[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING]
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I NOW DECLARE, THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS CONVENED IN OPEN SESSION, THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM MARIA TU.
COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN TRAINING ROOM A TO HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERNON'S TEXAS CODE ANNOTATED GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 551-071, TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION.
AND SECTION FIVE, 5187 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.
THANK YOU. I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM MARIA TU.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RESULTING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REWRITE MODULE 1 UPDATE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M CHRISTINA DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
TONIGHT, I AM JOINED BY CHRISTINA SEBASTIAN, OUR LAND RECORDS PLANNING MANAGER, AND DANIEL HARRISON OF FREESE AND NICHOLS, WHO IS OUR CONSULTANT ON THE PROJECT. SO JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ALIGN THE REGULATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY TO ENSURE THAT THE ORDINANCES WE'RE USING TO IMPLEMENT GUIDANCE ON LAND USE ACTUALLY ALIGN WITH THAT POLICY GUIDANCE THAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED.
AND THEN IMPROVE THE CODE. WE HAVE AN INCREASING FOCUS ON REDEVELOPMENT, AND ENSURING THAT CODE IS ADEQUATE TO THE TASK IS ANOTHER MAJOR FOCUS. SO WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING SO FAR? WELL, THIS REALLY STARTED BACK IN APRIL OF 2024 WHEN WE BROUGHT YOU A CONSULTING CONTRACT. THIS IS, OF COURSE, AFTER FUNDING.
WE SELECTED FREESE AND NICHOLS IN JUNE OF 24.
YOU APPOINTED A COMMITTEE OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS, WHICH ARE KNOWN AS THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THAT, THEN WE FINISHED THE KIND OF FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT WHERE WE CONCLUDED A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING ORDINANCES IN DECEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR, ONE YEAR AGO. SO THAT DIAGNOSTIC REPORT WAS PHASE 1.
IT TOOK ABOUT SIX MONTHS. THEN WE WENT INTO PHASE 2, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT FOUR MODULES OF BREAKING UP THE CODE INTO THESE, KIND OF WHAT I'LL SAY, BITE SIZED PIECES. SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE.
THIS IS MODULE ONE THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT.
AND THEN THE FINAL PHASE WILL BE ADOPTION THAT WE ANTICIPATE IN LATE 2026.
SO WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING WITH REGARD TO MODULE ONE.
AND THEN THINGS CHANGE DUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
YOU SAW THOSE CHANGES AND WE'RE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
SO ONCE THOSE CHANGES WERE ADOPTED IN AUGUST, WE MOVED BACK TO MODULE ONE AND INCORPORATED CHANGES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND KIND OF RETOOL THE WORK THAT WE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID THROUGH THE FALL. THOSE CHANGES WERE ACCEPTED BY THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER, EARLY DECEMBER. WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THEN WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THAT SAME WORK.
SO CHRISTINA SEBASTIAN WILL BE PRESENTING RESIDENTIAL TERMS AND LAND USES, AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DANIEL HARRISON GIVING AN UPDATE ON ZONING DISTRICTS AND NONRESIDENTIAL LAND USES, AND THEN UPDATE ON THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROJECT.
SO, CHRISTINA. SEBASTIAN. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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SO AGAIN, CHRISTINA SEBASTIAN, LAND RECORDS PLANNING MANAGER.I'LL BE DISCUSSING THE RESIDENTIAL TERMS AND LAND USES WITH YOU TONIGHT.
SO OUR NEW FRAMEWORK IS BASED ON UPDATED TERMS, LOOKING AT BUILDING FORM FOR THOSE RESIDENTIAL USES AND THEN CREATING SOME NEW FOUNDATIONAL TERMS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE THEN APPLIED TO OTHER, THE ACTUAL USES WITHIN THE USE CHART.
SO WE WILL GO OVER WHAT THAT MEANS. SO, OUR CURRENT DEFINITIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES CURRENTLY REGULATE BOTH FORM AND FUNCTION. AND YOU SEE HERE OUR DEFINITION AND EXAMPLE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
DETACHED CURRENTLY TODAY. AND THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE WE HAVE OUR EXAMPLE, A SAMPLE TABLE FROM OUR PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS OF OUR DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS. SO THE INFORMATION IN RED IS ABOUT MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS.
