ON THE COMMUNITY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'VE TAKEN, DIGESTED AND DISTILLED IS ACCURATE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S A WAY FOR US TO DO IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THE COURSE FOR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS. THE WEEK AFTER THAT, WE'LL BRIEF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD ON THE SAME MATERIALS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION THROUGH NOVEMBER AND ULTIMATELY PUT TOGETHER A LAND USE SCENARIO THAT SUPPORTS THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND TAKE THAT BACK OUT SOMETIME EARLY 2025. WE HAVEN'T SCHEDULED A DATE YET, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THERE WILL BE WHAT WE CALL A COMMUNITY SUMMIT OR OPEN HOUSE, WHERE WE PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. GATHER FEEDBACK. WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK, MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND BRIEF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL AND THE EDC BOARD ONE MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT EVERYTHING RIGHT AND THAT WE'RE HEARING THE INFORMATION THE SAME WAY THAT YOU ALL ARE AND THEN, WITH THAT, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. YES, SIR. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE AND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF LAND USE, AND AS IT RELATES TO ZONING ARE THOSE LAND USE DEFINITIONS, ARE THOSE INVIOLATE WHEN YOU COME TO ZONING? IS IT BINDING ON ZONING DECISIONS? IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU SAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LOW INDUSTRIAL AND SOMEONE COMES WITH A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IDEA, DOES THE FACT THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS LOW INDUSTRIAL. [00:40:05] DOES THAT PROHIBIT ANYTHING ELSE FROM HAPPENING? NO, SIR. LAND USE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ZONING, BUT IT SHOULD GIVE YOU THE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO REZONE. JUST AS PHILIP BROUGHT THE CASE BEFORE US EARLIER. THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE THERE MAY BE NONCONFORMITIES, BUT IT MAY BE OKAY BASED ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO RESOLVE, IS TO ELIMINATE AS MANY CONFLICTS AS POSSIBLE, BUT FUTURE LAND USE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ZONING. IT SHOULD GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION TO YOU ON WHAT THE INTENDED USE IS, THOUGH, WHEN YOU'RE SETTING UP THOSE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. YES, SIR, AND BUT SITTING OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NON-CONFORMING. DO YOU TAKE NOTE OF THAT IN THE PLAN THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE, BUT THERE'S THIS AREA THAT ISN'T. YES, WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN WE CAN DESIGNATE AREAS OF STABILITY OR NON-CHANGE, BUT WE COULD ALSO DESIGNATE THAT AREA BASED ON PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT AND GUIDANCE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING AND COUNCIL, AND THE LAST THING IS, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OFFICE SPACE YOU KNOW, WITH THE COVID, WE HAD A LOT OF HOME OFFICE COME UP. YES, SIR. NOW, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT HAVE HOME OFFICES, BUT THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T THE BEST WORKING ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW, I GOT LITTLE KIDS RUNNING AROUND COMING THROUGH THE BACK WHILE I'M HAVING A VIDEO CONFERENCE OR SOMETHING, AND SO A LOT OF FOLKS, AT LEAST, I FEEL LIKE, WOULD WANT TO MAYBE HAVE AN OFFICE THAT WAS CLOSE BY THEY COULD GET TO IN 5 TO 10 MINUTES 400FT², SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT IN PLAY IN WHAT'S GOING ON? ABSOLUTELY. YES, THAT IS DEFINITELY A STRONG CONSIDERATION, AND I THINK GIVEN THE RIGHT CONTEXT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT CAN THRIVE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN WORK IN A LOT OF OTHER CITIES AND THAT THE COMMUNITY DESIRES AS A WHOLE. I THINK IF THE COMMUNITY DESIRE AND THE MARKET, THE MARKET SUPPORT IS THERE. