[Planning & Zoning Briefing 09232025]
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WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE BY CALL TO, OR AT 5:30 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF FREES THE PERMISSION AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING.
PUBLIC PERIODS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BE, OR EARLY AT 6:30 PM I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERSHIP TO CONFIRM THE PRESIDENT CORA, AFTER CALLING.
HAS THE RECORDS REFLECTED ALL MEMBERS OF PRESENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN, MALCOLM CHA, ERY, AND, UM, CHRISTOPHER OL.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NOT FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, I BELIEVE.
SO, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE HAVE THE GRAND PRAIRIE EPISODE OF PLAN THAT HAS JUST KICKED OFF, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE OUR TEAM, SUPERHERO TEAM, UM, DAVID JONES, WILSON KERR, AND JOHNSON, JASON, JASON CLAUNCH, ARE HERE TODAY TO HELP PRESENT THE INITIAL STAGES OF THE PLAN.
A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT WE'RE GONNA LET YOU DIGEST IT.
AND WE'RE, OF COURSE, THIS IS PUB, THE PUBLIC MEETING NUMBER ONE, WHERE, OF COURSE, WE HAVE CONTINUED MEETINGS, UH, PUBLIC, UH, WORKSHOPS FOR, UH, PNZ TO REVIEW THE DRAFTS BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THIS IS THE KICKOFF, SO I'M HAPPY TO LET Y'ALL TAKE OVER.
I'LL STAND OVER HERE NEXT TO THE, TO THE MIC.
AND, UM, SINCE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE THE BOARD, DON'T WORRY.
THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE BOARD HERE WILL ALSO BE ON, ON THE SLIDE.
BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT, UH, TO VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR THE PROJECT TO SEE THAT BIG QR CODE THERE.
WE'LL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE, TO THE WEBSITE.
GOT A LOT OF GOOD ENGAGEMENT TOOLS ON THERE, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
UH, THE PNZ IS FUNCTIONING AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS, THIS PROJECT.
SO, AS RASHAD SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL TIMES THAT WILL COME TO YOU TO GET YOUR INPUT.
WE'RE GONNA START HIGH LEVEL TONIGHT, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
JUST KIND OF INTRODUCE YOU TO THE PROJECTS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS, AND GIVE YOU SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS TO TAKE TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
WE HOPE TO COME BACK TO YOU IN MAYBE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO REALLY DIG DEEPER, UM, INTO THIS PLAN.
SO, TONIGHT'S BIG TOPICS, WHICH WE'LL TRY TO COVER IN ABOUT THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES, IS TO INTRODUCE THE EPICENTER PLAN ITSELF, TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, UH, GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR, OUR SURVEY RESULTS, UH, FROM OUR MULTIPLE COMMUNITY SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DONE WITHIN THE AREA TO COVER SOME BASELINE DATA AND, UH, MARKET ANALYSIS.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO WILSON AT THAT POINT TO, UH, TO DIVE INTO THAT, UH, FROM A DATA DRIVEN STANDPOINT, AND THEN INTRODUCE SOME DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE MAY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, IF, IF WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME TIME.
BUT REALLY WE'RE JUST TEEING THOSE UP FOR, FOR NEXT TIME WHEN WE REALLY WANT TO DIVE INTO THOSE MORE.
THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF RECENT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND SAY, HERE'S HOW THIS AREA IS GOING TO DEVELOP.
WE NEED TO NAVIGATE THAT UNCERTAINTY.
SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? AND THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG QUESTION.
SO WE ARE PART OF THE PROJECT TEAM.
WILSON KERR IS THE ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER.
WE'RE BOTH WITH FREEZE AND NICHOLS.
WE OFFICE, UH, JUST UP THE ROAD IN DALLAS, BUT WE'VE GOT A BIG TEAM, UH, BEHIND US.
UH, KAREN CHAVEZ IS, UH, OUR ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST.
UH, DANIEL HARRISON IS OUR SENIOR ADVISOR LAVENDER PACK.
UM, AND JORDAN GREGORY ARE TWO OF OUR PROJECT PLANNERS.
UH, DANIELLE LA COVA IS, UH, THE HEAD OF OUR TRANSPORTATION, UH, PLANNING TEAM ON THIS PROJECT.
SHOULD BE HOR, UM, WILL BE LOOKING AT HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS.
UM, AND THEN JASON CLINCH, WHO'S, UH, ALSO IN THE, THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
SO HE'LL BE LOOKING AT, AT THE, UH, THE MARKET SIDE OF THINGS AND HEADING UP OUR, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE AREA.
SO WHAT IS THE EPICENTER PLAN? GRAND PRAIRIE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF, UH, PLANNING, AND NOT ONLY LOOKING CITYWIDE, BUT ALSO DIGGING DOWN DEEP INTO TO CERTAIN SPECIFIC AREAS.
GIVEN THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS SO LONG AND NARROW,
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IT REALLY FUNCTIONS AS MULTIPLE CITIES WITHIN A CITY.SO RATHER THAN TAKING A A WHOLE BROAD LOOK AT THE PLAN, WE'RE TRYING TO NARROW DOWN SPECIFIC AREAS THAT KINDA SHARE CHARACTERISTICS AND REALLY GIVE THOSE THE ATTENTION THAT, THAT THEY DESERVE.
SO THE PARTICULAR PLANNING AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN GREEN ON THIS MAP.
IT STARTS NORTH, UH, AT PIONEER PARKWAY, AND THEN GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COUNTY LAWN JUST SOUTH OF, UH, OF JOE POOL LAKE.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE LOOKING FURTHER SOUTH.
THAT WAS COVERED WITH THE, UH, SOUTH GATE 360 PLAN.
UH, IF WE GO NORTH, WE'RE GETTING KIND OF INTO DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN THE, THE NORTH 1 61, UH, CORRIDOR PLAN.
UM, EACH OF THOSE WERE LOOKED AT RECENTLY.
UH, BUT THIS AREA HAS NOT REALLY BEEN STUDIED SINCE THE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, IT DOES CONTAIN A MIX OF DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED AREAS.
ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS AREA IS FULLY DEVELOPED, WE ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY BUILT OUT, UM, WITHIN THIS AREA.
UM, IT'S AN AREA THAT WAS DEFINED BY LARGE PROJECTS, UM, OVER THE LAST 50 PLUS YEARS.
THAT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAKE ITSELF.
THAT CONCLUDES, UH, INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 20, UM, OF THE SOUTH LAKE, OF THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE.
THIS IS THE LAST SECTION OF THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, UH, TO HAVE BEEN BUILT, UM, WHICH OF COURSE REALLY OPENED UP THAT EPIC CENTRAL AREA, UM, WHICH TODAY DEFINES THIS, THIS PART OF THE CITY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE CALLING IT THE, UH, THE EPICENTER PLAN.
UM, SO THESE PROJECTS REALLY DEMONSTRATE HOW PLANNING AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND MAKING INVESTMENTS TODAY, UM, CAN REALLY PAY BIG DIVIDENDS, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD ON THOSE.
