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SO NOW DECLARE THE P PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY BOB KNOWLES, SENIOR PASTOR AT THE WILLOWEN CHURCH AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TEXAS PLEDGE LED BY THE BOY SCOUT TROOP 2 59 WITH CHARTER ORGANIZATION, 12 POINT IMPACT AT ST.
ELIZABETH ANN SETON CATHOLIC CHURCH.
WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE? YEAH.
FATHER GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU NOW, AND WE JUST HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE YOU, AND WE ASK YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM ON ALL MATTERS THAT WILL BE COVERED TODAY.
FATHER, SOMETIMES OUR ISSUES GET COMPLEX AND, UH, THEY'RE NOT EASY TO SORT OUT.
AND SO, FATHER, I JUST PRAY, UM, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US, UH, BY YOUR SPIRIT, GOD, THAT, THAT THAT DISCUSSIONS CAN BE DONE WITH PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AND GOD, THAT, UH, THAT DECISIONS WOULD BE SUCH THAT, THAT BRING ABOUT JUSTICE, BUT ALSO DO NOT, UH, LOSE SIGHT OF MERCY.
AND SO, FATHER GOD, UM, UH, ALL OF US HERE WILL DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN, BUT WE SEEK YOU IN THESE MOMENTS.
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THIS CITY, FOR THE STATE AND, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER.
AND, UH, MAY YOUR SON JESUS, UM, BE AN EXAMPLE FOR US ALL ON HOW TO LOVE AND TO GIVE AND TO SACRIFICE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE TEXT OR IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I'M SORRY, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, GOD INVISIBLE FOR ALL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE, UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE ONE STATE TWO.
DO WE HAVE, CAN WE DO IT BY HERE? YES.
YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS? YOU KNOW, THAT WORKS.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET ON THE STOOL.
I, I, I SAY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
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THANK YOU GUYS.[Proclamation: National Volunteer Week is April 17 - 21 and we celebrate and acknowledge the generous contributions of our volunteers.]
[PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS]
WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE THE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK PROCLAMATION, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, KARINA SADLER, VOLUNTEER RESOURCE SUPERVISOR, MORGAN GREEN GRIFFIN, VOLUNTEER RESOURCE COORDINATOR, ANDREW FORTUNE, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, WE'RE INDEED PROUD OF YOU.
I'M GONNA READ, I'M GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION VERY QUICKLY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BIG PICTURE.
AND WHEREAS VOLUNTEERS ENHANCED SERVICES PROVIDED TO CITY OF PLANO RESIDENTS AND EXTEND CAPACITY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND WHEREAS SEVENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS SERVE 67,000 HOURS WITH THE CITY OF PLANO IN 2022.
AND WHEREAS VOLUNTEERS IN PLANO CELEBRATES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY AND REMAINS A MODEL MUNICIPAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHEREAS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK TAKES PLACE EACH YEAR TO CELEBRATE THE IMPACT OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERS TO TACKLE SOCIETY'S GREAT, UH, CHALLENGES TO BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES AND BE A FORCE THAT TRANSFORMS THE WORLD.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN MUNNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 17TH THROUGH THE 21ST 2023 AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK IN PLANO.
AND I ALSO EXTEND SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ALL CITY OF PLANO VOLUNTEERS AND THE 40TH YEAR LEGACY OF VOLUNTEERS IN PLANO.
I DO THEREFORE ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IN HONORING AND THANKING ALL WHO VOLUNTEER, ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
YOU COULD HEAR THE BUZZ AS WE
UM, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING VOLUNTEERS.
THOSE WITH US TONIGHT IN THE BLUE SHIRTS REPRESENT THAT 7,500, UH, DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS FROM THE BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIC CLUBS, UH, WHO CHOOSE TO SERVE.
AND NOT EVERYBODY MAKES THAT CHOICE.
UH, MORGAN AND I SEE THAT AT V I P EVERY DAY.
THOSE WHO DO CALL US AND EMAIL US ARE MAKING A CHOICE TO SERVE THEIR CITY.
AND FOR THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WE USUALLY TAKE THE PICTURE THIS WAY.
I AND YOU GUYS NEED TO COME, COME GET IN THE PICTURE.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T AVOID 'EM.
I MEAN, I, WE WE'RE GONNA GET YA LET'S GET, LET'S GET RIGHT HERE.
ARE Y'ALL IN? LET ME PUT THIS UP.
DO YOU GUYS WANT TO COME IN? COME ON.
HANG, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.
SO THE P PLANO FIRE RESCUE HAS RECEIVED REACCREDITATION FROM THE COMMISSION ON THE FIRE ACCREDITATION INTERNATIONAL C F I C F I.
THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A TONGUE TWISTER.
SO WE HAVE OUR CHIEF, CHRIS, BIGGER STAFF, ASSISTANT CHIEF, JED MOBERLY, JEFF MOBERLY, BUDGET ANALYST, STEPHANIE SAILOR
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AND BUDGET ANALYST, HEATHER SCHWAN.ONCE AGAIN, PLANO FIRE AND RESCUE HAS ONCE AGAIN EARNED RE-ACCREDITATION FROM C F A I.
I WAS, I'M GONNA LET THE CHIEF SAY A FEW WORDS.
THE C F A I COMMISSIONED ON FIRE ACCREDITATION INTERNATIONAL IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR ACCREDITATION IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
AND SO SINCE 2001, PLANO FIRE RESCUE HAS, UH, HAD THAT ACCREDITATION.
AND SO AFTER 22 YEARS OF DOING REACCREDITATION, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD GET EASIER AS YOU WENT ALONG, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THEY WOULD PROBABLY TACKLE ME IF I SAID IT WAS EASY.
UM, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T GET EASIER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S BASED ON CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT.
AND SO IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU, YOU, THEY LOOK AT YOU AND THEY SAY, ARE YOU, ARE YOU WHAT YOU SAY YOU ARE? AND THEY LOOK AT EVERY PIECE OF IT.
AND THEN THEY ALSO LOOK FROM THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THAT'S HOW OFTEN YOU DO THE ACCREDITATION.
THEY SAY, DID YOU MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD? AND SO THERE'S JUST A, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT GOES INTO IT.
I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOURS, BUT I COULDN'T TOP TO 67,000 HOURS THAT, UH, THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS HAD, UH, DONE.
SO, UH, BUT IT'S A DEPARTMENT-WIDE, UH, PROJECT.
BUT THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE, OR THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CARRIED THE WEIGHT, CARRIE, US ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
AND SO, UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM PUBLICLY, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT, UH, THAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET US THERE.
WE GOTTA TAKE PICTURES, YOU KNOW THAT.
AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD, UH, KAREN BELISA.
DID I SAY IT RIGHT, KAREN? AND ISSUE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
WELL, WELCOME, WELCOME, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
I'M GONNA, UH, READ THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR YOU.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF PLANO, STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY.