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN NECESSARILY ANSWER THIS OR NOT, BUT IT'S MORE OF A CURIOSITY THAN EVERYTHING YOU BROUGHT UP, LIKE UNIFORMITY OF OR COHESION OF ESTHETICS ALONG, LIKE, HIGHWAY 78. AS ONE THAT GREW UP HERE, IT USED TO BE CHARMING, AND AS AN ADULT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH. RIGHT? WE SEEM TO HAVE SOME RANDOM WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR GOING ABOUT MAKING CHANGES OR BRINGING SOMETHING THAT'S MORE COHESIVE AND ALREADY ESTABLISHED RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THERE'S A LOT OF AVENUES TO GET THERE, BUT MAYBE THE EASIEST PLACE FOR US TO START IS AS PART OF THIS PLAN. ONE OF THE DETAILED STUDIES IS URBAN DESIGN WAYFINDING AND GATEWAYS, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE ELEMENT THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN ADDRESS IS SEEKING TO IDENTIFY A UNIFORM BRAND SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE COHESION THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR SO PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THEY'RE IN SACHSE VERSUS GARLAND OR WYLIE. YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH MONUMENT SIGNS, THROUGH STREET SIGNS INDICATING DESTINATIONS FOR PEOPLE, BUT THERE ARE ALSO POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE CREATED OR ARE AVAILABLE, LIKE A FACADE GRANT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT CAN HELP TENANTS UPDATE THEIR FACADES THAT MAY BE NEGLECTED OR JUST IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT. SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MODIFYING THE ACTUAL CODE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS OR THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCESS BUT IT COULD GO THROUGH A ZONING REFORM OR A CODE UPDATE TO ADDRESS THAT. OKAY. YOU USE HERE THERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT TERM THAN FLUFF, BUT IT'S BASICALLY REPLACING OR AUGMENTING THE FUTURE USE PLAN. YES. IS THAT CORRECT? [00:45:01] YES, SIR. NOT TWO COMPETING PLANS. CORRECT. IN TERMS OF US CALLING IT A PREFERRED LAND USE PLAN NOW. SO WHAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREFERRED AND FUTURE LAND USE? I HAD THAT QUESTION IN MY HEAD AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. GENERALLY THE PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO IS WHAT WE'D CALL THE FINAL, BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY SEVERAL ITERATIONS OR AMENDMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT ALONG THE WAY. SO MAYBE WE'LL TRY ONE STRATEGY HERE AND ONE STRATEGY HERE, AND WHAT WE END UP WITH IS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. A PREFERRED SCENARIO IF YOU WILL. SO IT'S REALLY JUST A NOMENCLATURE OF THE FINAL LAND USE PLAN, BUT I GUESS IN THE IN THE FINAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WILL GET APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IN 2025 IS GOING TO SAY PREFERRED LAND USE PLAN AND NOT FUTURE? IT WILL SAY FUTURE LAND. OKAY. SO SO IT'S CALLED PREFERRED NOW FOR THE TIME BEING. YES. CORRECT. GOTCHA. YES, AND I GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAD IS DOES THIS REPORT SO THE PREFERRED LAND USE PLAN, DOES IT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE COMPARISON IS TO THE 2017 STUDY AND HOW THAT CHANGES AND DOES IT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LAND USES OR TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE STILL THERE TODAY, UNDEVELOPED COMPARED TO 2017. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS, IF IT WAS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN WAS RETAIL EIGHT YEARS AGO AND IT'S STILL RETAIL, THERE'S A REASON WHY IT'S STILL NOT DEVELOPED. RIGHT. SO DOES THIS PLAN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, I GUESS, THE TENURE OF WHAT IT WAS IN THE PAST AND THE EXPECTATION THAT IT'S DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE? YES. IN THAT INSTANCE, YES, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D INVESTIGATE WITH THAT LEVEL OF NUANCE AND SEEK TO UNDERSTAND WHY. MAYBE IT HASN'T BECOME WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO, AND IT MAY JUST BE THAT THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE LAND ISN'T INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING, AND IT GOES NO FURTHER THAN THAT, BUT THERE MAY BE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES OR SITE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE UNCOVER THAT CHANGES THE USE TO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT YES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THE BASIS OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN WILL BE UNCHANGED BECAUSE A LOT OF THE AREAS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED AND WE DON'T FORESEE THEM CHANGING IN THE FUTURE. SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, BUT SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED OR NEED TO REDEVELOP MAY CHANGE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? UP NEXT WILL BE OUR ADJOURNMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ADJOURNED. SORRY, I GOTTA BANG THE THING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.