UH, THERE MIGHT NOT BE THAT MANY BIG PROJECTS LEFT WITHIN THE THIS AREA, BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM AND BUILD ON WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, UM, AND IDENTIFY FURTHER MOVES THAT THE CITY CAN MAKE, UM, TO CONTINUE GOING INTO THE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
SO, PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS, AS I MENTIONED, WE GOT THE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT COVERED THE ENTIRE CITY.
THAT WAS A 10 TO 20 YEAR PLAN, HAD SEVERAL KEY FOCUS AREAS THAT WE WANT TO BUILD ON, UH, WITH THIS PLAN.
UM, THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE THE 2018 PLAN.
REALLY, IT'S INTENDED TO BUILD ON IT AND CLARIFY, UM, SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WITHIN THAT PLAN, UH, SUCH AS REVITALIZING, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA THAT EXIST, UH, PRE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, PRE LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, UH, EVEN PRE JOE POOL LAKE.
UM, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, HAVE DIFFERENT SORTS OF CHALLENGES THAN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE AREA THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT NEWER.
SO, BUILDING ON THAT, THAT PLAN AND IN THAT REGARD, UM, IMPROVING OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION, UH, FOR ALL USERS, UM, NOT JUST, UH, USERS OF, OF AUTOMOBILES THAT BUILDS ON THE 2018 PLAN.
ENCOURAGING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD BE MIXED USE ON A HORIZONTAL SCALE OR ON A VERTICAL SCALE.
UM, ENHANCING PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, UM, AND USING DATA AND TECHNOLOGY TO, UH, TO REALLY, UH, DRIVE, UH, DECISIONS.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S, THAT'S DATA RELATED TO, UH, MARKET RESEARCH OR TRANSPORTATION, UM, OR OTHER OPPORTUNITY AREAS, UH, WHERE THE CITY CAN, CAN GROW AND, AND INVEST IN, UH, A LARGE AMOUNT OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION.
I MEAN, UH, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THAT'S, UH, THAT WE, WE'VE SEEN FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH OF AI AND DATA CENTERS.
UM, AND 5G CONNECTIVITY, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HARNESSING THAT, UH, TO IMPROVE THE AREA.
UH, SO BUILDING ON THOSE, UH, SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PURSUING PUBLIC-PRIVATE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, UM, SO THAT, THAT THE, THE CITY'S DOLLARS GO FURTHER SO THAT WE'RE ALIGNING WITH WHAT THE MARKET IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE, UM, FROM AN INCENTIVE STANDPOINT, AND ALSO FROM, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, AND THEN PROTECTING, UH, THE NATURAL ASSETS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE AREA, UH, INCLUDING SEVERAL STREAM CORRIDORS IN JOE POOL LAKE.
UM, SO THIS IS A SAMPLE OF, OF THE, THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE CITY'S 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THERE IS A PLAN CALLED THE 1 61 CORRIDOR PLAN THAT COVERED NORTH 1 61 FROM THE NORTH CITY LIMITS DOWN ESSENTIALLY TO I 30.
UM, HAD A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS OCCURRING, UH, WITHIN THAT AREA, UH, LED TO THE, UM, CREATION AND ADOPTION OF APPENDIX X, UH, WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, THAT REALLY STRENGTHENED, UM, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN THAT AREA.
UH, WE HAD THE PIONEER PARKWAY URBAN DESIGN STRATEGY PLAN, UM, WHICH REALLY FOCUSED ON THE, THE PIONEER CORRIDOR, UM, BETWEEN DALLAS AND, AND ARLINGTON, UM, AND WAYS OF, UH, BRANDING THAT CORRIDOR, GIVING THAT CORRIDOR SOME CHARACTER.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT REPLACING THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ON THAT, UM, TO, TO STRENGTHEN, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT CORRIDOR.
WE HAVE THE 2021 HOUSING STRATEGY PLAN.
UM, THE SOUTHGATE 360 CORRIDOR PLAN, AS I MENTIONED, THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN AND, UH, A CITYWIDE
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DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.SO THIS, THIS IS INTENDED TO BUILD ON ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS, UH, NOT NECESSARILY REPLACE THEM.
UM, AND YOU SEE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS CAME, UM, OUT OF THOSE PLANNING, UH, EFFORTS IN TERMS OF, UH, IMPROVING THE CITY'S DESIGN STANDARDS, IMPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES, UM, INCENTIVIZING, UM, HOUSING THAT WE MIGHT CALL MISSING MIDDLE OR, UH, ENTRY LEVEL HOUSING, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT STRATEGIES FOR, UM, GETTING HOUSING THAT'S AT THE HIGHER END OF THE MARKET.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT'S OCCURRED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, IT CAN SEEM LIKE, UH, LUXURY HOUSING THAT THAT'S BEING BUILT DOESN'T REALLY HELP TO MOVE THE NEEDLE IN TERMS OF HOUSING SUPPLY.
THAT EVERY UNIT THAT'S ADDED, EVEN IF IT'S A HIGHER END UNIT, UM, CAN TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF THE LOWER RANGE OF THE, THE HOUSING MARKET AND OPEN UP UNITS, UH, THAT MIGHT NOT BE ACCESSIBLE, UH, TO FOLKS AT THE LOWER END OF THE INCOME, UH, SPECTRUM.
SO THAT HOUSING STUDY REALLY FOCUSED ON WAYS TO NOT ONLY, UH, BOLSTER THE CITY'S HOUSING SUPPLY, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT CONFORMED TO THE CHARACTER OF SPECIFIC AREAS.
SO IT HAD A LOT TO, A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO, TO THIS AREA.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT THERE'S A, A LOT OF RELEVANT MATERIAL WITHIN THESE PLANS, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, REVITALIZING AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR 20, 30 YEARS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMERCIAL AREAS, UH, WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR AS WELL.
NOT EVERYTHING IS NECESSARILY SHINY AND NEW.
UM, SO HOW DO WE BRING ALL THAT UP TO THE, TO THE SAME LEVEL AS, AS OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT, THAT'S BROUGHT THE CITY, A LOT OF VISITORS, A LOT OF RECOGNITION, UM, BOLSTERING THE, THE TRAIL NETWORK, BUILDING OUT THAT NETWORK AND JOE POOL LAKE, UM, AND IN THAT FLOODPLAIN TO, TO OPEN UP THOSE AREAS AS WELL, UM, IS, IS A, A THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGH SEVERAL OF THOSE PLANS.
AND OF COURSE, WE WANNA BE COGNIZANT OF THE, THE CITY'S CURRENT PLANNING EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY BIKE MASTER PLAN, UM, THAT IS NEARING COMPLETION.
AND ALSO THE MASTER, UH, PARKS PLAN UPDATES, UH, THAT IS SLATED FOR COMPLETION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF, UH, 2026.
WE'LL BE RUNNING ALONGSIDE, UH, THOSE EFFORTS.
UH, SO THIS WILL ALIGN WITH, UH, WITH EACH OF THOSE PLANS.
SO, LOOKING AT OUR SCHEDULE, UM, WE'VE GOT ABOUT A, A 10 TO 12 MONTH WINDOW.
UM, WE DID KIND OF A SOFT LAUNCH OF THIS PROJECT EARLY IN THE SUMMER, UM, AS WE WERE BUILDING UP THE WEBSITES, UM, AND, UH, GETTING OUR ENGAGEMENT PLAN, UH, AND INTO, INTO SHAPE, AND ALSO DOING SOME STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, INCLUDING SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS, UH, WITHIN THE AREA.