IT'S THE SAME FAMILY, JUST IN A DIFFERENT SPACE.
SO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, WHETHER IT'S A DETACHED HOME OR A TOWNHOUSE OR AN APARTMENT BUILDING OR A DUPLEX, THOSE CAN ALL REALLY BE CONTAINING THE SAME USE.
SO FOR THIS NEW RESIDENTIAL FRAMEWORK WE HAVE THREE FOUNDATIONAL TERMS. DWELLING IS A COMPLETE LIVING SPACE. THERE'S A FULL DEFINITION IN YOUR PACKET, BUT WANT TO BE A BIT MORE SUCCINCT TONIGHT.
A PRIVATE ROOM IS AN INDIVIDUALLY RENTED ROOM WITHIN THE DWELLING.
AND THEN A SLEEPING QUARTER IS AN INDIVIDUALLY RENTED BED IN THE DWELLING.
SO IF WE TAKE THESE THREE TERMS AND WE APPLY THEM OUT TO OTHER RESIDENTIAL USES OR ACTUAL USES, WE HAVE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE THAT HAS NO PRIVATE ROOMS AND NO SLEEPING QUARTERS.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES IN PLANO.
ONCE YOU START ADDING A PRIVATE ROOM IF YOU HAVE 1 TO 4, AS LONG AS YOU STILL HAVE NO SLEEPING QUARTERS, YOUR SHARED RESIDENCE. IF YOU HAVE 5 TO 8 PRIVATE ROOMS AND STILL NO SLEEPING QUARTERS, YOU'RE A BOARDING HOUSE.
ONCE YOU INTRODUCE SLEEPING QUARTERS, ANY NUMBER, OR IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 9 OR 9 OR MORE SORRY, PRIVATE ROOMS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. SUPERVISOR. THAT'S PERHAPS LIKE A DORM OR UNSUPERVISED.
AND THEN ANOTHER COMPONENT IS WHETHER CARE IS PROVIDED OR NOT.
WE HAVE A NEW USE CALLED CARE HOME, AND THAT'S FOR UP TO EIGHT TOTAL PRIVATE ROOMS OR SLEEPING QUARTERS WITH CARE AND SUPERVISION REQUIRED, AND THAT IS DESIGNED TO ALIGN WITH OUR CURRENT HOUSEHOLD CARE FACILITY USE.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE NINE OR MORE PRIVATE ROOMS OR SLEEPING QUARTERS WITH CARE AND SUPERVISION PROVIDED, THAT MIGHT BE LIKE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, YOU'D BE A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY.
SO IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW THOSE USES MIGHT BE APPLIED.
YOU TAKE THAT BUILDING FORM, THAT DETACHED HOUSE, AND AGAIN A GENERAL TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL HOUSE IS GOING TO JUST BE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IF THEY'RE NOT RENTING OUT ANY PRIVATE ROOMS OR SLEEPING QUARTERS.
ONCE YOU ARE, SAY, SUBLETTING A ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE, THEN IT BECOMES A SHARED RESIDENCE.
IF IT'S A CARE FACILITY. A CARE HOME, THEN IT WOULD BE A COMMUNITY CARE HOME.
AS LONG AS IT FALLS IN THAT 1 TO 8 PRIVATE ROOMS OR SLEEPING QUARTERS.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING, YOU MIGHT, EACH APARTMENT UNIT IN THE BUILDING MIGHT BE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE OR A SHARED RESIDENCE OR POTENTIALLY SOME OTHER SETUP, BUT IT'D BE A COMBINATION.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. THERE ARE MORE SCENARIOS IN YOUR PACKET.
BUT JUST TO SUMMARIZE, IT'S A NEW APPROACH TO REGULATING RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.
THE DISTRICT STANDARDS ARE GOING TO BE REGULATING THE FORM, BUT THE FUNCTION OF THOSE USES IS GOING TO BE REGULATED BY THESE NEW DEFINITIONS AND SOME NEW STANDARDS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED LATER IN THIS PROJECT. IMPORTANT TO NOTE, A VARIETY OF RESIDENTIAL USES MAY BE PERMITTED IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
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AND THOSE FUTURE USE ALLOWANCES ARE COMING IN MODULE FOUR FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL ZONING DISTRICTS.SO WE'LL GET INTO THOSE DETAILS LATER IN THE PROJECT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
SO I WANTED TO JUST DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION. MY NAME IS DANIEL HARRISON.
