[1. Call to Order: The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Monday, March 10, 2025, at 6:00 PM to consider the following items of business:] [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING. I HAVE A CALL TO ORDER. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2025, AT 6 P.M. TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SACHSE. THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:08 P.M. UP FIRST WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. COMMISSIONER KEMPER WILL LEAD THE INVOCATION AND BETTEN WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE. LORD, THANK YOU FOR SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY. THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE AND HEALTH THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY. AND WE ASK LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY. THE THINGS THAT WE SAY AND DO WOULD BE ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PLANS AND FOR YOUR HONOR AND YOUR GLORY. AND WE JUST PRAISE YOU IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE. ONE GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. I ALWAYS MISSED THAT ONE. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING. COMMENTS REGARDING ANY DISCUSSION ITEM. DISCUSSION ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING, COURT OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEMS NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? NOPE. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. ITEM C ACTION ITEMS C.1. CONSIDER APPROVING THE JANUARY 27TH, 2020 FIVE MINUTES. [1. Consider approving the January 27, 2025, meeting minutes.] DOES ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO. ANYBODY FROM THE AUDIENCE? NONE. OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE BOARD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING. MINUTES FROM JANUARY 27TH. MOTION FROM COMMITMENT. AYE. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CAST YOUR VOTE. I CAN'T LOG IN RIGHT NOW. PLEASE. SO WE'LL TAKE A HAND MOTION FOR THIS ONE. OKAY. PLEASE USE HAND MOTION FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM D.1. THESE ITEMS ARE FOR THE BOARD AND STAFF TO DISCUSS AS NEEDED. [1. Receive a briefing on the Sachse Comprehensive Plan update.] COMMENTS ON DISCUSSION ITEMS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THIS MEETING. RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE SACHSE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE ITEM AND TURN IT OVER TO MATT OR PHILIP. HOLD ON ONE SECOND WHILE WE GET THE VOTE IN REAL FAST. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO, CHAIRMAN JARED POTTS, OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IS HERE TONIGHT. HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT FROM KIMLEY-HORN, WHO WILL GIVE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THANK YOU. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. IT'S GREAT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING, ALBEIT BRIEFLY, AS I INTRODUCE READ FROM OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, KIMLEY-HORN, WHO WILL BE GIVING AN UPDATE KIND OF ON WHERE WE'RE AT RELATIVE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS YOU ALL KNOW, CHARTER REQUIRES THAT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GO TO YOU ALL FOR A RECOMMENDATION IN ADVANCE OF GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS THIS EVENING IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM. IT'LL SIMPLY JUST BE AN UPDATE KIND OF ON WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS. AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU AS AN ACTION ITEM AT A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING. SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO CLAIRE WITH KIMLEY-HORN. MATT, DIRECTOR ROBINSON AND I ARE BOTH HERE. IF THERE'S ANY STAFF QUESTIONS. OTHERWISE, MR. CLAIRE CAN ADDRESS THOSE. SO. THANK YOU JARED. [00:05:07] GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. I WILL TRY AND GET US OUT OF HERE WHILE IT'S STILL LIGHT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS I GO THROUGH THIS, FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP. OR YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THE END IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT AS JARED MENTIONED, MY NAME IS REED CLEATOR. I'M WITH KIMLEY-HORN. WE ARE WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. AND THIS IS AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS. SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT. LAST TIME WE MET, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND THE PRELIMINARY DIRECTION THAT WE WERE HEADED. SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND FINDINGS. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITYWIDE VISION ELEMENTS. GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE DETAILED STUDIES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND THEN WE WILL WRAP UP AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE TIMELINE ON THE SIDE. THERE. WE ARE HERE IN MARCH. WE'RE IN THE DETAILED STUDIES PHASE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF MAY. I'M HOPEFUL TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL AT THE END OF APRIL AND TO CITY COUNCIL IN MAY. SO JUST A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN GREAT DETAIL UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS. THIS IS MORE OF AN UPDATE ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE BROUGHT FORTH AT THE LAST UPDATE. SO JUST A LITTLE REFRESHER. THE VISION MISSION STATEMENT. GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO ALL MAKE UP WHAT WE CALL THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION, WHICH IS REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO THE PLAN. IT SERVES AS OUR GUIDING LIGHT AND HELPS US MAKE DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USE OR TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS. THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES IN THE VISION THAT KEEPS US HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME WE TALKED, THERE WAS A SURVEY THAT WAS ACTUALLY LIVE REGARDING THE VISION STATEMENT AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT HAS SINCE CLOSED. IT WAS OPEN FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER A MONTH FROM THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER. AND WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OVER 90 RESPONSES VARIOUS PEOPLE THAT GAVE FEEDBACK. SO GOOD TURNOUT. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND REVISED STATEMENTS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. SO AT THE TOP YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED STATEMENT THAT WE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK ON, AND AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE THE FINAL STATEMENT WITH THE ADDITIONS IN RED THAT WE GENERATED FROM THE ONLINE SURVEY FEEDBACK. SO WE GOT THOSE 92 RESPONSES. WE TOOK THEM INTO CONSIDERATION, AND WE ADDED OR REMOVED THE ELEMENTS IN THE RED. SO WITH REGARDS TO THE VISION STATEMENT, GENERALLY THERE WAS AGREEMENT AND CONSENSUS THAT THE VISION STATEMENT REPRESENTS THE VISION FOR SUCCESS IN THE NEXT TEN, 15, 20 YEARS. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT GROWTH AND MANAGING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT SACHSE HAS, MAINTAINING THE CHARM AND CHARACTER. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE RED ADDITIONS ARE TO FOCUS ON HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES AND MAINTAIN THE SENSE OF PLACE AND COMMUNITY CHARM. SO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE RELATED TO PARTNERSHIP, YOU'LL SEE THE TOTAL SURVEY RESPONSES. RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED TO SELECT WHETHER THEY AGREED OR DISAGREED. THEY COULD AGREE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, OR THEY COULD DISAGREE WITH COMMENTS. SO WE SEE THE PARTNERSHIP GUIDING PRINCIPLE GOT OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. THERE WERE NO SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, SO IT REMAINED WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. QUALITY OF LIFE. WE SEE SIMILAR TREND. OVERALL SIGNIFICANT AGREEMENT. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE AGREEMENT WITH COMMENTS AND AFTER REVIEWING THOSE COMMENTS, WE ADDRESSED THEM BY IMPLEMENTING THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE TO PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS THROUGH ENHANCED ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AMENITIES, AND WE FELT THAT THAT WAS ADEQUATE TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS AND TO PROVIDE ENOUGH DIRECTION FOR THAT GUIDING PRINCIPLE. SO STEWARDSHIP AGAIN, WE SEE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. OVER 70, WELL, 70 PEOPLE AGREED. THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS, BUT NONE OF THE COMMENTS WERE SUBSTANTIVE OR IN AGREEMENT ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIATE [00:10:09] ANY SORT OF CHANGES. SO WE SEE THIS GUIDING PRINCIPLE HAS REMAINED THE SAME AS WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. A RECREATION OVERALL GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH SURVEY RESPONDENTS. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AGREE WITH COMMENTS AND SOME DISAGREEMENT WITH COMMENTS. AND THOSE WERE ADDRESSED BY ADDING THE PHRASE ENSURE THESE SPACES ARE WELL MAINTAINED, SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. SO MAKING SURE THAT OPEN SPACE IS ADEQUATE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. OPPORTUNITY. SO SIMILAR TREND. WE SEE LOTS OF GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS GUIDING PRINCIPLE. BUT THERE WERE COMMENTS MAINLY RELATED TO ADDRESSING DIVERSE DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A VARIETY OF DEVELOPMENTS, WHETHER IT BE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE RELATED. AND WE ALSO WANTED TO INCORPORATE THAT WE ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS BALANCE WITH THE CHARM OF SACHSE. SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE VISION STATEMENT, MAINTAINING THAT COMMUNITY CHARM AND CHARACTER THAT TAXI HAS. SO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE RELATED TO CATALYST AREAS GOT SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT. THERE WERE ALSO SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT, BUT THERE WASN'T CONSENSUS ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. SO THIS GUIDING PRINCIPLE REMAINED THE SAME FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED. AND IT IS THE SAME STORY WITH PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. SURVEY RESPONDENTS WERE GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS GUIDING PRINCIPLE, SO NOTHING CHANGED. SO THAT'S A RECAP OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION THAT WE WENT OVER LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. SO THE CITYWIDE VISION GETS INTO SOME VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT ADDRESS THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WHETHER IT BE FUTURE LAND USE OR THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE. AND SO, WE HAD A WORKSHOP WITH A NUMBER OF CITY STAFF FROM PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING, FIRE, POLICE A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO TALK ABOUT LAND USE USING THE VISION STATEMENT. GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE, TOO. DEVELOP THE INITIAL FUTURE LAND USE SCENARIO. SO, WE LOOKED AT THE 2017 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. TALKED ABOUT AREAS THAT MAY CHANGE OR REDEVELOP OR MAY NEED TO BE THOUGHT OF DIFFERENTLY AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT TEN, 15, 20 YEARS. AND WHAT WE LOOKED AT WERE AREAS OF PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT, AREAS THAT SHOULDN'T CHANGE, BUT SHOULD BE ENHANCED AND PRESERVED AREAS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO, AREAS THAT MAYBE ARE VACANT CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THEM, WHAT THEY SHOULD BE IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN AREAS OF REDEVELOPMENT, AREAS THAT COULD IMPROVE OR CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN AROUND OLD TOWN IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. SO IN THIS WORKSHOP, WE SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF EXERCISES AND USED STICKERS TO OR CHIPS, AS WE CALL THEM, WITH DIFFERENT LAND USE CATEGORIES TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAY NEED TO CHANGE TO RESPOND IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS. AND HERE WE SEE TWO MAPS. SO THERE'S ONE RED MAP AND ONE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS. THEY EACH REPRESENT DIFFERENT TABLES. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT THE MAPS WITH THE RED ALL OVER THEM REPRESENT VACANT LAND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THE LAND USE MAP IS THE 2017 LAND USE PLAN WITH THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. SO IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN START TO SEE SOME SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO. YOU CAN START TO SEE SOME AREAS HAVE STICKERS IN THE SAME PLACES, EVEN SOME OF THE SAME COLORS. SO THESE WERE TWO INDEPENDENT GROUPS THAT CAME UP WITH THEIR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAY NEED TO CHANGE MOVING FORWARD. YES, SIR. ON THE LEFT HAND MAP, THAT BOTTOM AREA. THAT'S RED. IT SAYS IT'S VACANT DEVELOPMENT. IS THAT DEVELOPABLE? DEVELOPABLE? CAN IT BE DEVELOPED? THAT IS A THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. [00:15:01] I KNOW IT'S ON A KNOLL AND THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT TOPOGRAPHY THERE. IT IS JUST VACANT. IT'S DEVOID OF IMPROVEMENTS. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT WOULD BE A FEASIBLE SITE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THERE CURRENTLY. I WAS REALLY WHETHER OR NOT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS FEASIBLE OR NOT, BUT IS IT SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPMENT COULD NOT HAPPEN AT SOME KIND OF A WETLANDS OR WILD STUFF LIKE THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. THERE, THERE MAY BE A LARGE PART OF IT THAT'S ENCUMBERED BY FLOODPLAIN, BUT IT WASN'T REMOVED FOR THAT REASON. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. SO THIS INPUT FROM THE TWO GROUPS FORMED THE INITIAL PASS AT HOW WE FORMED THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. AND WHEN WE COMPARED THE RESPONSES OR THE CHIP PLACEMENT FROM THE TWO GROUPS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STARTED TO SEE SOME SIMILARITIES IN THINKING BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. SO, THE AREAS OF PRESERVATION OR ENHANCEMENT WERE GENERALLY CENTERED AROUND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND OLD TOWN. SO THE FIFTH STREET DISTRICT NEAR 78. THOSE WERE GENERALLY AREAS THAT PEOPLE WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT THEY SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND ENHANCED. AREAS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT WERE IDENTIFIED ALONG THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. SOME OF THE INFILL OPPORTUNITIES, SOME OF THE SMALLER OPPORTUNITIES ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 78, AS WELL AS SACHSE ROAD AT BOTH THE MILES AND MERRITT ROAD INTERSECTIONS. AND THAT'S PROBABLY A RESULT OF THE RECONFIGURING OF BOTH SACHSE ROAD AND MERRITT ROAD. IT JUST CHANGES THE CONTEXT A LITTLE BIT IN THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT HOW SACHSE MAY FUNCTION IN THE FUTURE, AND AREAS OF REDEVELOPMENT THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WERE BOTH THROUGHOUT THE STATE HIGHWAY 78 CORRIDOR AND THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT. SO IN ONE HAND, WE HAVE WANTING TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE OLD TOWN, BUT ALSO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR REDEVELOPMENT. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO THIS INITIAL FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OR FUTURE LAND USE SCENARIO WAS THEN TAKEN OUT TO THE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE IN FEBRUARY, AND IT'S ALSO ONLINE CURRENTLY WITH THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE OR THE VIRTUAL ROOMS THAT ARE STILL GETTING FEEDBACK AT THIS TIME. JARED ASKED ME EARLIER TODAY, AND I THINK THERE WAS ALMOST 175 VISITS TO THE VIRTUAL ROOM. AND RESPONDENTS AREN'T REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ANSWERS ON ANY ONE QUESTION, BUT THE LAND USE PLAN ITSELF HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 40 DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS AND COMMENTS. SO THERE'S STILL GOOD FEEDBACK THERE THAT WE'LL TAKE IN TWO DAYS WHEN THAT ROOM CLOSES AND WE'LL INTEGRATE THAT FEEDBACK AND MAKE ANY REVISIONS IN ADDITION TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE HERE TONIGHT. SO IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT IS THE 2017 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. AND ON THE RIGHT IS THE DRAFT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UTILIZING THAT INITIAL FEEDBACK AND IN DIRECTION THAT WE GOT. SO STARTING IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ORANGE OR RED CIRCLES THAT IDENTIFY SOME OF THE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OR NOTABLE CHANGE. SO THE PARCEL JUST SOUTH OF WOODBRIDGE, OVER BY WALMART, WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND THAT WAS CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN 78 NEAR IS IT RANCH PARK VILLAGE, THE DEVELOPMENT THERE. SO WE SEE WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED BOTH AS I BELIEVE IT'S MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL MIXED USE. WE CLEAN THAT UP AFTER THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS COMPLETED. IT CHANGED THE CONTEXT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY REPRESENTED NOW BY MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AND THE EASTERN HALF OF THAT PARCEL STILL REMAINS AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. THE INDUSTRIAL AREA JUST A LITTLE BIT WEST ALONG 