UM, AND THAT LEADS US TO OUR KICKOFF, UH, TONIGHT.
SO WE HAVE HAD ONE TABLING EVENT, SO WE HAVE GONE OUT INTO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL OTHER KEY EVENTS COMING UP HERE THROUGH THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO.
UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, UH, LATER AGAIN IN OCTOBER.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE AROUND THAT SAME TIME.
SO WITHIN THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE DEVELOPING, HOPEFULLY THE, THE VISION FOR THIS AREA AND START TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THE PLAN.
SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY SEVERAL MORE TIMES, INCLUDING SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY SITES, UH, WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A CORRIDOR THAT'S ALMOST COMPLETELY BUILT OUT, THEN YOU REALLY WANT TO DRILL DOWN SPECIFICALLY AT THE SITE LEVEL AND LOOK AT, UH, SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT MAY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD HIGHWAY FRONTAGE OR GOOD CONNECTIVITY, OR JUST SOME GOOD DYNAMICS KIND OF GOING ON AROUND THEM TO SAY, OKAY, HOW DO WE FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE CORRIDOR, UM, THROUGH SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE DRILLING DOWN INTO THAT, UM, AT THE SITE LEVEL, UM, AND REALLY LOOKING AT, UH, SPECIFIC CONCEPTS FOR HOW THOSE SITES CAN, CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'LL HELP GIVE THE CITY AND, UH, THE OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS OF, OF THOSE SITES, UH, SOME KIND OF VISIONING TOOLS AS THEY GO OUT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MARKET THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO THAT'LL TAKE US INTO THE, INTO THE SPRING OF 2026.
UM, THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY START TO COMPILE ALL OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO, TO PNZ SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THAT.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT, UM, POTENTIALLY FIVE WORKSHOPS, UH, TO COME BACK TO YOU AND, AND GO OVER AND VET THE, THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLAN AND THE CONTENT OF THE PLAN WITH THE GOAL THAT ONCE WE GO FOR ADOPTION, UM, IN THE, THE LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, UM, THAT'S BEEN THOROUGHLY VETTED, AND YOU'VE SEEN IT WORD FOR WORD.
WE'VE GONE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM.
AND THIS IS A, A PLAN THAT, THAT REALLY, THE COMMUNITY HAS INFORMED, UM, RATHER THAN US AS THE CONSULTANTS OR, OR AS CITY STAFF, THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S COME TOGETHER, UM, THROUGH A VERY DELIBERATE PROCESS.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MARCH TENTATIVELY TO HAVE A FULL DRAFT PLAN SUBMITTED, THEN COME BACK TO YOU ALL, UH, ONE MORE TIME.
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THE, THE WEBSITE, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF TRAFFIC IS BEING DRIVEN TO THE WEBSITE.SO YOU, AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND AS THE PNZ, UM, WE'RE WANTING TO EMPOWER YOU TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BE ADVOCATES FOR THIS PLAN.
UM, I REALIZE THAT THAT TAKES SOME TIME TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLAN IS AND TO GET ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS.
BUT, UM, AS YOU TALK TO FOLKS, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND THEY ASK YOU, HEY, YOU'RE ON P AND Z, WHAT'S GOING ON? UM, I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THE EPICENTER PLAN.
I WATCHED THE VIDEO WITH THE MAYOR AS A LEGO MINI FIG.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT? UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE INFORMED TO, TO KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THE WEBSITE, UH, PLEASE, UH, GO CHECK IT OUT.
UM, IT WILL BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED AS WE, UH, CREATE NEW CONTENT FOR THE PLAN WITH THE GOAL THAT THE FULL PLAN WILL BE UP ON THE WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
UM, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MORE, UM, ACTIVITIES PLANNED.
UH, THIS WAS LAST SATURDAY AT, AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, WHERE WE ENGAGED, UH, UH, DIRECTLY, UH, UM, OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
UM, WE HAD LITTLE POSTCARDS THAT, THAT WE HANDED OUT THAT THEY CAN SCAN AND GO TO THE WEBSITE.
WE ALSO HAD SOME ENGAGEMENT BOARDS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, UM, THAT, THAT FOLKS COULD READ AND REVIEW.
UM, THE INTENTION IS THAT WE WILL HAVE BOARDS THAT CAN BE SET UP AROUND TOWN THAT FOLKS CAN INTERACT WITH, AND STAFF WON'T HAVE TO STAND THERE AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BABYSIT THOSE.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THEM, UH, ON THEIR OWN.
UM, SO, SO FAR WE'VE HAD OVER 2000 VIEWS, UH, OF THE WEBSITE ALTOGETHER.
WE'VE HAD 36, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, TO THE WEBSITE.
THERE'S A, A PAGE WHERE YOU CAN DROP A PEN, UH, ON A MAP AND TELL US ABOUT ISSUES OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU SEE WITHIN THE AREA.
UM, SO IT'S VERY EASY TO USE, VERY INTERACTIVE.
UM, IT'S A SITE THAT, THAT'S BUILT, UM, TO BE ACCESSIBLE EITHER BY, BY WEB OR BY PHONE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WE, WE'VE WENT OUT AND, UH, DONE A SURVEYS, UH, THAT WERE GEARED SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS HOAS AND, UH, AND PIDS, UM, TO HEAR FROM THEM WHAT, WHAT THEIR KEY ISSUES ARE.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE DONE A BROADER COMMUNITY, UH, MEMBER SURVEY.
UM, SO THOSE, THOSE SURVEYS, UM, ARE, ARE STILL OPEN.
UM, WE PLAN ON CLOSING THOSE HERE, UH, AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO, AGAIN, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ENGAGED, OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF TELL US, UH, TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS AND, AND FOLKS OUT IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOW I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO WILSON, AND HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME, SOME DATA AND SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS.
UM, SO WHEN DAVID WAS, UH, INTRODUCING THE PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS, THAT GENERALLY IS THE FIRST PART OF WHAT WE CALL THE COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT CHAPTER.
THAT'S OUR FIRST CHAPTER WITHIN THE PLAN.
AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT CHAPTER, UH, INCLUDES OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE DATA THAT WE'RE USING AS A BASELINE FOR, FOR THE PLANNING EFFORT.
SO FIRST WE WANTED TO POINT OUT THE, THE POPULATION.
SO BASED OFF OF THE POPULATION GROWTH THAT THE CITY HAS SEEN OVER THE PAST 10, 20 YEARS, WE CAN ESTIMATE THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS GOING TO GROW AT ABOUT HALF A PERCENTAGE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THE EPICENTER AREA JUST UNDER SET, UH, 0.7% OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UM, THAT IS LOWER THAN THE, THE PROJECTED DFW GROWTH OF, UH, 1.4%.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE BUILT OUT NATURE OF THE CITY AND OF, OF, UM, THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY.
SIMPLY, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH HOUSES IN THE AREA FOR IT TO GROW AT THE SAME RATE AS, UH, DFW.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE POPULATION IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE WITHIN THE AREA WITH, UM, A HEAVY PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION BEING BETWEEN 25 AND 40.