AND YOU THEREFORE SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED, OR PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED NOR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR VALUABLE THING OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT AS A REOR, UH, AS A REWARD TO SECURE YOUR APPOINTMENT.
THAT'S A LOT TO ASK, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
THANK, SO I DIDN'T, UH, WE DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE A MI UH, AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I WILL MOVE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST,
[CONSENT AGENDA]
SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, UH, THE REST OF THE P O M MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION AS SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE BACK TO, UH, ITEM FOUR ON THE PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING AND CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.
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COUNCIL MEMBER RICK DELI, I THINK YOU HAD A, A QUESTION AND A COMMENT, AND THEN I'LL GET TO YOU.UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, CHAIRMAN SINGH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE CRC DO.
UH, I KNOW YOU GET A LOT OF APPLICATIONS AND PUT A TON OF WORK INTO REVIEWING THEM AND GETTING RESOURCES TO EXCELLENT NONPROFITS TO SERVE THE PLANO COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
UM, SIMILAR TO, UH, SOME OF THE POINTS THAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TWO RAISED, UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE RUBRIC, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS INTENDED, BUT SOME OF THEM READ ALMOST AS IF THIS WAS IN PART A WRITING COMPETITION OR A PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND AS A, A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL DEBATER IN OUR PLANO SCHOOLS, I CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION, UM, YOU KNOW, MOOT COURT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WRITE A BRIEF AND GET GRADED ON THAT ORAL ARGUMENT, GET GRADED ON THAT.
BUT I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING FOR, BUT IT KIND OF COMES ACROSS THAT WAY FROM THE QUESTIONS I ASSUME.
AND I, AND, AND I HOPE, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE CASE, THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE EXCELLENCE IN SUBSTANTIVELY DELIVERING SERVICES TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM.
YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THOSE WHO DID THE BEST IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
OBVIOUSLY THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS HOW YOU GET THE INFORMATION THAT ENABLES YOU TO DETERMINE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHO IS BEST SERVING PLANO RESIDENTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I ASSUME IF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE CONTENT OF AN APPLICATION BLOWS YOU AWAY, YOU KNOW, BUT THE GRAMMAR'S NOT GOOD.
THERE'S A RUN ON SENTENCE, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S NOT WHAT Y'ALL ARE, ARE, ARE LOOKING AT.
AND I GUESS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT, THAT MAY BE GIVING ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, THAT IMPRESSION, UH, I, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT THE RUBRIC AND I WENT THROUGH AND HIGHLIGHTED SOME THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE OBVIOUSLY SAYS APPLICATION QUALITY, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS 10 POINTS.
AND THEN I NOTED THAT, YOU KNOW, QUESTION FOUR, ABILITY TO SERVE PLANO RESIDENTS, WHICH REALLY IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? WHO, WHO'S SURE BEST SERVING PLANO RESIDENTS IS LISTED AS ONLY BEING WORTH FIVE POINTS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
THEN IF YOU LOOK AT SEVEN, YOU KNOW, DID THE SPEAKER EFFECTIVELY ANSWER THE PUBLIC HEARING QUESTIONS IN THE ALLOTTED TIME? THAT'S FIVE POINTS.
NUMBER EIGHT, WAS THE SPEAKER ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ANSWER STAFF QUESTIONS IN THE ALLOTTED TIME? ALSO, FIVE POINTS WAS THE SPEAK.
NUMBER 10, WAS THE SPEAKER ABLE TO CLEARLY ANSWER COMMISSION QUESTIONS? UH, THAT'S FIVE POINTS, YOU KNOW, WAS THE SPEAKER KNOWLEDGEABLE? THAT'S NUMBER 11.
AND NUMBER 12, DID THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION CONTENT MATCH OR ENHANCE THE CONTENT PRESENTED IN THE WRITTEN APPLICATION? UH, THAT'S FIVE POINTS AS WELL.
AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ASSUMING, ESPECIALLY CAUSE I'VE, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO US FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I, I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MAKING THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN THE PLANO COMMUNITY TO, TO DO, YOU KNOW, THESE VALUABLE SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT READING, READING THIS APPLICATION, IF I WAS, YOU KNOW, TO MAYOR PROTE, PRINCE'S, YOU KNOW, QUESTION ABOUT POTENTIALLY A NEW APPLICANT THINKING, IS THIS A PROCESS THAT I WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN? I MIGHT THINK THAT IT'S ALMOST, UH, FORM OVER SUBSTANCE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, TO, MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOUR APPLICATION AND YOUR, YOUR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION ARE HOW WE'RE DETERMINING WHO'S DELIVERING THE BEST, UH, SERVICES TO PLANO RESIDENTS, BUT NOT HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW WELL DID YOU DO AT WRITING AND SPEAKING, AND MAYBE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT, THAT REALLY DIG DOWN TO THE MEAT OF, YOU KNOW, WHO'S DOING THE BEST JOB, YOU KNOW, AS REFLECTED IN THE APPLICATION AND THE PRESENTATION, WHO'S DOING THE BEST JOB OF SERVING PLANO RESIDENTS? SO ANYWAY, THAT JUST, THAT'S WHAT JUMPED OUT AT ME FROM READING IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MIGHT ENHANCE, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR AND WHAT YOU'RE REALLY EVALUATING.
AND SO I WANT TO END WHERE I STARTED, WHICH IS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO AND THE HOURS AND HOURS Y'ALL PUT IN ON THIS.
SO, AND, AND JUST TO, JUST TO ASSURE YOU, THERE IS, UH, I WANT THERE TO BE NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS NO PREPONDERANCE, UH, SELF IMPORTANCE IN THE WAY THAT WE STRUCTURE A SCORING SYSTEM.
AND, UM, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, BUT, BUT WE, WE, WE, I DEFINITELY EMPATHIZE WITH HOW THE FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN WORK ON THE COPY, THE DICTION OF HOW WE, UM, WORD THESE CRITERIA.
BUT, UM, I ALSO WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT, UM, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE UP TOP IS REALLY JUST A, A STREAMLINE FOR VERSION, THE HEADLINES OF THE CATEGORIES, THE, THE OVERALL RUBRIC THAT GETS SENT OUT TO THE, TO THE, UH, UH, ORGANIZATION'S APPLICANTS.
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DO HAVE THE SUBTEXT, THEY HAVE GENERAL SUBTEXT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE MEMORANDUM DIS DISTRIBUTED BY LORI.THIS MEETING, THERE IS A MORE OF AN EXPLANATION, MORE OF A CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, BUT AGAIN, TO TO TO THE WISE WORDS OF CHARLIE MUNGER, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, YOU INCENTIVE DRIVES DESIRE, BEHAVIOR.
AND AS I EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY, WE REALLY HAVE, AS A C R C, WE HAVE TWO TOUCHPOINTS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
THE WRITTEN APPLICATION AND THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS WERE THE APPLICANTS COME IN, IN FRONT OF US AND REALLY TO INCENTIVIZE FOR THEM TO COME.
