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>> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR MEETING.
[CALL TO ORDER]
I NOW DECLARE THAT PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION, THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY PASTOR SAM FENCEROY WITH THE MOUNT OLIVE CHURCH OF PLANO. [LAUGHTER].
>> YOU NEED TO TELL ME HOW YOU DO THAT.
[LAUGHTER] PLEASE JOIN THE COUNCIL IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AFTER THE INVOCATION. PLEASE RISE.
>> FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS.
I KNEW I WAS LATE, BUT YOU GOT ME HERE ON TIME.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I PRAY GOD FOR THE MEETING, I PRAY GOD FOR THOSE WHO YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SERVE THIS CITY.
I PRAY GOD THAT YOU'LL JUST CONTINUE TO ENLIGHTEN THEM FOR THE THINGS THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE FAIR IN EVERY SITUATION THAT YOU MIGHT BE GLORIFIED IN THE THINGS THEY DO.
WE THANK YOU, AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
[Proclamation: June 19 is Juneteenth Day in Plano commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Read]
UNFORTUNATELY, BEING IN THIS TEMPORARY PLACE, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO DO PROCLAMATIONS, SO UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO PRESENT IT HERE AT THE DIAS.BUT NEXT WEEK WILL BE JUNETEENTH AND SO I'D LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION REGARDING JUNETEENTH.
WHEREAS ON JANUARY 1ST, 1863, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED A FINAL EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, WHICH DECLARED AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES, WITHIN THE REBEL STATES, ARE, AND HENCEFORWARD, SHALL BE FREE.
JUNETEENTH, ALSO KNOWN AS FREEDOM DAY, JUBILEE DAY, LIBERATION DAY, AND EMANCIPATION DAY IS A HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES THE EMANCIPATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ENSLAVED IN OUR NATION.
WHEREAS THE PROCLAMATION WAS RECOGNIZED IN TEXAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, WHEN UNION MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER AND HIS SOLDIERS LANDED IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE STATE AND ANNOUNCE THE WAR'S END.
CELEBRATIONS OF THE 19TH OF JUNE BEGAN IN TEXAS THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1866.
WHEREAS, IN 2014, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WAS REVITALIZED IN ALL ITS GLORY WITH A BOLD MISSION OF EDUCATING ALL PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, AND THE ENTIRE DFW METROPLEX TO THE REALIZATION THAT JUNETEENTH IS A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM THAT WE SHOULD ALL HONOR BECAUSE WE KNOW, IF ALL ARE NOT FREE, NONE OF US ARE FREE.
WHEREAS DIRECT DESCENDANTS, ANDY DRAKE, MOSE STIMPSON CONTINUE TO EMBRACE THEIR HERITAGE BY MEMORIALIZING PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, AND BY THEIR RESOLVE TO INSPIRE OTHERS IN THE MISSION TO EDUCATE ALL OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, AND THE ENTIRE DFW METROPLEX, AND KNOWING JUNETEENTH IS A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM.
NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN MUNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2024 AS JUNETEENTH DAY IN PLANO AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IN HONORING THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DOUGLAS COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE, AS WE LOOK TO CELEBRATE THE BLESSING OF FREEDOM THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] MOVING
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.THIS CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NON CONTROVERSIAL.
ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER, OR ANY CITIZEN.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO. NEXT ITEM.
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Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance to grant the appeal of the Planning & Zoning Commission's denial of Zoning Case 2024-005. Request to rezone 0.9 acre located at the northeast corner of Tokalon Drive and National Drive from Regional Employment to Regional Commercial. Zoned Regional Employment and located within the State Highway 121 Overlay District. Petitioner: Talo Two, LLC Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2024-6-6 granting the appeal.
]> PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES OF 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 MAY AMEND THESE TIMES AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
ITEM NUMBER 1: PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT THE APPEAL OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S DENIAL OF ZONING CASE 2024-005 TO RE-ZONE 0.9 ACRE, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TOKEN DRIVE AND NATIONAL DRIVE FROM REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, ZONED REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE HIGHWAY 121 OVERLAY DISTRICT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND EXECUTIVES.
I'M CHRISTINA DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT ZONING CASE 2024-005 ON APPEAL AFTER A DENIAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AS FAR AS THE MAPS ARE CONCERNED SHOWS THE AREA THAT IS LOOKING TO BE REZONED.
IT IS A PORTION OF AN EXISTING LOT, WHICH IS NORTHGLEN 2, BLOCK B, LOT 4R.
THERE IS WITHIN THE BUILDING TODAY, APPROXIMATELY 980 SQUARE FEET OF LEASE THAT IS A RETAIL TYPE LEASE BASED ON THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE FACT THAT IS ZONED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL AND IS VISIBLE THERE ON THE MAP OUTSIDE OF THE AREA THAT'S LOOKING TO BE REZONED.