UM, AND, UH, MORE THAN 35% OF THE POPULATION ARE UNDER 25 AS WELL.
THIS IS LETTING US KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES WITHIN THE AREA, AS WELL AS A LOT OF YOUNGER FOLKS THAT ARE WANTING TO, TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND SPEND, UH, SPEND THEIR MONEY, SPEND THEIR, THEIR, THEIR DOLLARS WITHIN THEIR AREA, AND, UH, CAN SUPPORT SOME RETAIL GROWTH, UH, WITHIN THE AREA AS WELL.
SO THE POPULATION IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE WITHIN THE CITY, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
UM, A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION IS WIDE QUARTER IS, UH, UM, IS BLACK ALONE AS WELL.
AND THEN IT'S ROUGHLY, UM, IT'S VERY EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, NON-HISPANIC AND HISPANIC POPULATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE MAJORITY OF OTHER CITIES WITHIN DFW.
SO YOU DO HAVE THOSE VARYING, UM, UM, UM, DIVERSE GROUPS WITHIN THE, THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT IS AN, A REALLY EXCITING WAY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
AND THE EPICENTER AREA SIMILARLY IS, IS VERY DIVERSE.
UM, IT, IT IS GENERALLY, UM, THERE, THERE ARE SOME LARGER POPULATIONS OF, UH, WHITE PEOPLE ALONE AND BLACK PEOPLE ALONE.
UH, IT'S GENERALLY LESS OF A HISPANIC, UM, OF A HISPANIC SPLIT WITHIN THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY.
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AND THEN THE HOUSING STOCK.SO WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE, 62% OF THE HOU OF THE HOUSING IS, UH, SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THEN IN THE EPICENTER AREA, IT'S, IT GOES UP TO 71%.
SO THERE ARE, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIVERSE HOUSING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA, BUT IT IS GENERALLY DOMINATED BY THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, AND THERE ARE KIND OF LIMITED TRANSITIONAL OPTIONS SUCH AS TOWN HOMES OR DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, WHICH DOES REDUCE THE AFFORDABILITY WITHIN THE AREA.
SO IT IS HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND BUY THOSE HOUSES.
WE'RE MISSING THINGS, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE MISSING MIDDLE OF OF HOUSES THAT ARE THOSE ENTRY POINTS TO, UH, PURCHASING HOMES.
UM, YOU, THE CITY IS GENERALLY SPLIT BETWEEN, UM, OWNER OCCUPIED AND RENTER OCCUPIED WITH 52% BEING OWNER OCCUPIED AND 42% BEING RENTER OCCUPIED WITH A 6% VACANCY RATE.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA.
IT GOES UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE OWNER OCCUPIED AND DOWN SLIGHTLY, UH, IN BOTH, UH, VACANCY AND RENTER OCCUPIED.
THIS DOES REINFORCE THE CITY'S REPUTATION AS AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE WITH THAT LOW VACANCY RATE.
AND THEN IT ALSO, UH, SHOWS YOU THAT DIVERSIFYING THE HOUSING STOCK CAN SUPPORT THAT FUTURE GROWTH WITHIN, UM, WITHIN THE AREA.
SO THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IS AROUND, UM, IS AROUND THREE PEOPLE PER HOUSEHOLD IN BOTH THE EPICENTER AREA AND GRAND PRAIRIE AS A WHOLE, MEANING THAT FAMILIES ARE DOMINATING THE, THE HOUSING STOCK WITHIN THE, THE AREA.
SO YOU ALL HAVE BUILT THAT FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE CITY, AND IT REALLY IS SHOWING WITHIN YOUR HOUSING OCCUPANCY, UH, RATES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE, THE HOUSING VALUE.
SO WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA, THE HOUSING MEETING HOUSING VALUE IS $344,000, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN GRAND PRAIRIE AS A WHOLE WITH A THREE 15.
UM, AND IT'S SPLIT, UH, DALLAS COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY.
UH, SO DALLAS COUNTY'S MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD VALUE IS 3 39, AND TARRANT COUNTY IS 3 54.
SO THE EPICENTER AREA'S, MEDIAN IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
SO GENERALLY ON PAR WITH THE, THE AREA SURROUNDING.
AND THEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, THIS REALLY HELPS YOU, UM, UNDERSTAND THE WORKFORCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, UM, THE, OBVIOUSLY THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE A VERY DIVERSE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WITHIN, UH, THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, UM, 23% WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE, 17%, SOME COLLEGE WITH 26% HAVING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND THEN 13% HAVING A, A GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL.
UH, THAT'S THE, UM, BACHELOR'S AND GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREES ARE A BIT HIGHER THAN GRAND PRAIRIE AS A WHOLE.
UM, THIS, THIS SHOWS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM TO, UM, HELP PROMOTE THAT COLLEGE ACCESS AND EARLY PREP FOR COLLEGE MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN THIS ALSO LEADS INTO THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
SO WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA, THAT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS JUST UNDER 100,000, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN GRAND PRAIRIE AS A WHOLE, UH, AS A WHOLE, UH, WHICH IS, UH, 83,000.
UM, IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN BOTH DALLAS COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY THAT HAVE THE, THEIR MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD, UH, INCOMES AS, UH, 78 AND 84, AND THEN MUCH HIGHER THAN TEXAS AS A WHOLE, UM, AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK AND WHAT THEY, THEY ARE DOING.
WHAT, WHAT IS THAT, WHAT ARE THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THAT REALLY HIGH, UM, MEDIAN INCOME WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? SO MANUFACTURING, UM, AND HEALTHCARE AND RETAIL SERVICES.
THOSE ARE YOUR TOP THREE INDUSTRIES, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA.
AND THERE IS A HIGH CONCENTRATION, THE, THAT HEALTHCARE SERVICES HAS A VERY HIGH CONCENTRATION WITHIN THIS AREA COMPARED TO, UH, THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND WHENEVER YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE REGION AS A WHOLE AS WELL.
SO THERE IS KIND OF THAT STRONG, UH, SHIFT WITHIN THE AREA FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN THOSE JOBS THAT HAVE STRONG UPWARD MOBILITY AND, UM, AND, UM, HIGHER LABOR MULTIPLIERS.
AND THEN WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT EMPLOY, UH, EMPLOYMENT LOCATION AS WELL.
THE, UH, EPICENTER AREA IN GRAND PRAIRIE AS A WHOLE BRING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE TO WORK.
SO THERE ARE 70,000 PEOPLE DAILY COMING INTO THE CITY TO WORK, BUT ALSO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE LEAVING, UM, LEAVING THE COMMUNITY TO WORK.
GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DALLAS, ARLINGTON, UM, AS WELL AS FORT WORTH TO, TO, UM, TO WORK.
AND THAT, UH, INCLUDES, THAT'S ABOUT 83,000 PEOPLE LEAVING THE COMMUNITY TO WORK.
AND THERE ARE 11,000 PEOPLE, OR JUST OVER 11,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING
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HERE AS WELL.SO THAT SHOWS YOU THAT YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO WORK.
UM, AND THAT SHOWS YOU THAT YOU CAN, UH, LOOK AT INVESTING MORE IN HOUSING OPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
SO THE CENTRAL LOCATION, UM, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS KEY TO THE REGION.