WE PUT A WAITING SCORE SCORING SYSTEM ON HOW THEY PRESENT.
BUT AGAIN, WE, I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THE FEEDBACK BACK TO OUR COMMISSION THAT WE CAN BETTER WORD AND BETTER MESSAGE WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING OPEN TO THAT FEEDBACK, AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF, OF APPLICANTS PUTTING THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD IN BOTH THE WRITTEN APPLICATION AND THE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO, TO ASK YOU ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN JUDGING USING RUBRICS, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY, OKAY, FOUR OUTTA FIVE ON THIS, EIGHT OUTTA 10 ON THAT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU ADDED UP AND AT THE END YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, WAIT A MINUTE, THI THIS ONE ADDED UP TO MORE THAN THAT ONE.
BUT I RE I REALLY, I REALLY THINK THAT ONE WAS ACTUALLY BETTER OR MORE VALUABLE.
I GUESS A TWO-PART QUESTION THERE, HAVE YOU HAD THAT EXPERIENCE ON THE CRC? AND, AND THEN SECONDLY, IF YOU HAVE, WHAT DO Y'ALL DO ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF AFTER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COM COMPARTMENTALIZING IT INTO ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, COMPARTMENTALIZED SCORES, IF YOU'RE LIKE, WAIT, THAT DIDN'T YIELD THE RESULT THAT, THAT INTUITIVELY I THOUGHT IT SHOULD.
WELL, CERTAINLY FROM A, UM, FROM A PERSONAL SENTIMENT BASIS, THERE'S CERTAINLY, THERE'S GONNA BE TIMES WHERE I, UM, A ORGANIZATION APPLICANT THAT I SCORED HIGHER AVERAGE TO A LOWER SCORE ON BEHALF OF COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENS.
AND, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE, IN OUR DELIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS, EACH YEAR AS WE REVIEW THIS PROCESS, WE ARE, UH, BASICALLY, UM, WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS, BEING ABLE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS, WE'RE GONNA OUTLINE IN FRONT OF THE ORGANIZATION AHEAD OF THE PROCESS THAT THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE, UH, GRANT PROCEEDS.
NOW, IF IT'S THE MANDATE AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL THAT WE SHOULD TAKE MORE OF A DIRECT APPROACH, WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY EVALUATE THAT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUS, PREVIOUSLY 2018, UM, CRC SIMPLY EVALUATED THE WRITTEN APPLICATION, HAD THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS OF THE APPLICANTS, AND THEY GOT TOGETHER IN A ROOM AND THEY SIMPLY NEGOTIATED AND DISCUSSED THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO BE REWARDED.
AND THERE, THERE IS CER CERTAINLY POSITIVES TO THAT PROCESS.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN FEEDBACK, CERTAINLY WILL, AND I, I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DOING THIS IN A, IN AN IMPARTIAL WAY.
AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT SHOULD CHANGE.
I JUST WONDERED, YOU KNOW, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE EVER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE CRC MEMBERS FELT LIKE, LIKE THERE, THERE WAS TOO HIGH OF A LEVEL OF, I GUESS, RIGIDITY, YOU KNOW, IN THE NUMERICAL SCORES VERSUS Y YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE CAPTURED IN, IN THOSE CATEGORIES.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE HOURS AND HOURS THAT Y'ALL DEDICATE, UH, TO THIS AS, AS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
SO THANK YOU YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GRADY, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, AND THEN I'LL HAVE MY OWN QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. WELL, THANK YOU AND, UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN SINGH.
AND, UH, FOR THE RECORD, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A CREDIBLE JOB OF PUBLIC SPEAKING.
UM, SO, UH, MY QUESTION TOUCHES ON WHAT BOTH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM COUNCILMAN RICK ELLI, UH, SAID FOR, SO IT SEEMS VERY HEAVILY WEIGHTED TOWARD THE WRITTEN PORTION, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT THE ACTUAL, UM, MEET THE ACTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION CAN DO.
BUT, UM, ARE YOU, AND HAVE YOU, CAN YOU, I SHOULD SAY DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ADJUST THE WRITTEN SCORE BASED ON INFORMATION THAT COMES TO LIGHT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO TO PRESENT, TO COME UP WITH A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE, UH, THE FINANCIAL, UH, ABILITY OR FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE ORGANIZATION IS WORTH 15 POINTS IN THE WRITTEN PORTION.
UM, SO IF MAYBE THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE RUBRIC WELL, OR THEY DIDN'T THINK, OR THEY ANSWERED A QUESTION THAT WASN'T ASKED, OR THEY OMITTED A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT CAME TO LIGHT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO THEY DIDN'T SCORE AS WELL DURING THE WRITTEN PORTION, BUT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, WELL I WISH I'D KNOWN THAT IN THE WRITTEN PORTION.
CAN YOU GO BACK AND ADJUST THOSE SCORES TO REFLECT THAT INFORMATION?
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SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.BUT ALSO TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT UP THE EXACT POINT.
YOU BROUGHT UP, WHAT IF IN A SITUATION WE DISCOVERED THINGS IN THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE READ IN THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
AND ONE ADJUSTMENT THAT WE MADE OVER THE COURSE OF THESE PAST TWO YEARS IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE RUBRIC CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THERE IS FIVE POINTS REWARDED ON THE BASIS BASIS OF DID THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION CONTENT MATTER OR ENHANCE THE APPLICATION CONTENT? SO THAT IS A, UH, A VALUE SYSTEM TO SAY, HEY, UH, IF WE DISCOVERED THINGS, UH, IN THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS IN CONTRADICTION TO WHAT WE RE REVIEWED IN THE WRITTEN APPLICATION, THEN THAT SHOULD WARRANT THE LOWER SCORE OF THOSE FIVE POINTS.
AND TO, TO, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE WRITTEN APPLICATION THINGS WE DISCOVER, OUR, OUR PHILOSOPHY AND OUR DISCUSSION CONCLUSION HAS BEEN, HEY, WE WANT THE ORGANIZATION TO PUT THE BEST FOOT FORWARD ON THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT UNFAIR TO THE INTENT OF EQUAL ACCESS TO A FAIR PROCESS.
WE WERE TO ALLOW FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS TO COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SAY, HEY, HEY, HEY, WAIT, LET'S, UH, WE DIDN'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
LET'S REVISE THE PRESENTED DUE DILIGENCE DOCUMENTS OR THE FACTS THAT WAS, UH, PRESENTED IN THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
SO THAT IS KIND OF THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENGINEER AWAY WITH OUR PROCESS AND OUR HEARING STUDENT INTEGRITY PROCESS WITH THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
AND I WAS THINKING MORE SO NOT WHERE THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING VERSUS THE WRITTEN APPLICATION, BUT WHERE SOMETHING ADDITIONAL COMES TO LIGHT.