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN TWO ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALONG THE 121 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY CORRIDOR.
THE DISTRICTS WERE IMPLEMENTED AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY'RE IDENTICAL IN THE AREA YARD AND BULK REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THE PRIMARY DISTINCTION IS REALLY RELATED TO USES.
THE RC OR REGIONAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT IS FOCUSED ON RETAIL AND SERVICE USES, LIKE YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE IN A RETAIL CORNER.
THERE ARE AT NODES ALONG THESE HIGHWAYS.
THERE'S 980 ACRES OF REGIONAL COMMERCIAL AND 134 UNDEVELOPED.
THIS DOES ALLOW RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES BY RIGHT.
THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON MORE OF OFFICE TYPE DEVELOPMENT, AND IT IS 613 ACRES AND 201 ARE UNDEVELOPED.
IT DOES ALLOW A SMALL PORTION OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO WITHIN THE AREA OF THIS REQUEST, THE REQUESTED LOT IS SHOWN IN YELLOW.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN EXISTING 17.8 ACRE RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER IN THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL ZONING WITHIN THIS VICINITY.
KROGER IS BUILDING A NEW STORE ACROSS TO THE WEST, 26 ACRE PARCEL.
THERE'S AN EXISTING GAS STATION THERE, BUT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION TODAY.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY.
WHEN RE AND RC WERE ENACTED, THE ZONING WAS ESTABLISHED BASED ON PARCEL LINES, SO YOU CAN SEE IT SPLITS THE PARCEL TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS WAS NOT SO MUCH A CONSIDERATION WHEN DEVELOPMENT WAS COMING IN BECAUSE THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA WAS THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, YOU SEE TO THE SOUTH, THAT'S NORTHGLEN 1.
THE DRIVE CONNECTING NORTHGLEN 1 WAS ESTABLISHED BASED ON SAFETY OF RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THERE WASN'T DIRECT ACCESS OFF THE HIGHWAY EXTENDING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT CREATED THIS EXISTING SPLIT ZONE PROPERTY THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE SHOWING YOU THE ZONING LAYERS, THE SF6 ZONING OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH, AND THE WAY THE EXISTING ZONING LINES BISECT THE PARCEL, AS WELL AS THE REQUEST THAT WOULD ESTABLISHED RC ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE LOT 4R.
>> WITH REGARD TO CONFORMANCE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS IS WITHIN THE EXPRESSWAY CORRIDORS FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IN THAT REGARD, LOOKING AT RETAIL AND OFFICE USES,
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IT DOES MEET THE LAND USE STANDARDS OF THE CITY FROM A STRICTLY MIX OF USES PERSPECTIVE, SO YOU CAN SEE IT MEETS THE DESCRIPTIONS AND PRIORITIES AND MIXES OF USES.IT'S REALLY THESE KIND OF FINE GRAIN POLICIES WHEN YOU GET INTO LOOKING AT OUR REDEVELOPMENT POLICIES, OUR RETAIL POLICIES THAT YOU START TO FIND THAT THERE ARE CONFLICTS WITH THE CITY'S STANDARDS.
WE DID HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL IN SUPPORT, AND THAT WAS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER.
YOU CAN SEE BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF TRIANGULAR SHAPE OF THE REQUEST, THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER, SO THAT'S INDICATED HERE.
THEN THE RESPONSES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT PROPERTIES INCLUDE ONE IN SUPPORT OF TOTAL, AND THAT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER, ONE NEUTRAL, WHICH IS A NEARBY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, AND THREE RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THIS REQUEST WAS DENIED BY A 5-3 VOTE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND SO IS UP FOR CONSIDERATION ON APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS CASE.
>> CHRISTINA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE TRIANGLE HERE, HE'S WANTING TO CHANGE THAT PART OF THE TRIANGLE FROM REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL; IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. CURRENTLY, IT'S THE EMPLOYMENT ZONING, NOT THE ESSENTIALLY RETAIL TYPE ZONING UNDER REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.
>> TYPICAL REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, WE TEND TO LOOK AT OFFICES, CORRECT? AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL?
>> IT IS A KIND OF MANUFACTURING OFFICE.
IT WOULD ALLOW MEDICAL OFFICE OR GENERAL OFFICE, ANY TYPE OFFICE USE.
>> DOES RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FALL INTO THAT?
>> WHAT ABOUT SURGICAL CENTERS? IS THAT A REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT CENTER?
>> GREAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. UNDER THE SITE SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS, WE SEE THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A STRUCTURE APPROXIMATELY 95% WITHIN THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT ZONING DISTRICT.
IT SAYS, AS THE BUILDING IS ALMOST ENTIRELY WITHIN THE RE DISTRICT, THIS IS NOT A MINOR ADJUSTMENT, BUT WOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE LAND USES PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED ON THE SITE.