AND SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT PROCESS.
SO OF COURSE WE STARTED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDING US DIRECTION WHERE WE WANTED TO GO AND UPDATE AND REALLY ENCAPSULATING THAT VISION INTO THE UPDATED REGULATIONS FOR THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION. AND SO LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SEEING WHAT WE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT, WE'VE ALSO SHARED OUR COMMENTS ONLINE AND ALSO WITH OUR REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IT'S AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT WE USE. AND SO JUST SOME GENERAL REVISIONS, COMMON PROCEDURES, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ZONING DISTRICTS, REMOVING UNCOMMONLY USED PROVISIONS WE'RE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THIS AND OF COURSE ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT, ONE OF THE TENETS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
REPLACING OTHER PROVISIONS, ONCE AGAIN, REALLY FOCUSING ON REDEVELOPMENT.
NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY GETTING BUILT OUT, SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THE REDEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS? SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE ZONING DISTRICT, THE WHOLE MENU CHOICE THAT WE HAVE IN THE ZONING REALM WE HAVE 31 DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW PARING THAT DOWN TO 24 ZONING DISTRICTS, ONCE AGAIN, SIMPLIFYING THAT, HAVING SEVEN RESIDENTIAL, 12 MIXED USE, THREE COMMUNITY DESIGN AND TWO SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE HERE IN JUST A SECOND. SO JUST HAVING JUST SORT OF AN EXAMPLE.
SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE SOME SUBDISTRICTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW DOES THAT LOOK, AND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE? SO WE CAN SEE OUR DIFFERENT STANDARDS HERE. THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY EASILY COMMUNICATED TO READERS OF THE DOCUMENT, SO THEY CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OR STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
ONCE AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE FUNCTION. IF WE JUST SORT OF LOOK AT THE CATEGORIES HERE WE HAVE, THERE'S OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND OUR AND OUR NAMES THERE. SO EVERYTHING STARTING WITH THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT STARTS WITH AN R OR MIXED USE DISTRICT STARTS WITH AN M.
WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL COMMUNITY DESIGN DISTRICTS THAT ARE SORT OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
SO IF YOU SEE WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF STARTING WITH STAFF AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHAT WAYS COULD WE SIMPLIFY AND COMBINE AND ELIMINATE SOME REDUNDANCIES THAT WE HAD IN THE CURRENT CODE.
SO REALLY JUST TRYING TO PARE DOWN AND TO UNIFY THE CODE.
SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE SHOWING HOW WE SIMPLIFIED SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
ALSO MOVING INTO LIKE OUR MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS AS WELL, HAVING OUR, YOU KNOW, RENAMING THAT APARTMENT LOW RISE DISTRICT AND HAVING SOME STANDARDS, OF COURSE. WELL, WITH THAT, WITH OUR SUBDISTRICTS MIXED USE DISTRICTS, JUST UPDATING THAT TERMINOLOGY ONCE AGAIN, LOOKING BACK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING OUR LAND USE CATEGORIES INTO THE DOCUMENT AS WELL WITH OUR PURPOSE STATEMENTS AND OTHER ELEMENTS. CONTINUING ON THE MIXED-USE DISTRICT FOR OUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, ONCE AGAIN COVERING OUR CURRENT NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, OUR COMMUNITY DESIGN DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE ONE OF YOUR NEWER DISTRICTS THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED IN YOUR CODE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM AND JUST ONCE AGAIN, UNIFYING THOSE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR SPECIAL DISTRICTS, OUR ARE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS, AND THEN ALSO ADDING A NEW PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT TO REALLY CODIFY SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS AS FAR AS OUR PARKS GO. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID WAS SIMPLIFY THE USE CHART.
NO NEED TO LIST OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POSSIBILITIES, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY CAPTURE THESE INTO SOME GOOD TERMS THAT WE CAN REALLY SEE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, WHETHER IT'S A HARDWARE STORE OR A FEED STORE, WE DON'T NEED TO LIST ALL THESE SEPARATE ONES OUT WHEN WE CAN HAVE THAT IN OUR REGULAR RETAIL. SO MOVING ON JUST TO A LITTLE SUMMARY.