UM, THERE ARE 8 MILLION PEOPLE WITHIN AN HOUR DRIVE OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, MAJOR EMPLOYERS AS WELL WITHIN THE CITY.
SO LOCKHEED IS HERE, POLY AMERICA FLEXING GATE.
UM, SO THERE ARE THESE JUST VERY, UH, GROWING HIGH NET WORTH JOBS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, INSTEAD OF HAVING THESE PEOPLE COMMUTE IN, HOW CAN WE CAPTURE THOSE PEOPLE AND HELP THEM, UH, STAY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, INSTEAD OF LEAVING TO, TO GO TO DIFFERENT, UH, PLACES TO SPEND THEIR, THEIR EXTRA TIME AND MONEY.
AND THEN, UH, SHOWED THIS ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT THAT CATALYST PUT TOGETHER AS WELL.
SO WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA, 2 MILLION, UM, SQUARE FEET OF THE 4 MILLION SQUARE FEET, TOTAL GROWTH IN RETAIL WAS, UH, LOCATED WITHIN THERE.
SO THAT MEANS HALF OF YOUR RETAIL GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE EPICENTER AREA.
IT ALSO, UM, ACCOUNTS FOR 6.9 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF THE TOTAL, UH, 9.8 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL INVENTORY WITHIN THE AREA.
SO PEOPLE ARE, THERE IS THAT DEMAND FOR, UM, FOR RETAIL WITHIN THE AREA, AND PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THIS AREA TO SPEND THEIR TIME AND, UH, AND MONEY.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, THERE IS THAT DEMAND FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE AREA.
SO, UM, SUCH AS OWNER, THERE'S A DEMAND FOR OWNER OCCUPANT, OCCU, UM, OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, UH, WITHIN THIS AREA WITH THE, THE ESTIMATE BEING JUST OVER A THOUSAND UNITS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE, THE DEMAND THERE.
AND THEN JUST UNDER A THOUSAND FOR RENTAL, UH, RENTAL DEMAND.
AND THEN, UM, ABOUT 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW OFFICE SPACE WILL BE NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMAND MOVING FORWARD.
I'LL MOVE IT BACK OVER TO DAVID TO TALK ABOUT THESE DISCUSSION ITEMS AND MAYBE GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK.
SO ANYBODY WORN OUT YET FROM, FROM THAT DATA DUMP
BEFORE I MOVE ON, ANYTHING SURPRISE YOU FROM THAT OR IS THAT ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UH, THE, IF YOU CAN, CAN YOU GIVE US THE SLIDES TO WHAT WAS NOT IN THE PACKET? THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WERE NOT IN THE PACKET THERE AGAIN, LIKE THIS.
WAS IT, WAS IT THESE TWO? YEAH.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US THAT AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK MYSELF TO SEE WHERE MY HOUSE IS.
I DON'T THINK MY HOUSE IS IN THIS SECTION, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US THE UH, UH, THE OUTLINING BORDERS IN WRITING? 'CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA REMEMBER THAT SURE.
HOW PUTTING IT BORDERS ALL AROUND, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING WHEN YOU GO TO THE INTERACTIVE.
YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT SPECIFICALLY KIND BOUNCES AROUND.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS MAP YOU OFF THE BAR AREA.
DON'T, I'M OFF OF, UH, KINGSWOOD AND GREEN OAKS CAMP WILSON IN MAGNA CAR.
I WAS IT AND I COULDN'T GET IT THERE.
SO ON, ON THE WEBSITE, WE, WE DO HAVE THE, THIS MAP AND IT, IT KIND OF DOES A LOT OF THINGS.
ONE, IT ALLOWS FOLKS TO KIND OF REPORT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE AREA AND THIS, THIS COULD BE GOOD OR BAD.
AND THERE'S A FEATURE WHERE FOLKS CAN UP VOTE COMMENTS OR THEY CAN DOWN VOTE COMMENTS.
UM, BUT IT ALSO GIVES, GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THE AREA IS AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF HELPS NAVIGATE THE, THE AREA.
SO YES, THE LOCATION YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SQUARE WITHIN THE HEART OF, OF THIS AREA, BECAUSE WE GO ALL THE WAY UP TO PIONEER AND THEN WE GO FROM CITY LIMITS.
CITY LIMIT SAID YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT AND BE AMBASSADORS.
WE NEED TO BE SURE AND KNOW WE HAVE HAD IT, YOU KNOW, CLEAR AND OUTLINED IN WRITING.
I'M PERSON, LIKE A VISUAL, THE ACTUAL STREETS.
'CAUSE I, I MAY KNOW SOMEBODY OVER HERE.
I MAY KNOW SOMEBODY OVER THERE.
AND WHEN I HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT BORDERS.
I CAN HAVE BETTER CONVERSATION.
WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND, AND LOOK AT THIS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.
SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOREIGN ESTATES, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRIGHTON, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WESTCHESTER, UM, LAKE PARKS, UH, DOWN TO M LAGOS, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU CAN THINK OF IT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS RATHER THAN A SPECIFIC BOUNDARY.
WELL, ALL NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE A THOUGH.
AND, AND THOSE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE YEAH, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S TRUE.
AND, AND THOSE, THOSE ARE GONNA FACE SOME, SOME DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAN, THAN THE FOLKS WHO HAVE THE RESOURCES OF AN HOA OR, OR OF A PI, WHICH MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE THOSE AS WELL.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE GONNA BE FOLKS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, YOU
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KNOW, AT THE, THE WARMACK LIBRARY, UH, FOR INSTANCE, FOR, FOR FOLKS TO NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL TOO FAR TO, TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE SEEING WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.UH, 'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE, THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO HAVE FOLKS WHO CAN SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING OUT TO WORK EVERY DAY AND ONLY COMING HOME LATE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE MISSING A LOT OF THINGS, AND WE WANNA MAKE IT AS EASY ON THEM AS POSSIBLE.
SO HOPEFULLY THE WEBSITE GIVES THEM A, A REALLY GOOD TOOL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FROM THEIR PHONE, FROM THEIR LAPTOP WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVING TO LEAVE HOME.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
I LOVE DATA, SO THIS IS WONDERFUL.
UM, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DISCUSS, UM, I THINK A POPULATION THAT SOME OF US FIT WITHIN, AND THAT'S REMOTE EMPLOYEES MM-HMM
WILL THAT STAY HOME ALL DAY? WAS THERE A CAPTURE FOR THAT? SO THAT, THAT IS DATA THAT THE, THE CENSUS BUREAU PRODUCES? UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND PULL THAT.
UH, I THINK, UM, BUT YOU BRING UP A A REALLY GOOD POINT BECAUSE THAT'S GIVEN FOLKS ACCESS TO JOBS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF LIKE A A W2, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY BRINGING IN, YOU KNOW, ADDED DOLLARS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, IT DOES SPEAK TO THINGS LIKE BROADBAND AND, AND PRESERVING, YOU KNOW, THAT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN DO THAT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH KIND OF THE BROADER JOBS TREND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL REALLY GOOD EMPLOYERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE EITHER HAVING TO FIND REMOTE WORK, UM, TO, TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, A GOOD AMOUNT OF HIGHER PAYING JOBS OR THEY'RE HAVING TO LEAVE THE CITY.