AND, AND THAT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING ADDITIONAL AND, UM, I I, WE FEEL THAT AGAIN TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEEDBACK FROM, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLI, WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB WITH THE COPY AND DICTION OF HOW WE PRESENT THE CRITERIA FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THAT A LOT OF THAT CRITERIA IS MEANT TO AWARD ORGANIZATIONS FOR AN ENHANCING WRITTEN APPLICATION.
AND TO YOUR GOAL OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WEIGHTING THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION A LITTLE MORE HEAVILY THAN IT IS CURRENTLY? WE, WE HAVE CONSIDERED THAT WE, AND, AND THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, UM, DELIBERATED ON EVERY YEAR.
BUT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS SINCE THE RUBRIC HAS BEEN ADOPTED, THE WRITTEN APPLICATION HAS MORE WEIGHTED BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANTED, UH, WE FEEL THAT THE, UH, THE COMPETENCY AND THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL ORGANIZATION IS STATIC AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
IT SHOULDN'T CHANGE BASED ON THE PRESENTATION AND THE ABILITY OF A, OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A NATURAL PUBLIC SPEAKER.
SO I CAN COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE WITH THAT, WITH THAT SENTIMENT OF OUR COMMISSION, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHY HISTORICALLY WE WAITED THE WRITTEN APPLICATION MORE THAN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WELL, STILL DOING YOUR CREDIBLE JOB, AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU FOR SERVICE COUNCIL MEMBER GRADY.
UM, I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I HAD SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE RUBRIC AND I'LL, I'LL MENTION THEM IN A MINUTE.
BUT IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN THE DOCUMENT, UM, THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, UM, IS THAT THE APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S CONSOLIDATED PLAN ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
UM, HAVE YOU READ THAT PLAN, WHICH THE, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR THE CITY? NOT RECENTLY, BUT I HAVE.
HAVE THE OTHER, HAVE THE OTHER, UM, UH, COMMISSIONERS READ THAT PLAN? THAT HASN'T BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, AS PART OF THE TRAINING THAT, UM, PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED WITH THE COMMISSION.
OKAY, BECAUSE I WAS JUST WONDERING, I HAVE THE PLAN HERE.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A VERY THOROUGH DOCUMENT, UM, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY DETAILED AND VERY THICK.
THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT AN APPLICANT THAT IS GOING TO APPLY FOR THIS, THERE'S NO LINK ON THE SITE ON THIS APPLICATION PROCESS TO FIND THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, I HAD TO SEARCH FOR IT MYSELF BECAUSE IN THE APPLICATION ITSELF, AS IT EXISTS ON THE WEBSITE, THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CAN, AS AN APPLICANT FIND THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT.
AND IT SAYS THAT YOUR APPLICATION IS BASED ON THIS DOCUMENT FOR WHICH THE COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING TO WEIGH WHETHER OR NOT YOUR APPLICATION FULFILLS THE NEED OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, UM, WHICH IS ANOTHER 58 PAGES ADDED ONTO THAT PIECE OF READING.
UM, AND SO IF IT'S, THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT IF THEY CAN'T FIND THESE DOCUMENTS, THEY CAN'T FILL OUT THE APPLICATION CORRECTLY SO THEY CAN BE EVALUATED CORRECTLY SO THAT IT FULFILLS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY NEEDS.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE FIRST CONCERN THAT I SAW WITHIN THE DOCUMENT.
UM, AND SO I WANTED TO PASS THAT
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ON SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE I WAS COMING FROM AS FAR AS, UH, UH, A CONCERN, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE PROCESS IN AND OF ITSELF.UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON AND, AND MANY OF THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS MY PEERS HAVE TOUCHED ON THAT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN THE, UM, THE RUBRIC ITSELF.
AND THE RUBRIC BASICALLY SAYS, UM, AS, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, MOST OF IT IS ON THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
AND THEN A, A ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PORTION ON IT IS THE PRESENTATION.
UM, A LOT OF THESE, UH, NON-PROFITS ARE EXTREMELY GOOD AT DELIVERING SERVICES INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE A HEART IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE AND, AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
THEY MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST PERFORMER IN THE WORLD, UM, AND THEY MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST AUTHOR IN THE WORLD.
UM, AND SO THE CAUTION THAT I HAVE IS, IS THAT IF IT IS STRICTLY ON HOW WELL THEY WROTE A DOCUMENT OR HOW WELL THEY PERFORMED IN FRONT OF YOU, OR HOW WELL THEY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION OR THE STAFF'S QUESTION IN A SUBJECTIVE MANNER, UM, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE UNABLE TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN REALLY DELIVER THE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'RE NOT A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER AND THEY'RE NOT A GREAT WRITER.
UM, AND SO I, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK ELLI POINTED OUT THAT QUESTION NUMBER FOUR IS THE ABILITY TO SERVE PLANO RESIDENTS, WHICH SHOULD BE THE KEY TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, IS ONLY FIVE POINTS OUT OF A HUNDRED.
UM, AND SO I I, I LOOKED AT THAT AND CIRCLED THAT ONE, AND I CIRCLED ALSO NUMBER 14, WHICH IS THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN OUTCOMES ARE WE DELIVERING TO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN OUTCOMES? UM, AND SO WHAT I DID IS I WENT THROUGH, AND I, I ACTUALLY DID READ THIS BY THE WAY, UM, AND I MADE SOME NOTES WITHIN THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH I THOUGHT WERE, UM, OF IMPORTANCE.
AND I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU AS WELL, YOU AND, AND THE STAFF SO THAT YOU KNEW, UM, WHERE MY THOUGHTS WERE.
UM, PRIMARILY THERE ARE SEVEN GOALS WITHIN THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH SYNCS WITH THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
UM, AND THEY'RE DEFINED FAIRLY, FAIRLY SPECIFICALLY, UM, HOUSING REHABILITATION, HOME OWNERSHIP, SUPPLY OF UNITS, UM, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, HOMELESSNESS, SHELTERING SERVICES, PUBLIC SERVICES AND SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THEN FINALLY, GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
UM, AND SO, SO I WANTED TO DIG THROUGH THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT IF I WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS HOW WELL WE'VE DONE SO FAR, UM, WE ARE NOW IN THE 20 TO 24, UM, CONSOLIDATED PLAN IN YEAR THREE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED 20, 21 AND 22, SO WE'VE ENTERED ACTUALLY, I GUESS YEAR FOUR, YOU COULD COUNT AS YEAR FOUR.
BUT THEN WE'RE NOT THAT DEEP INTO IT.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME, WHAT I WOULD CALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GETTING TO THE GOALS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SET UP.
AND SO THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS, IS ARE WE GETTING THE RIGHT DOLLARS TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE RUBRIC AND BEING ABLE FOR IT TO SATISFY, UH, WHAT, WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
SO WHEN I START TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE ADMINISTER THE PLAN, UM, WE ACTUALLY, IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS ARE, AS WE ALL A ACRONYMICALLY SAY, CDBG FUNDS, UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAXIMIZE, UH, WHAT I CALL A CARVE OFF OF THAT OF 20%.