WHEN YOU SAY IT'S NOT A MINOR ADJUSTMENT, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT? I'M NOT CLEAR IF 95% IS ALREADY THERE, AND PRESUMABLY THE BUILDING IS NOT GOING TO BE KNOCKED DOWN, WHAT WOULD BE NOT A MINOR ADJUSTMENT?
>> I THINK IT MEANS THAT THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS BUILDING IS IN RE ZONING.
WE HAVE RECORDS THAT A ZONING VERIFICATION LETTER WAS RECEIVED BY THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED INITIALLY, AND IN THAT ZONING CASE THAT WENT THROUGH BACK IN 2017, SHOWING SPECIFICALLY THE MIX OF ZONING ON THE PROPERTY, SO IT'S A KNOWN CONDITION.
IT WAS BUILT WITH THE KNOWN CONDITION.
SO WE BELIEVE IT'S NOT MINOR BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS BUILT UNDER THIS KNOWN CONDITION AND WILL TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING FROM RE TO ALMOST ENTIRELY 100% IN RC?
>> WOULD THAT BUILDING BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH RC? OR EQUALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH RE OR RC?
>> ARE YOU SAYING IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED?
>> YES. IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED TO TURN THE WHOLE THING TO RC, WOULD THAT BUILDING THEN BE OUT OF PLACE IN RC?
>> I BELIEVE THERE IS THE SMALL RETAIL TENANT THAT'S IN THERE TODAY THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER RC.
THERE'S ALSO A BANK THAT EXISTS THERE TODAY THAT WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED UNDER THE RC ZONING, AND RETAIL OR ANY KIND OF RELIGIOUS FACILITIES ARE ALLOWED UNIVERSALLY IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT.
>> SO IT WOULD BRING SOME OF THEM INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT NOT INTO COMPLIANCE; AM I HEARING THAT RIGHT?
>> IT'S CURRENTLY ALL IN COMPLIANCE.
I THINK THE STAFF ALLOWED BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS PARTIALLY ZONED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, WE'VE ALLOWED THE SINGLE LEASE OF THE 980 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL.
>> BUT IF IT'S ALL REZONED, RC AS THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING, THEN THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE?
>> THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
IT WOULD MEAN THAT VACANT SUITES WOULD BE ABLE TO BE LEASED TO RETAILERS,
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NOT JUST TO THE LIMITED USES IN THE EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY.>> THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO YOU HAVE SPEAKERS?
>> WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, NELSON LOWE, WHO I BELIEVE IS THE APPLICANT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. EXCUSE ME FROM MY ADDRESS.
I JUST CAME STRAIGHT FROM WORK.
I'M THE DEVELOPER. LET'S SEE IF I HAVE THE NEXT MY SLIDES ON HERE.
THESE ARE MY SLIDES. WE BUILT THIS BUILDING IN 2016.
IT'S A 9,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
CURRENTLY, OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS KNOW IT'S REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT.
WE HAVE 2,400 SQUARE FEET LEFT SINCE INCEPTION, SO IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
OUR PROPERTY IS THE ONLY PROPERTY ALONG THE 121 CORRIDOR THAT'S SPIT ZONED.
WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 2016, I KNOW THE CITY SAID THAT WE KNEW IT WAS RE AND NOT RC.
BUT AT THE TIME, OUR BROKER WAS ASKING BACK AND FORTH AND THEY WERE LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW, WE THINK IT'S RE BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS SPIT ZONED.
WHEN WE DID I THINK IT'S CALLED THE PRE-ZONING WHAT EVERYTHING.
WE ASKED AND IT SAID, THE EMPLOYMENT MIX WOULD REMAIN INCONSISTENT, BUT IT SAID THERE WAS STILL NO PROBLEMS WITH IT.
IT WAS STILL A POSITIVE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING.
I APPLIED TO GET REZONED, AND THEN WE HAD ALL THESE TENANTS THAT WERE ABOUT TO KIND OF GO IN, AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE RE AND NOT RC, SO WE HAD TO TURN THESE PEOPLE AWAY.
I WISH WE HAD MORE PUBLIC HERE TO KIND OF ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TENANTS THAT WE HAD.
SOME OF THE OPPOSITION THAT WE HAD AND OY BECAUSE WE HAD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE OPPOSITION WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT SOME OF THE TENANTS THAT WE HAD WE HAVE A SMOKE SHOP IN ONE OF THE IN ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS, AND THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING BEING A SMOKE SHOP THERE.
I WISH WE HAD RC IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN UP TO BETTER TENANTS ALONG THE WAY.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RENT TO SOME OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE ARE NOW FORCED TO.
WE COULD HAVE HAD AT&T STORE THERE.