78. THAT BOUNDARY WAS EXTENDED TO REFLECT THE BOUNDARY OF THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA. THERE'S SOME PARCELS THAT HAVE BEEN PLATTED AND ZONED AS INDUSTRIAL. SO WE'RE REFLECTING WHAT'S THERE CURRENTLY. AND THEN AS WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WEST TO THE OLD TOWN AREA, [00:20:09] WE SEE THE ADDITION OF THAT OLD TOWN MIXED USE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION EXTENDING TO THE NORTH. AND THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE ZONING BOUNDARY, SO THAT FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION NOW ALIGNS WITH THE ZONING BOUNDARIES, SO THEY'RE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO THAT'S WHY WE SEE THAT AREA CHANGING FROM RESIDENTIAL PREVIOUSLY TO NOW OLD TOWN MIXED USE. AND THEN AS WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH TO THE INTERSECTION OF SACHSE ROAD AND MILES ROAD, WE SEE WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS COMMERCIAL IS NOW CONNECTED AND NOT DISCONTIGUOUS BETWEEN SACHSE ROAD AND TO THE SOUTH, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN REDESIGNATED AS NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL. IN RESPONSE TO PROVIDING RETAIL SERVICES FOR THIS MIDDLE PORTION OF SACHSE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD MAP, THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY AREA THAT HAD COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL LAND USE DESIGNATION BETWEEN 78 AND GEORGE BUSH. THAT'S A LONG WAY TO GO FOR PEOPLE. WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S A DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL RETAIL SERVICES, OR FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING IN ANOTHER AREA OF SACHSE OTHER THAN 78 AND PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. SO CHANGING THAT AREA TO REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND JUST SLIGHTLY CHANGE IT FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL. AND AS WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST AT THE INTERSECTION OF SACHSE ROAD AND MERRITT ROAD, WE NOW SEE WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED PRIMARILY AS RESIDENTIAL IS NOW ALSO NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL. AND THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE REALIGNMENT OF BOTH SACHSE ROAD AND MERRITT ROAD. MERRITT ROAD WILL NOW OR IN THE FUTURE WILL GO THROUGH THOSE PARCELS, MOST OF WHICH ARE ENCUMBERED BY 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. SO THEY'RE PRIMARILY UNDEVELOPABLE. BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF SACHSE ROAD THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED WHICH AGAIN COULD BE AMENITIZED, FOR EXAMPLE, A RESTAURANT OR SOME SORT OF RETAIL SERVICE THAT COULD UTILIZE THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THERE. SO THAT WAS THE THINKING AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES TO PEOPLE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 78 AND PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH. THERE WILL ALSO BE BETTER PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THAT AREA, BOTH IN THE PORTION OF MERRITT THAT'S CLOSED OFF AND THE ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ALONG SACHSE ROAD. SO IT MAKES IT SAFER AND MORE APPROACHABLE FOR PEOPLE TO GET THERE IN WAYS OTHER THAN AUTOMOBILE. WE SEE THE AREA NEXT TO MUDDY CREEK PRESERVE HAS CHANGED FROM PUBLIC TO ESTATE RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE FUTURE DESIGNATION OF THAT LAND. IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY GARLAND ISD. BUT IF GARLAND ISD WERE TO DO SOMETHING OR WERE TO SELL THAT LAND INSTEAD OF DESIGNATING IT PUBLIC, THE FUTURE CHARACTER OF THAT AREA, WE BELIEVE, SHOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL. INSTEAD OF SOMEONE PRIVATELY BUYING THAT LAND AND HAVING A PUBLIC DESIGNATION FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE, AND HAVING TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND ASK FOR AMENDMENTS, OR HAVING TO PROVE THEIR CASE FOR FUTURE ZONING. AND THEN WE SEE THE AREA OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE ON THE EAST. WE SEE AN EXTENSION OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PARKLAND. AND MOST OF THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ZONED AND UNDERWAY. BUT EXTENDING THAT AND ALSO I BELIEVE THERE'S A A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING IN THAT AREA UNDER THAT ZONING. AND THEN WE SEE JUST NORTH OF THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF MERRITT, WE SEE THAT PURPLE BOUNDARY ALSO EXTENDING TO THE NORTH. I BELIEVE, TO HUDSON ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF MERRITT. WE THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO A CRITICAL INTERSECTION TO PROVIDE COMMERCIAL SERVICES. AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. SO SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND FUTURE CONNECTIONS OR ROADS THAT [00:25:09] MAY NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO HELP PEOPLE GET AROUND TOWN. AND WE'LL SEE A FEW ADDITIONS STARTING IN THE NORTH, JUST NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 78, CONNECTING TO RANCH ROAD THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S A SMALL CONNECTION THERE THAT WE BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE MADE TO CONNECT TO RANCH ROAD AND THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THE OTHER CONNECTIONS AS WE LOOK TO THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE CITY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2017 MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT LACK OF CONNECTIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO IN RESPONSE TO TRYING TO GET BETTER CONNECTIVITY AND BETTER THROUGHPUT FOR PEOPLE LIVING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, WE PROPOSED CONNECTING COUNTRY CLUB ROAD TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE NEW ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER. SO CONNECTING THAT TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, AND