AND THAT IS USED FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
UM, THAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT $285,000 SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
IN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SIX GOAL AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO ACHIEVE, WE'VE REALLY ONLY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS LENT OUT DOLLARS TO FIVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IF YOU ADD UP THE CDBG FUNDS THAT WE PUT OUT TO THOSE FIVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, IT CAME UP TO $272,000.
SO I AM SITTING HERE THINKING WE'RE, WE'RE ADMINISTERING USING $285,000 TO ADMINISTER FIVE GRANTS FOR A TOTAL OF $272,000 OTHER THAN OUR OWN WORK INTERNALLY.
SO HOUSING REHAB, WE DO INTERNALLY, AND IT, AND IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY IN A DOCUMENT THAT WE DO, THAT HOUSING REHAB IS ALL, ALL ADMINISTERED THROUGH 7 77 EAST 15TH, WHICH IS
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ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.SO THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE WHEN WE ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS IS GETTING MONEY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF WE'RE USING 285 OR 282,000 TO ADMINISTER 270 2005 GRANTS, I WONDER HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING OUT THE STREET.
SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT? YES.
AND, UH, IN RESPONSE FOR A BIG PART, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MIRROR YOUR SENTIMENTS AND PERHAPS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE ALLOCATION OF CDBG AND HOME FUNDS, UM, FROM, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION.
I THINK A BIG PART OF THAT IS TOP OF THE FUNNEL ISSUE.
THERE'S NOT VERY MANY APPLICANTS THAT COME TO THE CITY FOR, UH, THE CDBG FUNDS AND THE HOME FUNDS FOR VERY REASONS.
AND ONE REASON THAT'S BEEN SHARED BY ME TO ME, BY MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IS SIMPLY, UM, THE, THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE FUNDS ARE, UM, PROHIBITED FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS OR NOT WORTHWHILE.
SO I, I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION.
I'M OPEN TO A SOLUTION, BUT I DEFINITELY, UM, EMPATHIZE WITH THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED WITH THOSE FUNDS.
AND I, AND I THINK I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REACH OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND FIND PEOPLE THAT CAN USE THOSE FUNDS.
UM, I, I THINK THAT OUR STAFF, UM, BETTER UTILIZATION SOMETIMES IS NOT DOING HOUSING REHAB.
I MEAN, I'M GONNA BE REAL HONEST.
UM, LOTS OF OTHER THINGS, A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
WE DON'T NEED TO BE A HOUSING REHAB GENERAL, PRE, UH, GENERAL, UH, CONTRACTOR.
AND, AND SO I, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE MY MAJOR CONCERNS IS THE RUBRIC ITSELF, 90% OF IT DOESN'T ADDRESS WHAT I SAY IS GETTING DOLLARS OUT ON THE STREET AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE MY POINTS.
I KNOW THAT THE, THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS BROUGHT UP OTHERS, UM, I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THEM, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT THE TRUE DELIVERABLE SUBSTANCE, UM, WHICH IS HOW MUCH ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY? I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CDBG AND THE HOME FUNDS AND HOW IT HAS SOME RESTRICTIONS TO IT.
I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AND FROM A COMMISSION STANDPOINT, THAT WILL BE A CHARGE THAT I WOULD GIVE YOU, IS WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IF OUR DRIVE, IF OUR GUIDE IS THIS CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AND WE EXPECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THIS TO READ THESE TWO DOCUMENTS AND UNDERSTAND THEM SO THAT WE CAN GRADE THEM ON THEIR, THEIR APPLICATIONS ON HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING THE DELIVERY, AND THEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCORE THAT'S IN THEIR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ON HOW WELL WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, I DON'T THINK THEY MATCH UP TO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO BE DOING.
NOW, COUNCILMAN, UH, GRADY, JUST SO I CAN MITIGATE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS IN TERMS OF THE RUBRIC ON THE, ON THE WRITTEN APPLICATION, UM, COMPONENT, YOUR CONCERN ABOUT DIRECTING, UH, PROCEEDS AND EVALUATION THE, THE, THE WEIGHTED VALUE TO, UH, PRIORITY NEEDS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION THEY NEED, AND YES, THAT IS, THAT IS ONLY 10 POINTS, BUT, UM, THE WAY, PERHAPS THE MISTAKE THAT, OR, OR THE AREA OF, UH, REFINEMENT THAT WE CAN TAKE IS THAT OUR INTENTION FOR THAT IS THAT IT'S TO BE MATCHED WITH THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE PROGRAM, ABILITY TO SERVE RESIDENTS AND PROPOSE OUTCOME MEASURES.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION IN NEED IS JUST AN IDEA.
AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A THOUGHT PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS, THE IDEA IS NOT WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S THE COMPETENCY IN THE EXECUTION.
SO WHEN PAIRED WITH CAPACITY TO MANAGE PROGRAM ABILITY TO SERVE PERAL RESIDENTS AND PROPOSE OUTCOME MEASURES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AWARDING 35 OF THE MAXIMUM 60 POINTS UNDER WRITTEN APPLICATION TO REALLY, UH, OUR EVALUATION OF AN ORGANIZATION ABILITY TO BOTH HAVE THE IDENTIFIED IDEA TO, UH, THE PROJECT NEED, BUT ALSO TO EXECUTE.
SO I, AGAIN, I KNOW WE, THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD THIS RUBRIC MM-HMM.
AND SO WE, WE WILL CERTAINLY, I WILL TAKE, CERTAINLY TAKE THESE SENTIMENTS BACK TO THE COMMISSION, AND WE CAN REFINE THE WORDING AND PERHAPS HOW WE GROUP THESE, UH, CRITERIA MEASURES.
BECAUSE, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE IMPORTANT THING IS
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THE OUTCOMES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE STATED WITHIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS THE OUTCOMES, BUT OUR SCORECARD DOESN'T INDICATE WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING OUR OUTCOMES.SO WHEN I SEE THAT THE SCORECARD IS NOT ACCOMPLISHING OUR, WHAT WE SAID OUR OUTCOMES NEED TO BE, I STARTED GOING BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO FIND OUT WHERE THE ISSUES ARE, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M FINDING THEM.
JUST A QUICK THING AND, AND JUST FOLLOW UP.
DO A FINE JOB ON PUBLIC SPEAK.
UM, O ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST, AND, AND, AND A LOT OF BEEN HAS BEEN SAID, BUT, UH, I THINK IN, UH, WITH, UH, MAYOR PROM'S POINT AND, AND, AND, UH, MAYOR, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROM, BOTH W WE DO NEED TO HAVE A TRACK, OR LET'S CALL IT FIRST TIMERS, OKAY.