WE COULD HAVE HAD MULTIPLE JEWELRY STORES THERE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED AT NIGHTTIME AND NOT HAVE THE ISSUE OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT CAR SHOWS AND PEOPLE COMING TO GET VAPE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT WOULD HAVE HELPED THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY.
SOME OF WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE THAT THEY LOVE PLANO.
WE LOVE PLANO, TOO. I LIVE IN PLANO, AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO NOT HAVE AN EMPTY SPOT IN A STRIP CENTER FOR SIX YEARS, AND IT WOULD HELP IT WOULD HAVE HELPED OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA ALSO.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED ON THE LAST VOTE WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD.
IF IT COULD BE A CHAIN REACTION OF REZONING, RETAIL EASTWARD, BUT WE'RE THE ONLY SPIT ZONE PROPERTY, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A MATTER OF THAT.
OUR PROPERTY ISN'T CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE RETAIL NEXT TO US, BUT WE ARE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET ON THE THE FRONTAGE ROAD TO GET OVER THERE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A ROAD BEHIND.
COUNCIL THOUGHT THAT I OWNED BUILDINGS TO THE EAST, WHICH WE DON'T, WHICH IS KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER BUILDING NEXT TO US, BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY OWNED THE BUILDING RIGHT ON THE ZONING NEXT TO US.
WE DON'T OWN THAT, SO WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE ALL THE ZONING TO THE EAST OF US AT ALL.
WE JUST WANT TO CHANGE THAT LITTLE KIND OF TRIANGLE.
IT'S LITERALLY ON THE LINE THAT RUNS THE ZONE FOR THE ZONING IS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BUILDING.
>> THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS TALKING TO THE CITY COUNCIL [INAUDIBLE] TO THE ZONING COMMITTEE AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS.
GOING BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH IS MY BROKER CALLED THE CITY AND THEY SAID IT WAS RC, AND SO WE BOUGHT THE LAND ALREADY, WE BOUGHT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE BUILDING, AND THEY CAME BACK AS RE.
WE TRIED ACTUALLY TO TRY TO GET REZONED WHEN WE FIRST BUILT THE BUILDING, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS ALREADY TOO MUCH RETAIL IN THE AREA SO LET'S TRY TO DO THE BUILDING IN RE, WHICH IS FINE.
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BUT THEN WE REALIZED AFTER SIX YEARS THAT WE HAVE AN EMPTY SPACE THAT WE COULDN'T FIND A GOOD TENANT THAT WE COULD HAVE FOUND IF WE HAD RC.WE HAVE A EMPTY SPACE FOR SIX YEARS.
NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET REZONED TO TRY TO OPEN IT UP TO MORE TENANTS, AND WE DO HAVE POTENTIAL TENANTS THAT WANT TO GO IN, BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD OFF ON THIS UNTIL WE CAN GET APPROVAL FOR REZONING.
WE HAVE A DOMINO'S PIZZA THAT WANT TO GO IN THERE AND WE WOULD LOVE TO RENT TO THEM AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE CAN'T RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY AT OUR LIMIT OF THE 10% OF OUR FOR SPACE FOR RETAIL.
WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S NO CHAIN REACTION OF REZONING TO THE EAST BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY SPLIT ZONE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE HOW CONFUSING IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE LAND AND BUILT THE BUILDING.
LET'S SEE. LIKE I'VE SAID, WE ARE CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE RETAIL, AND THERE'S ALSO NO VACANCIES IN THAT KROGER PLAZA THAT ARE WEST OF US RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S NO VACANCIES AT ALL. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO OPEN A BUSINESS IN OUR BUILDING, BUT WE HAVE TO REFUSE THEM BECAUSE WE CAN'T OPEN OUR SPACE UP TO ANYBODY THAT'S LIKE A RESTAURANT OR A RETAIL STORE.
WE CAN'T OPEN UP TO THEM, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
WE HAVE A EMPTY SPACE THERE. CAN YOU SWITCH SLIDES.
THAT'S MY CONFUSING ISSUE THAT WE HAD FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
I HOPE THAT THE CITY CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE WANT TO OPEN UP THAT LITTLE 2,400 SQUARE FOOT SPACE IN OUR BUILDING TO MORE TENANTS SO WE WON'T HAVE AN EMPTY SPACE AND BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND GET BETTER TENANTS INTO OUR BUILDING.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MARIA.
>> WELL, SAME THING. I WANT TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
YOU OBVIOUSLY WENT THROUGH P&Z, AND THEY'VE DENIED YOU.
>> TELL ME WHY. IT SOUNDS FAIRLY LOGICAL TO ME THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE ZONE AND NOT TWO ZONES, NOT SPLIT ZONES.
BUT WHAT IS THE RATIONALE THEY GAVE YOU TO GO BACK AND SAY, SORRY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK?
>> BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT PART OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT THEY WERE AFRAID THERE'S A CHAIN REACTION OF PEOPLE WANTING TO REZONE EAST OF ME.
>> EAST OF YOU, ARE THEY ALL RE?
I'M THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT'S LITERALLY, THE LINE RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT.
I SAID, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY SPLIT ZONE PROPERTY.
BUT IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, I ONLY GET TO PRESENT WHAT MY CASE, AND I GET TO SIT DOWN AND THEN LISTEN TO THEM DELIBERATE, AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO STATE MY CASE AFTERWARDS.
THAT'S WHY I APPEALED THIS TIME.
>> YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE P&Z MEETING AS WELL, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR ON THE TIMELINE.
YOU BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 2016, AT SOME POINT, WAS IT BEFORE OR AFTER THE PURCHASE, YOU HAD A REPRESENTATIVE CALL THE CITY AND THEY STATE THAT THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WAS RC?
>> WE CALLED BEFORE WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
OUR BROKER CALLED ONE TIME AND THEY SAID IT'S RC, WHICH IS WEIRD.
THEN THE NEXT TIME SO WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, LET'S BUY THE LAND AND EVERYTHING.
THEN THE NEXT TIME THEY CALLED, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS RE.
THAT'S WHY WE WENT INTO WE FOUND THAT THE CIVIL ENGINEER ACTUALLY TOLD US IT'S RE, SO WE BETTER GO TRY TO DO A REZONE.
IT WAS STILL LAND AT THAT TIME, WE DIDN'T BUILD YET.
LIKE, LET'S DO THAT, AND THEN WE WERE TURNED DOWN BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH RETAIL IN THE DISTRICT ALREADY.
>> THAT WAS, I GUESS, THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AT THE P&Z MEETING, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT I THINK MAYBE THE STAFF MENTIONED THAT THE BUILDING IS BUILT IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MAYBE BE MORE AMENABLE TO RETAIL TENANTS.
BUT THE TIMELINE, AS I'M UNDERSTANDING IT WAS 2016, THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS, YOU MENTIONED CONFUSION ABOUT, IS IT RC OR RE AND Y'ALL BUY THE PROPERTY IN 2016.
THEN THERE'S THE ZONING CASE IN 2017 WHERE THERE'S A REQUEST TO REMOVE THE SPLIT ZONING, MAKE THE WHOLE THING RC.
THAT'S TURNED DOWN, AND THEN THE BUILDING IS BUILT IN 2018.
>> THE BUILDING WAS ALREADY BUILT IN 2017.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS, WE ALREADY HAD ARCHITECTURE AND EVERYTHING ALREADY SET.
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WHEN WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS RE, WE WENT RIGHT AWAY AND TRIED TO DO THE REZONE, AND WE WERE TURNED DOWN.WE ALREADY HAD THE RETAIL BUILDING ALREADY DESIGNED AND WE WERE GOING TO BUILD ALREADY.
>> GOT YOU. THAT REMOVES MY CONFUSION ON THAT ISSUE.
THEN I WAS ALSO JUST GOOGLING JUST NOW BECAUSE THE THOUGHT OCCURRED TO ME AS YOU PRESENTED PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT THE OVERABUNDANCE OF RETAIL SPACE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF PLANO, SOME OF THE TENANTS THAT YOU MENTIONED, LIKE AT&T, OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAD TO TURN THEM DOWN.
>> I HAVE NO IDEA. WE GET AN LLI.
ONCE WE GET THE LLI, WE LOOK AT IT, AND THEN WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT ZONED FOR IT, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO JUST TELL THEM THAT WE CAN'T DO IT.
>> GOT YOU. BUT I GUESS TO THE POINT ABOUT, IF THIS IS REZONED TO RC, WHO ARE YOU COMPETING WITH, WHAT RETAIL DOES THAT LEAVE VACANT SOMEWHERE ELSE? DO YOU KNOW WHERE [OVERLAPPING] THESE TENANTS THAT YOU HAD TO TURN DOWN, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GENERALLY END UP?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT IN OUR AREA, THAT LOCAL AREA, IN THAT LITTLE CORNER, WE DON'T HAVE ANY VACANCY AT ALL.
I THINK WE CAN GET A RETAIL TENANT IN THERE, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO, WE DO HAVE RIGHT NOW DOMINO'S PIZZA IS ACTUALLY WAITING FOR US TO GET AN ANSWER FOR THEM.
WE ONLY HAVE 2,400 SQUARE FEET. IT'S NOT A LOT.
WE HAVE PRETTY LONG LEASES THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING FOR IS THAT HOPEFULLY THAT IF WE CAN CHANGE THE ZONING THAT MY 2,400 SQUARE FEET CAN BE FILLED SO WE DON'T HAVE AN EMPTY SPACE THERE SITTING FOR ANOTHER WHO KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL. SHELBY.
>> TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN FANELLI, I'M LOOKING AROUND AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER RETAIL OPTIONS NEARBY.
I DO THINK WE HAVE AN OVERABUNDANCE OF RETAIL IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE BUT IT'S A BIG CITY, 72 SQUARE MILES.
I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE SPLIT ZONE HERE AND THE NEED TO CLEAN THAT UP.
WE HAD STAFF BRING A SPLIT ZONING CASE RECENTLY, WHICH WE APPROVED, NO PROBLEM.
[NOISE] WITH THE RE VERSUS RC DESIGNATION, THIS IS LESS THAN AN ACRE.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE THE NEXT MALL BUILT IN PLANO SO EVEN IF THERE IS A LITTLE ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL, THAT'S PROBABLY A BENEFIT IN THIS MICROCOSMIC AREA, THE WAY I SEE IT.
THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD AGAINST THIS SEEM TO HINGE ON THE TRAFFIC AROUND THE ISLAMIC CENTER.
IF WE'RE FILLING IN SOME ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE WITH RETAIL VERSUS OTHER COMMERCIAL USES, IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL, IF WE'RE FILLING IT WITH ADDITIONAL RETAIL USES VERSUS OTHER TYPES OF COMMERCIAL, I DON'T SEE THAT AS EVEN A DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO THE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE ISLAMIC CENTER.
ALL OF THAT SAID, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THIS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. TO CONFIRM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I DROVE BY THE FACILITY TODAY TO LOOK AT IT, GO BACK TO MY P&Z ROOTS, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING TO FEEL IT.
YOU HAVE THE ISLAMIC CENTER TO THE FAR EAST.
NEXT TO IT, WE HAVE A VAPE SHOP.
THEN WE HAVE THE SMALLER RETAIL THAT'S EMPTY AND THEN WE HAVE THE BANK.
IF YOU GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST ACROSS TOKALON DRIVE, THAT WAS A FORMER SURGERY OR EMERGENCY ROOM THAT'S BEING RENOVATED RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU GO EAST, WE HAVE DOCTOR FACILITIES FOR DERMATOLOGY.
AND EVEN FURTHER WEST OR EAST WHERE YOU START SEEING MULTIPLE STORY BUILDINGS, THOSE ARE ALL GEARED TOWARD MEDICAL.
WE SEEM TO BE IN THIS AREA HERE WHERE IT'S, WE HAVE ONE SIDE, PART OF THE SPLIT ZONE, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS COMMERCIAL, AND THEN THE OTHER IS EMPLOYMENT.
I CAN FEEL FOR THE OWNER OF THIS BUILDING.
THERE ARE SOME THAT WAS IN THE P&Z SAY, HEY, YOU KNEW THIS WHEN YOU STARTED BUILDING THE BUILDING, SHAME ON YOU.
BUT I EMPATHIZE WITH THE FACT IT'S A SPLIT ZONE.
THERE'S NO WAY HE'S GOING TO FILL THAT SPACE UNLESS HE PUTS A SMALL DENTIST OFFICE IN THERE OR SOMETHING.
IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.
I THINK JUST BY HAPPEN STANCE THAT WE SPLIT THE ZONE HERE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LINE CAME FROM THEIR EARLY AUGHTS, I GUESS, WHEN THERE WAS NO PROPERTY OUT THERE, WE CAN CHANGE THOSE LINES ALL THE TIME.
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I THINK TO CHANGE THIS TO GRANT HIS APPEAL, TO MAKE IT REGIONAL, COMMERCIAL FOR THIS SMALL BUILDING, IS CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE REST OF THE AREA. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.>> IS THAT A SECOND OR A NO? THAT WAS A MOTION.
>> I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SORRY, ANTHONY. GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MAYOR.
THIS IS A TOUGH ZONING CASE FOR ME BECAUSE OF HOW SERIOUS YOU ALL KNOW I AM ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WHEN THE STAFF SAYS IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR ME.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU I ALSO SYMPATHIZE WITH THE SPLIT ZONE AND THE APPARENT CONFUSION IN THIS SITUATION AT THE TIME THAT THE BUILDING WAS BUILT.
IT IS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS POINTED OUT, A DROP IN THE BUCKET IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF SQUARE FOOTAGE IN PLAINTIFF'S ZONE FOR RETAIL, AND JUST GIVEN THE SPLIT ZONE AND THE HARDSHIP ON THE APPLICANT, I THINK THIS IS THE UNIQUE SITUATION THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DID NOT FORESEE.
>> FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE IT'S AN APPEAL, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
>> YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO GO. THE ONE THING I DON'T THINK HAS COME UP IS THERE'S HOMES OVER THAT AREA THERE NOW THAT YOU DRIVE PAST TO GO INTO.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS WHAT THE OPENING OF WHAT TYPE OF TENANT COULD FILL THAT 2,400 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WITH THE CHANGE IN ZONING.
I THINK WE'VE SEEN SOME LESS THAN DESIRABLE TYPES OF BUSINESSES GO INTO SMALL PLACES OVER TIME, AND I CAN FEEL FOR THE HOMEOWNERS THAT AS THEY TALKED ABOUT WITH THE SMOKE SHOP AND, I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE ABOUT THE CAR SHOWS.
BUT, AGAIN, IT'S DIFFERENT AND IT BUGGED THE HOMEOWNER.
I STILL HAVE TO FEEL FOR THE HOMEOWNERS, AND IT'S A TOUGH THING, BUT I THINK, RICK, ONE OF YOU ALL SAID THAT IT WAS A KNOWN SITUATION WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS PUT IN THERE.
I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE AND OPEN IT UP TO A LOT MORE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT COULD GO IN THERE.
>> I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THIS QUESTION UNTIL YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
DOES HOURS OF OPERATION, WOULD THOSE CHANGE BASED ON THE TYPE OF ZONING?
>> NO. WE DON'T REGULATE THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
>> THERE'S NOTHING THAT BY CHANGING THE ZONING, BECAUSE THEORETICALLY, MY GUESS IS PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT IT THERE ARE DEALING WITH NORMAL OFFICE HOURS NOW, AND THIS COULD PUT SOMEONE IN THERE THAT WOULD BE OPERATING IN LATER HOURS.
>> ONLY JUST THE PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF RETAILERS HOURS VERSUS OFFICE HOURS.
>> BUT THERE'S NO WORK AROUND WITH THAT.
>> I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
CHRISTINE, I ASKED THE SAME WITH THE APPLICANT.
WHAT DID YOU BELIEVE IS THE REASON FOR THE DENIAL AND THE APPEAL, ULTIMATELY? FROM P&Z, I'M SORRY.
>> I BELIEVE P&Z WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY'S POLICIES OVERALL.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS OVER TIME OF CHANGING TO ADD RETAIL, AND I THINK THE CITY'S HELD A PRETTY TOUGH LINE ON THAT.
THERE WERE OTHER ALSO CONVINCED BY THE, I THINK, REAL STRUCTURE OF THE ZONING TODAY WHERE THERE ARE THE RETAIL NODES ON THE CORNER, AND THAT THE RATIONAL ZONING LINE HERE SHOULD BE ALONG TOKALON DRIVE, BECAUSE THAT MAKES A CLEAN BREAK BETWEEN THE RC TO THE WEST AND THE RE TO THE EAST.
ALSO, THE ADDITION OF THE 26-ACRE KROGER CENTER THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW WILL SUPPLY A LOT MORE RETAIL TO THIS AREA IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
I THINK THOSE WERE CONSIDERATIONS.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE PREFERRED IT TURNING INTO A RE RATHER THAN THE RC?
>> YES. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CLEAN UP.
THERE WAS EVEN DISCUSSION OF CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE FUTURE BUT THEY WERE ADVISED TO WAIT FOR THIS PROCESS TO PLAY OUT.
>> THE VAPE SHOP IS CONSIDERED AN APPROVED USE FOR RE?
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>> IT IS A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT, SO THE 10% RETAIL ALLOWANCE THAT THEY HAVE, THAT IS THE VAPE SHOP.
>> THAT'S IT. YOU ONLY GET 10%.
>> EVERYBODY GOOD? I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
>> MAYOR, I'M SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING BECAUSE I DO THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.
ONE THING THAT WAS PERSUASIVE TO ME IN SAYING WE SHOULD LET THIS REZONING TO RC GO FORWARD, WAS THE IDEA THAT SOME OF THE EXISTING USES ARE NOT PERHAPS AS AMENABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE USES, THEY COULD COME LIKE A DOMINO'S OR AN AT&T STORE, UNDER RC, BUT, OF COURSE, OTHER USES COULD COME UNDER RC AS WELL.
CHRISTINA, ARE THERE STIPULATIONS THAT WE COULD ADD TO THIS IN APPROVING THE APPEAL THAT WOULD BETTER, I GUESS, PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAKE SURE IT'S THE THING THAT THE OWNER IS PROPOSING HERE IN AT&T AND DOMINO'S, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> SADLY, I'M NOT AWARE OF A MEANS TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS A STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST.
IT'S NOT A PLAN DEVELOPMENT OR EVEN AN SUP WHERE YOU CAN PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS.
>> OKAY. GOT YOU. THERE'S NO WAY TO ADD ANY STIPULATIONS WHATSOEVER?
>> I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OF SOME TYPE OR RE-ZONING TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WHICH WE TYPICALLY DON'T DO FOR A [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT'S JUST 2,400 SQUARE FEET.