SO WE, WE WANT TO, I I THINK TARGET A BLEND OF THAT WHERE WE'RE FOLKS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING FROM HOME, UM, FROM A HOUSING STANDPOINT AND FROM A BROADBAND STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO ACCESS TO, TO JOBS WHERE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE, LIKE WE DO A, A, A SPLIT RIGHT? WHERE IT'S PART WORKING FROM HOME PART, UH, IN THE OFFICE, UM, UNLESS WE'RE ON THE ROAD ALL THE TIME, AND THEN THE CAR KIND OF BECOMES THE OFFICE.
UH, BUT, BUT GIVING, GIVING FOLKS OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A THEME THAT, THAT WE MAY WANT TO, UH, REALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PLAN IS, IS OPPORTUNITIES NO MATTER WHAT YOUR HOUSING SITUATION, NO MATTER WHAT'S YOUR, YOUR RACIAL SITUATION OR YOUR AGE OR INCOME, UM, OR YOUR WORK SITUATION, THAT THERE'S, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA TO TO, TO THRIVE AND, UM, TO NOT HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU KNOW, OR, OR MOVE OUT OR, OR CHANGE YOUR SITUATION.
COMMISSIONERS CHAPMAN BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT IN THAT FIGURE, THE 11,000 THAT YOU, I THOUGHT WAS FOR IN AND OUT WAS FOR FOLKS THAT LIVED AND WORKED, WAS THAT, THAT 11,000 FIGURE, WHAT WAS THAT? THAT WAS LIVE AND WORK.
SO YOU KIND, YOU KIND OF, SORT OF INCORPORATED IN THERE.
SORT OF SOME, YES, BUT IT'S SPECIFICALLY A GOOD POINT BECAUSE THAT COULD BE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING WITHIN THE AREA FROM HOME NOW.
THEY MAY SHOW THAT THEY WORK AT LOCKHEED MARTIN, BUT THEY'RE PHYSICALLY AT HOME MOST OF THE TIME.
AND, AND IN MY INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, MY, MY COMPANY IS BASED IN NEW YORK, BUT I'M LOCAL.
SO MY DOLLAR, MY ECONOMIC POWER IS COMING INTO GREEN PRAIRIE.
AND THEN IT'S MORE OF THE, THE, UM, OKAY, I WANT COFFEE AT STARBUCKS, WHERE'S MY PROXIMITY? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE ONE THAT'S CROWDED.
DO YOU NEED ONE CLOSER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THERE, THERE ARE OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS THAT, THAT POPULATION WILL DEFINITELY CONTRIBUTE TO, BUT IF WE DON'T COUNT THEM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET THE, UH, THE DATA MM-HMM
IF, IF YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MAYOR LAGOS, A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING INTO MANSFIELD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN BROAD AND SHE'S ONE OF THEM YEAH.
GOING, GOING TO SHOP AT KROGER MARKETPLACE.
AND, AND I, I, I LIVE IN THAT AREA, SO, UM, BERNIE'S MY, MY BARISTA.
I WOULD PREFER THAT IT STAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND IT BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE MM-HMM
BECAUSE EITHER I GO INTO MANSFIELD OR I GO UP THE HILL INTO CEDAR HILL.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED.
AND, AND ANOTHER, ANOTHER GOOD POINT TOO ABOUT THE, THE WORK FROM HOME PART IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE, SINCE COVID AND PEOPLE HAVE STARTED WORKING FROM HOME, NOT, NOT TO TO SPEAK TO YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE PEOPLE HAVE STARTED WORKING FROM HOME, IT'S, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO, TO ISOLATE FOR SOME FOLKS.
UM, AND WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN COVID HAPPENED, AND AT FIRST IT WAS GREAT, YOU KNOW, I COULD JUST SORT OF HANG OUT IN MY PAJAMAS AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO TALK TO ANYBODY.
AND IT WAS A NICE LITTLE VACATION.
BUT OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN, WE STARTED SEEING THE IMPACTS OF THAT KIND OF SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL.
UM, AND THAT THOSE ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, ISSUES.
AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO EXPLORE WITH THIS PLAN IS, UH, WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WITHIN THIS AREA AND HOW SPREAD OUT EVERYTHING IS, HOW DO WE GIVE PEOPLE, UM, THOSE GATHERING PLACES AND COMMUNITY PLACES, UM, EVEN IF IT'S WITHIN PARKS OR WITHIN COMMUNITY CENTERS, UM, TO, TO
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HAVE THAT BALANCE.THE ARLINGTON, UH, MALL, WE NEED A MALL LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE I'M STILL GOING TO ARLINGTON FOR CERTAIN THINGS MM-HMM
AND THAT'S, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF DOLLARS FROM GRAND PRAIRIE AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PICKED THAT UP IN YOUR SURVEY.
AND JASON CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO KIND OF THE, THE PARTICULARS OF, OF HOW WE DID THE, THE MARKET ANALYSIS.
BUT, BUT YEAH, WE, WE DO HAVE TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF, OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE, UM, TO, TO GET A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY CARE WHAT CITY THEY'RE IN.
THEY'LL JUST GO TO WHATEVER THE, THE DESTINATION IS.
UM, SO WE ARE COMPETING WITH THOSE OTHER CITIES, UM, IN TERMS OF GETTING RETAIL AND GETTING JOBS.
UM, DIFFERENTIATORS ARE, ARE KEY.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DIFFERENTIATES YOUR COMMUNITY FROM, FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALL PULLING FROM THE, THE SAME POOL, UM, OF WORKERS IN THE SAME POOL OF, OF DOLLARS.
AND, AND THIS'LL LEAD INTO OUR KIND OF OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, AND WE'RE HAVING A GREAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S REALLY MEANT TO TEE UP KIND OF OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO, TO HAVE AS TRANSFORMATIVE AND IMPACT AS WE SAW WHEN IKEA CAME TO TOWN? YOU KNOW, WHEN, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL FLASH FORWARD TO, TO KIND OF THIS SLIDE AND, AND WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT, AT OPPORTUNITY AREAS.
10 YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, IF YOU WENT TO THE AREA THAT'S NOW EPIC CENTRAL, WHERE WE'VE GOT GREAT RESTAURANTS AND WE'VE GOT GREAT COMMUNITY FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AN UNUSABLE PIECE OF FLOODPLAIN THAT HAD VERY LITTLE ACCESS TO IT.
UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME, I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TURNPIKE, UM, EXTENDING DOWN, BUILDING OFF OF THAT, WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A TURNPIKE THAT'S GONNA COME INTO TOWN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, WE KIND OF HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE, BUT KIND OF MAXIMIZING THAT AND LOOKING CREATIVELY, UM, AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN DIFFERENTIATE ITSELF.
YOU KNOW, THAT STARTS WITH WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITY AREAS OR EVEN INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITY SITES, UM, THAT, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, WITHIN THE AREA TO, TO GET SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, UM, IS DRAWING PEOPLE OUT OF GRAND PRAIRIE TODAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO NOT ONLY KEEP THEM HERE, BUT BRING THEM IN FROM, FROM A LARGE AREA? YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS REALLY THE TRUE DIFFERENTIATOR OF IKEA IS THAT IT BROUGHT PEOPLE IN FROM OUTSIDE GRAND PRAIRIE.