BECAUSE JUST FOR EXAMPLE, I MEAN, THERE, THERE ONE GROUP THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM US HERE, A HOPE RESTORED MISSION I KNOW OF, AND HELPED THEM WITH SOME THINGS I ASKED THEM WAS, I SAID, YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO APPLY, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR GRANT PROCESS TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE.
THEY, THEY, THEY HELP, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS, HOMELESS PREVENTION AND PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS AND HELP 'EM, YOU KNOW, GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.
AND THEY SAID, WE WE'RE JUST, WE'RE TOO SMALL.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT CAN WRITE THIS THING, YOU KNOW? UH, SO THAT HAPPENS.
AND, AND I THINK IF WE HAD A, A TRACK, A SEPARATE CATEGORY AS WE'RE DOING ALL THIS A SEPARATE SET ASIDE FOR FIRST TIME APPLICANTS, IT WOULD KIND OF BE AN EQUAL FOOTING.
YOU KNOW, YES, EVERYBODY MIGHT DO A CRAPPY WRITTEN THING, BUT THEY'RE ALL GONNA DO THE CRAPPY WRITTEN THING.
SO THEY'RE ON, THEY'RE ON EQUAL GROUND.
THEY'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST PEOPLE THAT DO THIS EVERY YEAR AND GET GRANTS AND GET FUNDS BECAUSE THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR.
AND LET, LET'S, LET'S DO THAT.
AND, AND YES, I THINK COUNCILMAN GRAY, GREAT POINTS, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO THE RUBRICS BECAUSE COUNCILMAN RICK DELEY POINTED THIS OUT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SERVING THE CITIZENS, SERVING THE PEOPLE IN NEED.
IF, IF WE'RE NOT ENSURING THE BEST WAY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, WE ARE NOT DOING THE RIGHT JOB.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB AT DELIVERING GET, IT DOES NO GOOD TO GET THE MONEY IF WE CAN'T GET IT OUT, SO THE PEOPLE ARE IN NEED.
SO, BUT LET, LET'S, LET'S DEFINITELY, LET'S LOOK AT DOING A SEPARATE TRACK FOR FIRST TIME APPLICANTS AND, AND PUTTING THAT IN PLACE.
THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, VERY HELPFUL FOR US.
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, DID YOU WANNA SEE IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR FUTURE DISCUSSION ON AGENDA ITEMS? AND WE'LL FINISH OFF THE P O M YEAH.
ON THE POM, UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR A ACTION ON FUTURE AGENDAS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
[(1)
Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-001 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, granting Specific Use Permit No. 67 for Martial Arts Studio on 0.1 acre of land located on the south side of Capital Avenue, 684 feet east of N Avenue in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, presently zoned Light Industrial-1, directing a change accordingly in the official zoning map of the City; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Petitioner: Joe L. Griffith
]ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES PRESENTATION TIME WITH A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL IF NEEDED.REMAINING SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 30 TOTAL MINUTES OF TESTIMONY TIME WITH THREE MINUTES ASSIGNED PER SPEAKER.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAYMAN THESE TIMES IS DEEMED NECESSARY.
NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. PRESIDING OFFICER WILL PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA NOT POSTED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS, THE LENGTH OF THE AGENDA, AND TO ENSURE MEETING EFFICIENCY AND MAY INCLUDE A CUMULATIVE TIME LIMIT.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER OF THE REQUESTS ARE RECEIVED UNTIL THE CUMULATIVE TIME IS EXHAUSTED.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN ZONING CASE 2023 DASH ZERO ONE TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CI CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015 DASH FIVE DASH TWO S FOUR AMENDED GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 67 FOR MARSHALL ART STUDIO ON 0.1 ACRE OF LAND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CAPITOL AVENUE, 800 OR 684 FEET EAST OF N AVENUE IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, PRESENTLY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ONE DIRECTING.
CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A REPEAL OR CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PUBLICATION CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
HELLO AGAIN, MAYOR COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVES.
I AM CHRISTINA DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
UM, SO WE HAVE A ZONING CASE BEFORE YOU.
IT IS THE FIRST 2023 ZONING CASE, AND IT IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR MARTIAL ARTS STUDIO IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA OF, UH, EAST PLANO AT
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CAPITAL AVENUE NEAR, UH, N AVENUE.SO YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION, IT IS A, AGAIN, A LEASE SPACE, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S INTERNAL TO THE LOT, BECAUSE IT IS A PART OF A BUILDING.
AND THE NOTICE AREA, UH, 200 FOOT AND 500 FOOT INDICATED ON THE SCREEN.
SO THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF WHERE THIS WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE BUILDING.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BUILDING FACES CAPITOL AVENUE.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS PART OF THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER'S DESIGNATION ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND THIS, UH, REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT DESIGNATION.
IT IS CLASSIFIED AS RETAIL TYPES, WHICH WOULD NOT CHANGE THE LAND USE MIX IN THIS AREA.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SUMMARY, IT, THE REQUEST MEETS THE DESCRIPTION AND PRIORITY.
UH, THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE MIX OF USES, AND THE OTHER ITEMS ARE NOT REALLY APPLICABLE BECAUSE THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THE PHYSICAL SITE.
SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE RESPONSE.
WE HAD A, UH, LETTER FROM AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 200 FEET.
THEY'RE NEUTRAL TO THE REQUEST.
AND THEN WE HAD A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, FEEDBACK, THREE TOTAL FEEDBACK, UH, RESPONSES WITH ONE IN SUPPORT AND TWO NEUTRAL CITYWIDE.
SO WITH THAT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS, UH, UNANIMOUSLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANKS.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS? THE ONLY SPEAKER WE HAVE ON THIS ITEM IS THE APPLICANT.
HI, I'M, I'M TRACY DICKEY AND I'M A, A RESIDENCE OF MURPHY, BUT I HAVE TWO BUSINESSES HERE IN, IN PLANO.
I WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY SCHOOL.
UH, IT'S TEXAS US CHEN R KARATE PI OF EAST PLAIN, WHERE A TRISH TRADITIONAL OKINAWA KARATE.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE P PLANO COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA FOR OVER 15 YEARS, SUBLEASING SPACE.
THROUGHOUT THIS TIME, I'VE BEEN LOCATED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT GYMNASTICS SCHOOLS ALONG SUMMIT AVENUE, BUT MOST RECENTLY, THE FLIP FACTORY, UM, ON SUMMIT.
OUR PROGRAM INCLUDES MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL ABILITIES AND AGES UP TO FOR, AND, UH, UM, OUR CLASSES ARE, ARE SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING AND LOCAL CHARITIES, INCLUDING EMILY'S PLACE IN NEW BEGIN, UH, UH, NEW BEGINNINGS, HOPE STORE AND TREASURED VESSELS, UM, FOUNDATION WHERE I VOLUNTEER.
WE, UM, WE PROVIDE SELF-DEFENSE SEMINARS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, GIRL SCOUTS, TROOPS, UM, AND TEACHERS, ET CETERA.
AND IN LOUIS FEES, I DONATE ALL THAT MONEY TO HOPE STORE TREASURED VESSELS.