NONRESIDENTIAL ARE THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT STANDARDS, WHERE WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTIAL OR MIXED-USE,
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OUR SPECIAL AND OUR COMMUNITY DESIGN DISTRICTS.UPDATING ALL OUR LAND USE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN MODULE ONE.
I MENTIONED THAT COMMENT WHERE OUR RAC MEMBERS CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS AND EVERYONE COULD SEE THOSE, SAME WITH OUR PUBLIC, GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS DIFFERENT ADVERTISEMENTS, THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIAS AND ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU PRETTY SOON AS WELL.
AND THEN MOVING INTO MODULE THREE AND FOUR, THAT'S THOSE, THE RED BARS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
AND THEN MOVING INTO ADOPTION LATER HERE IN 2026.
AND THEN WITH THAT, OF COURSE, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH MODULE ONE MOVING FORWARD? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3, WAGE DETERMINATION TOOL UPDATE.
HI, VICTORIA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS VICTORIA HUYNH, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
THE INITIATIVE WAS A REVIEW, A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OUR PAY STRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY, AND WITH THE FOCUS OF FAIRNESS, CONSISTENCY, COMPETITIVENESS AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
WHAT WE DID WAS REVIEW ALL THE EMPLOYEES CREDENTIALS, EXPERIENCES, EDUCATION LEVELS AND SUCH.
AND AFTER THE, WE FINALIZED THE PROCESS, THE REVIEW PROCESS, WE INPUTTED THAT DATA INTO THE TOOL.
AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE THE TOOL AND THE RESULTS FROM THE CREDENTIALS THAT HAVE BEEN ENTERED.
LET'S SEE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE THE FINAL NUMBERS FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOUND FROM ENTERING THE CREDENTIALS INTO THE TOOL.
THESE AMOUNTS ARE WITHIN THE BUDGETED FUNDS THAT THE CITY SET ASIDE LAST YEAR.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE. ROUGHLY, IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND $5.3 MILLION FOR THIS WAGE ADJUSTMENT. 40% OF THE EMPLOYEES FROM THE GENERAL PLANS AND TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PLAN WILL NOT RECEIVE AN ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE PROPERLY PLACED ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN, AND 60% OF THE EMPLOYEES WILL GET AN ADJUSTMENT.
HOWEVER, THE, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS WAGE TOOL DID NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES.
WE DID A SEPARATE SALARY SURVEY FOR THAT, AND FROM THAT STUDY WE DID FIND THAT CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS ARE NECESSARY, AND WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THAT, THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL.
SO IT'S WITHIN THE BUDGETED AND THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE.
AT THIS POINT. JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF THE EMPLOYEE'S CURRENT RATE OF PAY IS BELOW THE TARGETED RATE, THEY WILL GET AN ADJUSTMENT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12TH, 2026.
IF THE EMPLOYEE'S CURRENT PAY, RATE OF PAY EXCEEDS THE TARGET RATE THAT'S SHOWN IN THE WAGE TOOL, THEY WILL KEEP THAT RATE OF PAY. THERE WON'T BE ANY DECREASE IN THEIR PAY IN OTHER WORDS.
THESE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HOLDING OFF MAKING UNTIL WE GOT THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS.
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BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THE BUDGET, MONEY BUDGETED ASIDE.OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTANILLA. SORRY, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WERE THEY, LIKE, THE MOST RECENT HIRES? YES. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, TOO.
YEAH, I WAS CURIOUS. THE QUESTION WAS, IS IT MORE ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS? IS IT MORE MANAGEMENT? ACTUALLY, THEY'RE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT.
OKAY. SOME WERE HIRED BELOW BECAUSE OF EQUITY ISSUES.
WE DON'T WANT TO OVERHIRE AS COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS.
SO THOSE EMPLOYEES GOT ADJUSTMENTS. RIGHT. AND BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE PROPERLY PLACED ON A COMPENSATION PLAN, THEY WOULD NOT BE GETTING AN ADJUSTMENT CORRECT.
YEAH. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.