IT DIDN'T JUST KEEP PEOPLE WHO WERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, AND THAT KIND OF SET THE TONE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS, THAT WAS DEVELOPED ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
UM, SO THAT'S MOMENTUM AND, AND A MINDSET THAT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN AND, AND KIND OF KEEP IT AS IT DRIVES US.
AND IT MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A LARGE RETAIL STORE OR, OR A LARGE ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY.
IT IT MAY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING ON WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF NATURAL FEATURES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE DOWN IN LLOYD PARK WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY BUILT ON THAT, THAT IMAGE OF KIND OF ALMOST HIGH END CAMPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A GREAT NATURAL FEATURE, NATURAL CENTERPIECE KIND OF RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN AS WELL.
SO KIND OF FINDING THAT BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO, UM, IS, IS CERTAINLY A WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE.
SO FOR OUR NEXT, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE PRIMARY OPPORTUNITY AREAS.
UM, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE, THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM THE, THE 2018 PLAN.
SO IT, IT SHOWS THAT THE, THE AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S INTENDED FOR, UH, PER THE 2018 PLAN.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO THIS PLAN, UH, OVER THE YEARS.
SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, UM, AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF DOING THIS PLAN, UH, WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO THIS LAND USE MAP? DO ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE, UH, TO THIS LAND USE MAP? 'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF, OF THIS PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THAT MAP.
UM, BUT OF COURSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE THREW A WRENCH INTO THAT.
UM, WITH SB EIGHT 40 AND SB 15, UH, YOU'RE NOW ALLOWED TO DO A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LEVEL OF DENSITY THAN YOU WERE ABLE TO DO BEFORE ON COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY OWNED PROPERTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT COMPLICATES THE, THE ABILITY OF, OF CITIES TO, UH, PLAN FOR GROWTH, UH, TO KNOW, WELL, HOW BIG OF A PIPE DO I NEED TO PUT IN THE GROUND TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, A HUNDRED APARTMENTS VERSUS 10,000 APARTMENTS? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE DYNAMIC FORCES THAT ARE GONNA BE SHAPING THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 20 YEARS? UM, THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT CATALYST PROVIDED THAT, THAT WILSON COVERED, UM, ABOUT THE, THE MARKET DEMAND FOR OWNER AND AND RENTER, UM, YOU ADD THAT UP, THAT'S 1900 UNITS PER YEAR, 1800 UNITS PER YEAR.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF MULTIPLE LARGE COMPLEXES OR MULTIPLE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
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UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF, OF INVENTORY TO ABSORB, BUT THAT'S UNDER THE PAST REGULATORY SETUP.SO IN THE, THE NEW REALITY THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THAT MARKET GOING TO INCREASE? IS IT GOING TO STAY THE SAME? WE CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF BE PREPARED FOR MULTIPLE SCENARIOS, UM, UNDER, UNDER THE REALITY THAT WE'RE IN.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS THAT THIS PLAN IS GOING TO NEED TO ACCOMPLISH, IS TO PAINT A PICTURE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IF THE CITY ISN'T QUITE SO EMPOWERED TO PLAN ITS OWN DESTINY AS IT WAS IN THE PAST, AND SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE MULTIFAMILY.
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE COMMERCIAL, AND THEY'RE NOW INTERMINGLED.
WE'VE GOTTA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DYNAMIC AND PLAN FOR MULTIPLE SCENARIOS.
UH, AND AGAIN, IN LOOKING AT THOSE OPPORTUNITY SITES, UM, THE REASON I KEEP COMING BACK TO THAT IS THAT DOING PROACTIVE PLANNING ON SPECIFIC SITES THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, OR MAYBE FOR THE WORSE, DEPENDING ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD, THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF, UM, TO, TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S, HERE'S THE INTENTION OF THE CITY, UH, ON THIS SITE, IN THIS LOCATION.
HERE'S WHAT WE ENVISION GOING THERE, WORKING WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO KIND OF CHANNEL THOSE MARKET FORCES, UH, TO, TO THOSE SITES AND CONTRIBUTE, UM, TO, TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS AREA.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A SETUP FOR, FOR NEXT TIME, BUT IF YOU HAD ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT, I KNOW THE SB EIGHT 40 IS, HAS KIND OF BEEN, YOU KNOW, FRONT OF MIND FOR, FOR A LOT OF CITIES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, BUT DEFINITELY DO WANT TO GET ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UH, WE WILL BE DIVING INTO THIS, UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER HOPEFULLY AT OUR, AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
I DO HAVE JUST ONE OTHER THING JUST TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WITH THE JOB MARKET THE WAY IT IS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING LAID OFF AS WELL.
THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME COMPANIES MOVING TO TEXAS, SOME COMPANIES MAY BE LEAVING TEXAS, ALL THAT, TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL.
AND YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA GO.
BECAUSE THEY COULD REALLY GO EITHER WAY AND YOU BE ABLE TO DO ALL THIS BUILDING AND THEN WHO'S GONNA BE IN IT.
AND THAT, THAT TOUCHES DIRECTLY ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE QUESTION OF WHAT ARE OUR KEY SITES THAT ARE LEFT WITHIN THIS AREA? E EITHER UNDEVELOPED OR, OR AS REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
'CAUSE YES, IT'S, AS COMPANIES DO LOOK TO RELOCATE AND FLEXING GATE IS, IS A, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A COMPANY THAT, UH, CAME TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND BROUGHT SEVERAL HUNDRED JOBS AND THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE ARLINGTON PLANT.
UM, AND THERE, THERE HAPPENED TO BE A BUILDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE THAT, THAT SUITED THEM.
UM, KIND OF TAKING THAT MENTALITY, BUT SCALING IT UP TO, TO WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO THINK BIGGER ABOUT COMPANIES THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BRING THOUSANDS OF JOBS OR BRING NEW, NEW ECONOMIES, UH, TO THE AREA.
AS MANY OF THOSE AS WE CAN, WE CAN IDENTIFY AND KIND OF BE PREPARED FOR THAT, THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE.
ANY, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT, ABOUT ANYTHING? I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LOT.
UM, WE WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL SOME TIME TO THINK AND ABSORB, UM, BE A QUIZ.
IT'S, IT'S PUT TOGETHER VERY WELL, I MUST SAY.
IT IS, IT FLOWS WELL, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S A LOT MM-HMM
AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION AND THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE.
BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN LIVING AS LONG AS I HAVE, YOU SEEN A LOT OF THINGS, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TALK TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW.
BUT, UM, THE SURVEY WASN'T THERE, THE SURVEY, THERE WAS INITIAL SURVEY DONE.
THAT INITIAL SURVEY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN A TIP AS TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.
HOW, HOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT INITIAL SURVEY? THE, THE SURVEYS STILL OPEN, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT DATA TO PRESENT TO YOU NEXT TIME.
UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOSING THAT AT, AT THE, THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL GETTING, GETTING SOME FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THAT.
IT'S, THE PERCENTAGE IS LOW ON THE SURVEY, RIGHT.
OF, OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN THE SURVEY.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, THE EXACT NUMBERS, UM, RELATIVE TO THE, TO THE POPULATION.