MORE THAN FOUR, OUTTA FIVE OF OUR STUDENTS ATTEND WITH ANOTHER FAMILY MOTHER, WHE WHETHER A PARENT OR A SIBLING.
WE PROVIDE AN ADAPTIVE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES.
AND 20% OF OUR STU STUDENTS ARE ON SCHOLARSHIP TO, TO, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR TRAINING TO REMAIN WITHIN THE SAME AREA OF PLANO THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN.
WE ARE LOOKING TO OPEN UP THE FACILITY AT 1506 CAPITAL.
THIS LOCATION IS CENTRAL TO OUR CURRENT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL WITHIN THE CENTRAL PLANO AREA.
THE SPACE IS IDEAL SIZE FOR HAVING AND WORKOUT AREA, CHANGING ROOMS, RESTROOMS, THE OFFICE AND THE LOBBY FOR THE PARENTS.
OUR LOCATION IS NESTLED IN ON OTHER ATHLETIC FACILITIES ON SUMMIT AVENUE AVENUE N PAO PARKWAY, SUCH AS VOLLEYBALL, CRICKET, CHEERLEADING, JIUJITSU, AND BASKETBALL.
WITH MOST OF OUR CLASSES BEING HELD IN THE EVENING WEEKENDS, THERE IS LITTLE IMPACT ON THE OTHER TENANTS.
WITH OUR OWN FACILITY, WE'RE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, OFFER MORE CLASSES TAILORED TOWARDS PACIFIC NEEDS, STUDENT STUDENTS WITH CHALLENGES, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SELF-DEFENSE SEMINARS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND INCREASE OUR VOLUNTEERING WITH UNDER, UM, UNDERSERVED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED WITH.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PLAINTIFF, THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
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NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER[(2)
Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2022-018 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, so as to rezone 5.2 acres of land located on the west side of J Place, 111 feet north of State Highway 190 in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, from Light Commercial to Planned Development-57-Corridor Commercial and rescind Specific Use Permits No. 525 and 529 for Contract Construction; No. 526 and 528 for Auto Storage; and No. 527 and 530 for Used Car Dealer; presently zoned Light Commercial with Specific Use Permits No. 525 and 529 for Contract Construction; No. 526 and 528 for Auto Storage; and No. 527 and 530 for Used Car Dealer; directing changes accordingly in the official zoning map of the City; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Petitioners: Jan Martin, Grapeland Properties, LLC, S.H. Lucas Investments, LLC, Numero Uno, Ltd., and Smith-Lisle Holdings Ltd.
]TWO, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN ZONING CASE 2022 DASH 18, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015 DASH FIVE DASH TWO AS HERE TO FOR AMENDED.SO AS TO REZONE, 5.2 ACRES OF LAND, LOW OF LAND LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF JAY PLACE, 111 FEET NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY ONE 90 IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS FROM LAKE COMMERCIAL TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT, 57 CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL AND RESEND SPECIFIC USE PERMITS 5 25 AND FRONT 5 29 FOR CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION NUMBER 5 26 AND 5 28 FOR AUTO STORAGE.
AND 5 27 AND FIVE 30 FOR USED CAR DEALER.
PRESENTLY ZONED LIKE COMMERCIAL WITH SPECIFIC USED PERMITS, 5 25 AND 5 29 FOR CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION, 5 26 AND 5 28 AUTO STORAGE.
AND NUMBER 5 27 AND FIVE 30 FOR USED CAR DEALER DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A REPEAL OR CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PUBLICATION CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT CASE ZONING CASE 20 22 18 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 5.2 ACRES ON THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE K AVENUE CORRIDOR.
IT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED ON J PLACE, AND THE REQUEST IS TO CREATE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, BETTER ALLOWS THIS PROPERTY TO COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STANDARDS.
UM, SO MOVING FORWARD, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING PROPERTIES TODAY VIA AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, UH, AND THE SURROUNDING LAND USES IN THE AREA.
UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, AND THAT IT IS SURROUNDED PRIMARILY BY COMMERCIAL USES, UH, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST.
UH, THERE IS SOME VACANT PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH AND A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST ACROSS THE DART LIGHT RAIL LINE.
STATE HIGHWAY ONE 90 IS ALSO TO THE SOUTH.
SO THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE.
IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT STIPULATIONS, SO THERE COULD BE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD DEVELOP, UH, WITH THE, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT STIPULATIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED, THERE ARE TWO BUILDINGS PROPOSED.
THE PROPERTY IS BISECTED EAST WEST, ROUGHLY IN THE MIDDLE, UH, BY A WATER, A NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT EASEMENT.
SO, UH, HENCE THE, THE TWO BUILDINGS IN THAT SEPARATION, UH, THAT'S BEING USED AS A CONNECTION THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ZONING HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, PRIOR TO 2003, IT WAS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT STILL CONTAINS INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES.
UM, HENCE ALSO ALL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMITS THAT WOULD BE RESCINDED WERE THIS CASE APPROVED.
UM, THINGS LIKE USED CAR DEALERSHIP AND CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED HERE.
UH, BECAUSE OF THAT PREVIOUS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, THE CITY INITIATED REZONING OF THIS AREA BECAUSE OF CHANGES TO THE CORRIDOR BACK IN 2003.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE PROPERTY WAS CHANGED TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND THOSE SUVS WERE PUT IN PLACE.
SO A SIMILAR ZONING CASE WAS SUBMITTED, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN 2001, BUT, UH, WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OF REVIEW CYCLES AND WERE WITHDRAWN.
IT DID NOT, WAS THERE WAS NO PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOWS ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IT IS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR'S FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
AND SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ANALYSIS, I WANNA SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME DETAILS THERE.
UM, THIS, IT DOES MEET THE DESCRIPTION OF PRIORITIES OF THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
UM, THE MIX OF USES, UH, ARE NOT EXACTLY ALIGNED.
UH, THE MIX HAS 92.8% MULTIFAMILY TODAY, AND THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE MIX IS ZERO TO 90%.
UH, CHARACTER DEFINING ELEMENTS, THOSE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE THAT MEET.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE IS SOME CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION NEEDED ON THE APPLICABILITY OF TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE DENSITY IN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR DEPENDS ON WHETHER IT'S CONSIDERED TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WAS INFORMATION ON THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT
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PLANNING AND ZONING DID FIND IT WAS TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.UM, SO THAT'S, UH, YET TO BE SEEN THIS EVENING.
UH, THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, MAP BIKE, TRANSPORTATION MAP AND PARKS MASTER PLAN MAP ARE ALL IN CONFORMANCE.
THE EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MAP, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THERE.
UM, THERE IS MITIGATION PROPOSED, HOWEVER, REDEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS POLICY THAT REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO BECAUSE OF THE MIX OF USES ISSUE, THAT IS, UM, THAT CREATES A CONCERN WITH THAT POLICY.