WE ALSO SEE HUDSON ROAD EXTENDING EAST OVER MERRITT ROAD AND TYING INTO PLEASANT VALLEY. AND THEN WE ALSO SEE, I BELIEVE IT'S SOPRANO DRIVE OR SOPRANO ROAD IN THAT TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THAT CONNECTS NORTH UP TO PLEASANT VALLEY, TRYING TO TEE UP THAT INTERSECTION TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE THAN ONE INGRESS AND EGRESS POINT AND EASY ACCESS TO PLEASANT VALLEY, AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF OF PLEASANT VALLEY AND BACK THROUGH HUDSON, PAST HERITAGE PARK AND OVER TO MERRITT IF THEY CHOOSE. AND THEN WE SEE PLEASANT VALLEY TO THE SOUTH OF GEORGE BUSH. SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION, BUT THEY'RE BOTH PLEASANT VALLEY. SO, CONNECTING THAT PORTION OF PLEASANT VALLEY OVER TO MERRITT, JUST SOUTH OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, TO CREATE A MORE DEVELOPABLE BLOCK THERE. AND ANOTHER CITYWIDE CONSIDERATION THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ARE GATEWAYS AND PLACEMAKING. SO WE'VE GOT PRIMARY GATEWAYS THAT ARE KEY ENTRY POINTS OR FEATURES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO CREATE A STRONG SENSE OF ARRIVAL AND IDENTITY. AND THEN WE SEE SECONDARY GATEWAYS, WHICH ARE SMALLER, MORE LOCAL OR DISTRICT WIDE ENTRY POINTS THAT ENHANCE WAYFINDING AND LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE ARRIVING IN A SPECIAL AREA OR YOU'RE IN SACHSE, BUT YOU'RE IN OLD TOWN SACHSE OR YOU'RE IN, YOU KNOW, THE STATION AREA OF SACHSE. AND THEN WE HAVE LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS STREET SIGN TOPPERS, WAYFINDING PLACARDS, STREET DESIGNS, VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT GIVE YOU A FEEL THAT YOU'RE IN A DISTINCT PLACE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OLD TOWN, YOU MAY THINK ABOUT THE BRICKS AND THE DIFFERENT PAVERS THAT GIVE YOU A SENSE OF IDENTITY. SO WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LOCATIONS FOR PRIMARY GATEWAYS LIKELY AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH END OF STATE HIGHWAY 78 AND PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOST THROUGHPUT AND THE MOST RECOGNITION FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT REGIONALLY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE HERE. RIGHT NOW, THE WATER TOWER IS A GREAT WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A PRIMARY GATEWAY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THE SAME KIND OF GATEWAY MOST PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF ENTERING A COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE SECONDARY GATEWAYS AT SOME OTHER VARIOUS AREAS, LIKE OLD TOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 78 AND FIFTH STREET. THERE'S ALSO POTENTIAL AT MILES AND MERRITT ROADS, THE PRIMARY NORTH SOUTH CONNECTORS THROUGH THE CITY THAT PEOPLE TRAVEL. SO YOU RECOGNIZE I'M IN SACHSE AND THEN SACHSE ROAD TRAVERSING EAST WEST, PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CITY, GIVING THEM A RECOGNITION AND SENSE OF ARRIVAL. AND THEN WE HAVE DISTRICT WIDE DISTRICT ENHANCEMENTS. AND THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, STREETSCAPING IT COULD BE NEIGHBORHOODS, IT COULD BE UNIFORM SIGNAGE THAT'S A DIVERSE AND SPECIFIC TO THE AREA THAT YOU'RE IN. SO THE STATE HIGHWAY 78 CORRIDOR, THAT COULD BE DISTRICT WIDE, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FOR JUST THE OLD TOWN AREA OF STATE HIGHWAY 78. AND SAME WITH THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. YOU ALREADY HAVE. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE ARCHES OUTSIDE OF THE STATION ALONG MERRITT, THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. YOU RECOGNIZE YOU'RE AT THE STATION NOW, AND IT'S JUST A UNIQUE, [00:30:06] RECOGNIZABLE WAYFINDING ITEM. SO, WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LOCATIONS FOR THOSE ITEMS AS WELL. SO NOW THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FROM A CITY WIDE PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING IN MORE DETAIL AT SOME DETAILED STUDIES. SO ONE OF THOSE IS STATE HIGHWAY 78, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE FRAMEWORK PLAN, OR A PLAN FOR STATE HIGHWAY 78 ALONE. AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT CHARACTER AREAS. SO BREAKING THE CORRIDOR INTO UNIQUE DISTRICTS AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THERE MAY BE SIMILARITIES IN ONE AREA. IF WE THINK ABOUT OLD TOWN, IT'S KIND OF A SUB DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE HIGHWAY 78 CORRIDOR. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR THAT'S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR. SO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BREAK THE CORRIDOR INTO UNIQUE BUT SIMILAR BITE SIZED PIECES THEN WE ALSO HAVE CATALYST AREAS. SO OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT THAT CAN SORT OF SPARK A BIGGER CHANGE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD DEVELOP AND THEN CAUSE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AFTERWARDS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OLD TOWN, THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF AS A CATALYST SITE. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SPUR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OTHER JOBS. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO CREATE A DESIRE FOR PEOPLE TO BE THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GATEWAYS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH OF THOSE ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 78. THERE'S MAJOR ACCESS POINTS, WHETHER IT BE STATE HIGHWAY AND FIFTH STREET OR STATE HIGHWAY IN SACHSE ROAD, WOODBRIDGE WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE SMALLER, MORE NUANCED IDEAS LIKE INTERSECTION ENHANCEMENTS, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES, WHETHER THERE'S CROSSINGS OR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE INCORPORATED TO HELP PEOPLE GET ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 78 OR OTHER ROADS SAFELY, AND THEN NEW ACCESS POINTS. THOSE COULD BE VEHICULAR OR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED. SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS. SO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT COLORS REPRESENT VARIOUS CHARACTER AREAS THROUGHOUT STATE HIGHWAY 78. YOU SEE THE BLUE STARS REPRESENT PRIMARY GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. OR EXCUSE ME? THE CORRIDOR AT BOTH ENDS OF THE CITY LIMITS. WE SEE SOME OF THE SMALLER SECONDARY GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE ENTER THE DISTRICT, AND THEN WE SEE SOME OF THE MAJOR ACCESS POINTS AT WOODBRIDGE. LET'S SEE. FIFTH STREET AND VARIOUS OTHER POINTS. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS AND CROSSINGS WHERE PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET ACROSS STREETS SAFELY. AND WE'VE GOT NEW ACCESS POINT WHICH COULD BE IT'S CURRENTLY AT THE PARK NORTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. SO THAT COULD BE A TRAILHEAD OR JUST SOME SORT OF A LANDING SPOT FOR PEDESTRIANS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE THERE AS THEY ENTER THE LINEAR TRAIL THAT GOES TO THE NORTH. QUESTION. YES, SIR. THE LAND THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 78 BETWEEN THE RAILROAD AND THE. THE HIGHWAY. 78. WHO OWNS THAT LAND? I BELIEVE IT IS THE RAILROAD. I BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY. THEY WILL OWN IT ALL THE WAY UP TO 78, I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. THE NEXT QUESTION IS, IS THAT LAND? DEVELOPABLE? DEVELOPABLE? IT'S PRETTY NARROW. I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS. OKAY. SO AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT THOSE CATALYST AREAS, NOT ONLY IN THE STATE HIGHWAY 78 CORRIDOR, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY WE'RE TAKING AN APPROACH TO LOOK AT EACH OF THESE AREAS INDIVIDUALLY, SIMILAR TO HOW THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKED AT THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, OLD TOWN AND THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. WHICH LARGELY TURNED INTO RANCH PARK VILLAGE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS AREAS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT. AND AS WE THINK ABOUT EACH OF THESE AREAS, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING ARE JUST THE SITE CHARACTERISTICS, [00:35:09] THE SIZE CHALLENGES, WHAT IT'S ADJACENT TO THE MARKET. SO WHAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT? WHAT MAKES SENSE THERE? WHAT CAN THAT SITE ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE FROM A SIZE PERSPECTIVE? ARE THERE CHALLENGES? WE TALKED ABOUT PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE ON THE SOUTH, HAVING TOPOGRAPHY, HAVING CHALLENGES THERE. SO YOU MAY BE LIMITED IN WHAT YOU CAN DO, BUT ALSO THE VISION AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WHAT'S THE VISION FOR THIS AREA AND WHAT DO WE SEE IT BECOMING? HOW DOES IT WORK WITH THE LAND AROUND IT, AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE MOST MEANINGFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY IN SACHSE AND PEOPLE WHO VISIT? HOW CAN WE PACKAGE THAT IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME CONTRIBUTE TO. SO WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS. SO WHAT ARE THE STEPS NECESSARY FROM A REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, FROM AN INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE? HOW CAN WE ALIGN ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN? SO EACH OF THESE AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT TRANSPARENT. SO IT'S HARD TO SEE THE BOUNDARY I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON PLANS FOR EACH OF THESE. AND WE HOPE TO TAKE THOSE TO COUNCIL WHEN WE BRIEF THEM ON APRIL 7TH. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE COME UP WITH, THAT'S AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IT OUT. AND THEN ULTIMATELY THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ALL BEFORE ADOPTION. SO JUST A HEADS UP THERE. BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT OLD TOWN, THE GENERAL VISION AND DIRECTION IN THE CONVERSATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS STAFF. THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAVE ALL BEEN CONSIDERED, AND SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE DIRECTION FOR OLD TOWN IS TO CHAMPION THE AUTHENTICITY AND UNIQUENESS OF OLD TOWN AND TO ENCOURAGE A MIX OF USES AND CREATE INTERESTING SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER. SO SMALL PUBLIC SPACES, COOL SHOPS, PLACES TO HANG OUT. AND ALSO CREATING VALUE AND FISCAL RESILIENCY BY NOT JUST HAVING A SINGLE PRODUCT TYPE AND HAVING A VARIETY OF BUSINESSES AND PLACES THAT CAN SUSTAIN THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO ENHANCING THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL RECOGNITION AND DESTINATION. SO IT'S NOT JUST SERVING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT AROUND IT, BUT IT'S ALSO GIVING A REASON FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT SACHSE AND SHOP THERE AND EXPERIENCE OLD TOWN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S RUNG THROUGH FROM THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO CHAMPION FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS MADE IN THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, IT'S A SIMILAR STORY. A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH. AND A LOT OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE IS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE, BUT ALSO THE MAJOR INVESTMENT IN HERITAGE PARK AND USING THAT AS A GATHERING PLACE AND A CONNECTION AND DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO BUT ALSO ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS TO RECONNECT THE STREET NETWORK. WE SEE THE TWO MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS MAP. ONE IS HUDSON ROAD, CONTINUING TO THE EAST TO PLEASANT VALLEY AND PLEASANT VALLEY, TO THE SOUTH, EAST TO MERRITT, AS WELL AS THE CONNECTION FROM SOPRANO DRIVE NORTH TO PLEASANT VALLEY, SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S GOOD CIRCULATION AND CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO DIVERSIFYING THE TAX BASE BY PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT EVOLVE HAS BROUGHT TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S NOT A DESIRE FOR JUST ONE PRODUCT TYPE IN THIS AREA, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIVERSITY FOR BOTH FISCAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REASONS. SO STATE HIGHWAY 78 AND RANCH ROAD. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO PARCELS THERE OUTLINED. WE'RE THINKING OF THEM ALMOST CONNECTED, LIKE A BARBELL, IF YOU WILL. [00:40:02] THERE'S THE LITTLE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE THAT CONNECTS THEM. SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT DEVELOPMENT HERE SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE AND SENSITIVE TO WHAT'S ADJACENT. THEY'RE BOTH ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE PARCEL ON THE SOUTH JUST SOUTH OF RANCH ROAD, IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO RANCH PARK VILLAGE. SO WHATEVER HAPPENS THERE NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE RESIDENTS, AND IT NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND IT'S THE SAME WITH THE PARCEL TO THE NORTH THAT IS SOUTH OF WOODBRIDGE ROAD BACKS UP TO THAT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. BUT IT'S A LARGE PARCEL. IT'S, THEY'RE BOTH SOMEWHAT HIDDEN OFF OF 78. THEY DON'T HAVE GREAT VISIBILITY, BUT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES AND CREATE A REASON FOR PEOPLE TO COME INTO THAT DISTRICT. AND THEN THE TWO AREAS ALONG SACHSE ROAD ONE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MILES AND SACHSE ROAD, AND THE OTHER AT THE INTERSECTION OF MERRITT AND SACHSE ROAD, YOU CAN SEE THE INTERSECTION OF MERRITT AND SACHSE ROAD. THERE'S A LARGE ENCUMBRANCE OF FLOODPLAIN. THE PURPLE IS 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN, SO IT'S UNDEVELOPABLE PER SE. BUT WE KNOW MERRITT ROAD WILL REALIGN AND CONNECT WITH WOODBRIDGE, WHICH OPENS UP SOME OF THAT AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO AS AN AMENITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. IT COULD BE OPEN SPACE FLOODPLAIN THAT PEOPLE COULD LOOK OUT ONTO OR COULD USE. AS YOU KNOW, NOT A PARK PER SE, BUT A PASSIVE OPEN SPACE, SOMETHING THAT CREATES A UNIQUE DESTINATION AND SACHSE WHETHER IT'S A RESTAURANT WITH PATIOS OR RETAIL THAT USES THE OPEN SPACE SOMEHOW A BIKE STORE, JUST SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MILES AND SACHSE ROAD, JUST OUTSIDE OF WHERE WE ARE, WE ALSO SEE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY GOING SOUTH TO THE SOUTHEAST AND TO THE WEST OF EXCUSE ME, OF MILES ROAD. THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. THESE BOTH OF THESE SITES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE RETAIL GOODS AND SERVICES TO PEOPLE IN SACHSE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 78 CORRIDOR. AND THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH CORRIDOR WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OR SMALL GROCERY, SOMETHING QUICK THAT YOU CAN GO INTO, MAYBE COFFEE, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. BUT IT GIVES PEOPLE A REASON TO STOP ALONG SACHSE ROAD AND NOT JUST FLY THROUGH SACHSE. SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL CONTINUE. WE'RE WORKING ON CONCEPTS AND FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE CONCEPTS CURRENTLY, AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL HERE IN JUST A LITTLE UNDER A MONTH, AND WE'LL GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND MAKE ANY CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS FROM THERE. SO NEXT STEPS YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE ON THE WEBSITE. THE VIRTUAL ROOM SURVEY IS STILL OPEN FOR TWO MORE DAYS. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK ON THE ELEMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT. AND WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE, MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, ANY OF THE OTHER CONCEPTS THAT WE DISCUSSED. AND THEN TAKE THOSE FORWARD, GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. SO THE CATALYST AREA STUDIES, AS I MENTIONED, ARE ONGOING AND WILL WORK ON THE CONCEPTS AND IMPLEMENTATION TO MAKE THOSE A REALITY AND GET FEEDBACK ON THOSE. AND THEN WE WILL ULTIMATELY BRIEF THE SACHSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN LATE MARCH, BRIEF CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY APRIL, MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, AND TAKE THEIR FEEDBACK WITH THE HOPES OF GOING FOR ADOPTION IN EARLY MAY. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I THINK I HAVE TWO THAT I CAN THINK OF. SO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU HAD A BUNCH OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ENTRY MONUMENTS AND THE EXAMPLES OF THOSE. YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST SAID IT HERE AT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION, [00:45:02] BUT LIKE WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION HERE. DOES THAT HAVE TO GET APPROVED BY COUNCIL. YOU KNOW I GUESS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS LIKE IS IT. WHO'S FUNDING IT. I'M SURE THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM? AND LIKE, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR WHATEVER CONCEPTS YOU GUYS HAVE PROPOSED ON THAT? THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL GENERALLY RECOMMEND LOCATIONS AND IDEAS, AS WELL AS RECOMMEND FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE GATEWAYS. BUT AS FAR AS DESIGNING THE ACTUAL GATEWAY. THAT'S NOT THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE GET INTO, BUT WE WILL RECOMMEND LOCATIONS AND FUNDING SOURCES, WHETHER IT'S GRANT PROGRAMS OR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH TXDOT OR NTTA. THAT'S THE LEVEL OF RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'LL GET TO. AND THEN FROM THERE, IT'S UP TO THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT IT ON OUR OWN TIMELINE AND SOURCE OF FUNDS AND THAT KIND OF THING. YES, IT WOULD NEED TO BE. IT WOULD NEED TO BE DESIGNED, AND THE DESIGN AND IDEA WOULD NEED TO NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED AFTER THAT. SO, THIS IS REALLY JUST A STARTING BLOCK IF YOU WILL BUT STARTING TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS AND SOME POTENTIAL CONCEPTS. OKAY. AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION. GOING BACK FURTHER TO YOUR COMPARISON MAP OF THE OLD LAND USE. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. SO HOW DOES I'M CURIOUS AS HOW CHANGING THE LAND USE PLAN FOR EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE AND CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE CURRENT OWNER? FOR EXAMPLE, THIS AREA RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN AT SACHSE AND MILES. A PORTION OF IT WAS COMMERCIAL BEFORE. NOW A LARGER PORTION OF THE SURROUNDING INTERSECTION IS NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL, AND I SEE IT OVERTOP RESIDENTIAL LOTS. SO IF I'M THAT HOMEOWNER AND I AND I GET NOTICE THAT A RESIDENTIAL USE HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED TO RETAIL, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THAT OWNER OR ENTITY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD? YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. SO FUTURE LAND USE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ZONING. SO IT CAN'T CHANGE WHAT PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY DOING WITH THEIR HOMES. OR IF THEY SELL THEIR HOMES, THE ZONING WILL REMAIN THE SAME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY. BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, IF YOU WANT TO REZONE YOUR HOME OR DEVELOP IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN GIVES GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THAT USE SHOULD BE. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME FORTH AND, YOU KNOW, SAY THEY WANT TO DO INDUSTRIAL THERE OR SOMETHING THAT'S COUNTER TO WHAT'S PRESENTED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THEIR CASE IN FRONT OF P AND Z AND GET A ZONING CHANGE. BUT ULTIMATELY, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN CREATES THE VISION FOR WHAT IT COULD BE IN THE FUTURE. BUT THERE'S NO IMPLICATION ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW OR HOW THEY CAN USE THEIR LAND. THERE'S NO BEARING ON ZONING. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I JUST HAD TO ASK. YEAH. AND THEN FINAL QUESTION ON THE MTP MAP WHERE YOU HAVE NEW ROAD SEGMENTS HERE. SO LET'S SAY I'M THE CURRENT OWNER ON THIS EASTERN CORNER WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING A NEW LINK. HOW DOES ADDING AN MTP ROAD ALIGNMENT ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY AFFECT THEM? MAYBE. MAYBE IT DOESN'T, BUT A FUTURE SALE OF THAT PROPERTY AND SOMEONE DEVELOPS THAT THAT DEVELOPER WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO BUILD THE PORTION OF THE LINK PER THE MTP MAP, RIGHT? THEY WOULDN'T THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE OBLIGATED TO UNLESS THE CITY GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DECIDING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THE ROAD AND ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCT THE ROAD, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE THESE ARE JUST HOW WOULD YOU SAY TEMPORARY OR NOT, PERMANENT ALIGNMENTS. THESE ARE JUST CONNECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. THE ROAD WOULD HAVE TO BE DESIGNED. AND IT WOULD THE ALIGNMENT WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE TO BE DECIDED UPON. SO. NO, I UNDERSTOOD I HEAR THAT BASICALLY THE LINK OF THAT MTP ROAD SEGMENT WOULD, WOULD NEVER GET CONSTRUCTED OR UNDER DESIGN UNLESS THAT PIECE OF DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPS DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? LIKE IF THIS, IF I'M THIS. IF I'M THIS RESIDENTIAL OR THIS LANDOWNER HERE. THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO BUILD A ROAD ON THE PERIMETER OF THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ONE. CORRECT. NOT ON THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT OR MAP. CORRECT. IF THE MTP MAP GETS AMENDED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY WITH A NEW SEGMENT THERE, AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT LANDOWNER, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE THE OBLIGATION TO CONSTRUCT THAT PIECE OF THE ROAD? REID, I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. SO THE SEGMENT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE EXTENSION OF COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE. [00:50:05] YEAH. SO THE PIECE TO THE NORTH OF THE ESTATES OF PLEASANT VALLEY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PORTION OR THEIR PROPORTIONALITY OF THAT, THAT SEGMENT OF ROADWAY WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT. NOW, ASIDE FROM THAT, IF THAT PROPERTY WERE TO NEVER BE DEVELOPED, THE CITY COULD GO FORWARD WITH A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. TO BUILD THAT SECTION OF ROAD, WE WOULD HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT THIS IS AN IDENTIFIED SECTION OF ROAD ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. AS FAR AS THE DESIGN GOES, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT. YOU KNOW, WHERE WHAT, WHAT PROPERTIES IT REALLY IMPACTS. BUT IF THAT ROADWAY IS, IS ALIGNED TO GO TO A CERTAIN SECTION WHEN THAT PROPERTY DEVELOPS, THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BUILD THEIR PORTION OF THAT, THAT RIGHT OF WAY. YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PROPORTIONAL TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT THOUGH. YEAH. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NONE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE OUR NEXT STEP IS TO ADJOURN. SO, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:59 P.M. OH, GOT TO GIVE IT A TAP. IT'S NOT OFFICIAL UNLESS YOU TAP IT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.