>> THEY ALREADY HAVE THE VAPE SHOP TO THIS, SO THAT ELIMINATES ONE OF THEM.
>> WE ALREADY HAVE VAPE SHOP, SO IT'S LIKE, WHAT ELSE?
>> I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE THE APPEAL ON ITEM 1.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME SEE IT, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ALL OPPOSE.
IT PASSES 7:1. MAKE IT A GOOD ONE.
>> ITEM 2, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF
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Public Hearing and consideration of a Resolution to adopt a new heritage preservation plan, also known as the 2024 Heritage Preservation Plan, and approving it as the guiding policy document for the City's heritage preservation program and related activities of the City of Plano; repealing the former preservation plan; and providing an effective date. Conducted and adopted Resolution No. 2024-6-7(R).
]A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A NEW HERITAGE PRESERVATION PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE 2024 HERITAGE PRESERVATION PLAN, AND APPROVING IT AS THE GUIDING POLICY DOCUMENT FOR THE CITY'S HERITAGE PRESERVATION PROGRAM AND RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY OF PLANO, RE-PEALING THE FORMER PRESERVATION PLAN AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO FOLLOW CHRISTINA AS I'M A LITTLE BIT TALLER THAN THIS MICROPHONE, BUT I WILL TRY TO SPEAK UP.
THIS ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF THE 2024 HERITAGE PRESERVATION PLAN.
THE CITY'S INITIAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 1981.
THE MOST RECENT UPDATE OCCURRED IN 2018, WITH PRESERVATION PLAN OF 150.
THIS PROCESS TO UPDATE THIS CURRENT PLAN BEGAN IN 2023 AS RECOMMENDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE'S BEEN VARIOUS CHANGES PROPOSED TO THIS DOCUMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO COVER THE SUBSTANTIAL UPDATES IN MY PRESENTATION.
IN CHAPTER 1, IT DISCUSSES THE PURPOSE AND THE VISION OF THE PLAN.
UPDATES TO THIS CHAPTER INCLUDE HOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2024 PLAN PROGRESSED, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH DETAILS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN OCCURRED WITH THE PLAN SINCE 2018.
CHAPTER 3, YOU MAY ALL BE AWARE, IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PLAN.
IT'S A GRAPHICAL TIMELINE OF PLANO'S HISTORY, AND THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE EVENTS THROUGH 2023.
CHAPTER 5 INCLUDES THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE PLAN.
THE CITY WORKED WITH A CONSULTANT TO SURVEY PRE-1975 PROPERTIES.
BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY, THIS CHAPTER PROVIDES A MODIFIED LIST OF POTENTIAL HERITAGE RESOURCES AND A NEW LIST OF POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
THESE LISTS ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
THEY DON'T INITIATE OR CREATE ANY HERITAGE DESIGNATION OR ZONING CHANGE, BUT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.
JUST FOR SOME FUN IMAGERY HERE, THERE'S SOME OF THE PROPERTIES BEFORE YOU.
JUST TWO, I WANTED TO NOTE, THAT ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTING.
THE COUNTRY BURGER SITE IS LISTED AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE SCREEN OFF 14TH STREET, AND IN THE BOTTOM ROW, SECOND FROM THE LEFT IS THE THUNDERBIRD ROLLER RINK.
COUPLED WITH THESE LISTS ARE THE UPDATED MAP OF THE POTENTIAL HERITAGE RESOURCES,
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AND WE HAVE A MAP OF POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AS WELL.CHAPTER 6, INCLUDES KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PRESERVATION PLAN PROGRAM WITH GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PRIORITIZATION.
THE COMPONENTS REMAIN UNCHANGED IN THIS CURRENT PLAN.
HOWEVER, WE DID MODIFY SOME ACTIONS AND ADD NEW ACTIONS BASED UPON THE PROPERTY SURVEY.
THE UPDATE IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH TWO ACTIONS WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH ARE LISTED HERE.
THE 2024 PLAN BEFORE YOU IS A CULMINATION OF OVER 10 MONTHS OF WORK BY STAFF AND HHM, THE PROJECT SURVEY CONSULTANT.
THE UPDATES ARE INTENDED TO KEEP THE DOCUMENT CURRENT BY NOTING SURVEYED PROPERTIES AND CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 2018.
OVERALL, THE PLAN WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE CITY'S HERITAGE PRESERVATION PROGRAM FOR YEARS TO COME.
THE HERITAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY VOTE OF 5:0.
I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND MR. MATAL, THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION OFFICER, IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANKS, ERIC. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY SPEAKERS?
>> THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
>> I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING, CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION OF SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 2.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOTION PASSES 8:0. NEXT ITEM, COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
>> WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
>> BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.