UM, THAT'S SIMILAR TO CONCERNS ON OUR GM ONE AND OUR GM EIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, PENDING THE T O D APPLICABILITY FOR THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN DOWNTOWN VISION AND STRATEGY UPDATE.
BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT R G M ACTION EIGHT DOES.
THERE IS SOME CONFORMANCE THERE IF YOU FIND IT TO BE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT, BUT WE WILL MOVE ON
ALL RIGHT, SO HERE IS THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AREA MAP.
SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS LOCATED, UH, IN THE E EHA TWO AREA THAT STATES THAT, UM, SENSITIVE LAND USES ARE GENERALLY INAPPROPRIATE, BUT MAY BE, UH, UTILIZED IF SATISFACTORY MITIGATION IS ACHIEVED.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE, UM, IS THE MITIGATION.
THERE ARE MITIGATION MEASURES PROPOSED FOR BOTH NOISE AND POLLUTION IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT STIPULATIONS.
SO THE QUESTION OF IS THIS TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT? THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BUSH STATION.
HOWEVER, THE, UH, DOWNTOWN, UH, PLAN DOES INCORPORATE THE DOWN THE BUSH DART STATION.
SO THERE COMES THE POLICY KIND OF CONFLICT THAT YOU CAN WRESTLE WITH.
UM, IT IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE BUSH DART STATION AT APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND FEET.
AND SO FUTURE RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A DIRECT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY ONE 90 BY A PROPOSED TRAIL CONNECTION.
UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID FIND THIS TO BE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES SUPPORT, UH, THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF LIGHT RAIL STATIONS.
SO MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE PD IS LIMITED TO 325 UNITS ON THE SITE.
THEY'RE UTILIZING THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS GOVERNMENT ZONING DISTRICT STANDARDS FOR THE TYPE OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
SO IF THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE TYPE, UH, DESIGN THAT YOU WOULD SEE THERE, BOTH UNIT SIZE PARKING, UH, THE STANDARDS THAT ARE UTILIZED IN THE PD ARE BASED ON THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ADJACENCY ISSUES TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, THE SOUTH PRIMARILY BEING THE HIGHWAY.
UM, THE NORTH BEING SOME EXISTING LAND USES THERE WITH, UH, GARAGE DOORS FACING THE SITE.
THOSE ARE AGAIN, ADDRESSED THROUGH THE PD STIPULATIONS.
THERE'S SOME LANDSCAPE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.
AND, UM, THERE ARE ALSO SITE AMENITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MULTIFAMILY USE THAT WE HOPE BRING SOME ADDITIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE TO FUTURE RESIDENTS SHOULD THE REQUEST BE APPROVED.
SO PLAN DEVELOPMENT STIPULATIONS ALSO INCLUDE EHA MITIGATION.
SO, UH, POLLUTION MEASURES INCLUDING LOCATION FOR INTAKES FOR OUTDOOR AIR, MECHANICAL VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS.
UM, NOISE MITIGATION FOR USING THE PARKING STRUCTURE AS A BUFFER.
UH, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS REQUIRING INTERIOR NOISE MITIGATION AND BALCONY RESTRICTIONS ARE ALL PART OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
WITH REGARD TO OPEN SPACE, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE BACK TO THE, IS IT A T O D QUESTION? UH, THE T O D STANDARD IN THE DASHBOARD POLICY IS FIVE TO 10%, UM, FOR THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEN FOR OTHER AREAS IT'S 10 TO 20%.
THE PROPOSAL IS CLOSER TO THE NON T O D, BUT WE THINK BECAUSE OF THE BUFFERS THAT ARE NEEDED, BECAUSE OF SOME ADJACENCY THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION IN THIS AREA, EVEN IF YOU FIND IT TO BE TRANSIT ORIENTED.
SO RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS, UM, THERE IS A SETBACK FROM THE NORTHERN PROPERTY HERE AND, UM, THAT IS HELPFUL AGAIN TO A SCREEN AND BUFFER FROM THOSE ADJACENT USES.
THERE'S A 10 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UM, AS WELL AS A
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FENCING.UH, THERE'S A FIVE FOOT LANDSCAPE EDGE ON THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AMENITIES THAT ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY TO IMPROVE THAT AREA.
UH, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY, STREET TREES ON STREET PARKING, AND THEN A NICE CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING TRAIL ALONG THE DART LINE THAT IS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WITH REGARD TO FEEDBACK, UM, WE INCLUDED TWO TABLES.
UH, WE DON'T OFTEN GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PROPERTY ITSELF, BUT THIS TIME WE DID, WE DID NOT GET RESPONSES FROM WITHIN THE BUFFER, BUT WE DID GET A RESPONSE FROM A PROPERTY OWNER.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE ONE SIGNED LETTER HERE REPRESENTING TWO ACRES.
AND THEN OTHER RESPONSES THROUGHOUT, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, WILL SAY EIGHT, UM, TWO WERE DUPLICATE RESPONSES AND TWO RESPONSES ARE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY OF PLANO.
UM, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 10 RESPONSES.
SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR UNDUPLICATED PLANO RESPONSES, YOUR NUMBER IS SIX, AND THERE'S A MAP OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A VOTE OF FOUR IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION, AND ONE ABSTENTION.
UM, THIS CASE DOES REQUIRE FINDINGS DUE TO THE, UH, RGM POLICY AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE IF YOU WERE VOTING TO APPROVE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS CASE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF MAYOR PRO TEMP ON THE UNDEVELOPED LAND RIGHT TO THE SOUTH? MM-HMM.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT SPECIFICALLY OF IS IT A DEVELOPABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY? YEAH.
AND I THINK THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPING THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT I THINK THAT IT MAY REQUIRE VARIANCES, BUT I DO THINK THAT YOU COULD DEVELOP SOMETHING, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY SMALL.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE TWO THERE BEING INCOMPATIBLE ZONING WITH ONE BEING RESIDENTIAL AND ONE REMAINING LIKE COMMERCIAL THERE? UM, I DO NOT, UH, THINK THAT'S THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITION.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S A VERY LIMITED, THEY'RE VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT PROPERTY.
IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT THAT PROPERTY WERE REZONED.
SO IF THIS ZONING CASE IS APPROVED, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO LOOK AT WORKING WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER FOR REZONING.
THANK YOU, CHRISTINA, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH RESPECT TO THIS ZONING CASE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, GENERALLY SUPPORTS, UH, UH, T O D WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF LIGHT RAIL STATIONS.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH IS IT IT DOESN'T SUPPORT AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF UNITS, UH, THAT THE DASHBOARD STILL APPLY.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ESSENTIALLY THE OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION, RIGHT? T O D UH, UH, T O D UH, TYPE DEVELOPMENT IS, IS FAVORED WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF, UH, OF LIGHT RAIL STATIONS, BUT THE, THE NUMBER OF UNITS, WHETHER T O D NON T O D, ANY