'CAUSE TO ME YOU MIGHT WANNA DO ANOTHER PUSH AND GETTING ANOTHER OR MAYBE TAKE ANOTHER, UH, ADVERTISING ONE MORE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE ON THE FRONT END YOU GET AS MANY PEOPLE INTO THE SYSTEM AS POSSIBLE WITH THEIR THOUGHTS INSTEAD OF HAVE ON THE BACK END.
WE JUST POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, PUSHED IT OUT VIA EMAIL ON THE PIPELINE AND ALSO SEND IT OUT ON AS HARD COPY IN THE NEWSLETTER AND THE WATER BILLS.
UM, HAVE IT ON OUR CITY WEBSITE.
SO, UH, ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL CAN DO, PUSH THAT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE QR CODE IS A LITTLE IMAGE THAT I CAN INCLUDE IN THE EMAIL THAT Y'ALL CAN JUST SAY,
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HEY, BUY SOME INPUT AND THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, USE THE QR CODE.WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE ON THAT? ON THAT? WHAT'S YOUR STOP THE WHOLE THING? UH, WELL AT A CERTAIN POINT WE GOTTA PUT PEN TO PAPER.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING AS MUCH INPUT AS WE CAN ON THE FRONT END.
WE GOT THE HOAS, WE GOT BIDS, WE ARE KIND OF, THEY WERE KIND OF NOT REALLY, THEY DIDN'T PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM, BUT WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL AS WELL THOSE VACANT PROPERTIES THAT THROUGHOUT THIS AREA WE WANT TO GET THERE, BUT TO KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, UM, NOT NECESSARILY TELL 'EM WHAT TO DO.
UH, SO WE LOOKING AT THE DATA, WHICH, UH, THEY JUST GONE OVER.
SO WE'RE GETTING THE DATA, GETTING THE CITIZENS INPUT, USING THE SURVEY INFORMATION, LOOK AT THE LAND, THE LAND AND SEE THE CROSSROADS AND ALL OF THAT, AND PROVIDE A PLAN THAT ADDRESSES ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO, BUT THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN GET, THE BETTER.
I'M LOOKING AT PROBABLY THE END OF OCTOBER WHERE THAT SURVEY IS.
'CAUSE UH, THE NEWSPAPER POSTING, NOT POSTING THE MAIL OUT, UM, NOT NEWSPAPER, THE NEWSLETTER.
I BELIEVE IT IS MID-OCTOBER, A CARD OR SOMETHING.
IF YOU SAW THIS SURVEY BY SO AND SO, WE GONNA GET SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE GET FREE STUFF JUST LIKE
I'M A TAXPAYER, THAT'S ALL I
I I DO WANT TO COMMEND RASHAD AND, AND SAVANNAH AND, AND THEIR, THEIR STAFF.
I MEAN WE, WE, WE HAVE SEEN SOME, SOME GOOD BUMPS IN, IN TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, THE FACEBOOK POST AND WORKING WITH THEM TO, TO PUT TOGETHER THAT THE, THE VIDEO AND YOU SEE THE KIND OF THE, THE SCREENSHOT, UM, EVERY, EVERY PUSH THAT THAT HAS BEEN MADE, UM, TO DATE THE PIPELINE NEWSLETTER, WE, WE'VE SEEN A GOOD JUMP IN IN TRAFFIC.
UM, AND FOLKS, AND, AND AGAIN, THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN INTERACT.
YOU CAN INTERACT THROUGH THE SURVEY, WHICH SOME PEOPLE LIKE TAKING SURVEYS.
SOME PEOPLE THINK, AH, THAT, THAT TAKES TOO LONG.
MAYBE I'LL GO INTERACT WITH, WITH THE MAP.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE TOOLS.
UM, I THINK GETTING THE KIND OF INTERACTIVE BOARDS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WE WILL, WE'LL PROVIDE A ANOTHER WAY FOR, FOR FOLKS TO INTERACT.
WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT, THAT PIECE OF IT YET.
WE DID, I WAS, I WENT TO THE NEXT LINE OUT AND THE BOYS WERE THERE AND THE YOUNG LADY, SHE JUST, WHATEVER I TOLD, SHE JUST TOOK THE SNEAKY NOTES AND PUT IT ON.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT, I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BUT JUST STAND THERE SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY WORSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL GOAL TABLINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE EITHER HERE, CITY HALL OR, UH, ONE OF THE LIBRARIES.
BUT UM, LIKE DAVID SAID, YOU GOT SOME HOMEWORK.
I'LL COME BACK READY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INPUT.
WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE TOWN HALLS.
SO LIKE, I THINK THAT JUNIOR HAS THE TOWN HALL.
YES, I'LL BE PRESENTING SOME OF THAT STUFF.
AGAIN, THE QR CODE AT THE, AT THE TOWN HALL TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTO IT.
BUT WITH THAT, NOT TRYING TO CUT ANYBODY'S OFF FOR SHORT.
YOU HAVE AN AGENDA RE REVIEW, HAVE SOME STUFF WE GOTTA GO OVER BEFORE.
WELL THAT, YEAH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, OUR PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
WE JUST START OR WE OH, OH, ARE YOU RIGHT? 2%.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A SITE PLAN STP 25 0 7 0 2 2 6.
SO THE APPLICANT WISHES TO CONSTRUCT A NEW RETAIL BUILDING AT 27 7 5 SOUTH GREAT SOUTH PARKWAY.
UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THEY'RE CLOSE TO THE ASIAN, UM, TIMES SQUARE.
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CORNER MARKED WITH YELLOW.THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
THEY ARE MEETING OUR LANDSCAPE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UM, HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THEY'RE MAJORITY STUCCO WITH SUN, BRICK, AND STONE FINISHES TO, UH, ENHANCE SOME OF THE BAY AREAS AT THE ENTRANCES.
THEY ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN.
THIS IS FOR ENCORE IRON WITH SWITCH STATION.
SO AS YOU MIGHT BE, UH, FAMILIAR, THIS IS THE AREA WHERE GOODLAND ADOPTED A PD TO ALLOW FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN THE DATA CENTERS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE, UM, A LOT OF DEMAND FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR THE DATA CENTERS, BUT FOR THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
THE ENCORE WOULD LIKE TO CONSTRUC THE SWITCH STATION HERE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, UM, IN YELLOW IS ACTUAL SWITCH STATION LOCATION.
THE BOUNDARY IS JUST, THAT'S HOW THE PARCEL IS SHAPED RIGHT NOW.
SO AGAIN, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW ON THE MARSHALL, UM, STREET, THE ENCORE STATION, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SCALE.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE FEATURING TRANSFORMERS BREAKERS.
SWITCHES IS THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES FROM THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT OVERALL, UH, DATA CENTER AREA, THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME TRAILS AND SOME TREES PER CON PLAN.
UM, SO JUST BECAUSE, UM, THE SWITCH STATION DOES NOT PROVIDE THE TREES DOES NOT MEAN THAT AREA WILL NOT HAVE ANY TREES IN THE PROXIMITY.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
ONE IS TO, UM, WA UM, NOT PROVIDE LANDSCAPING AND FOR THE PAVEMENT, WHICH WOULD TYPICALLY REQUIRE CONCRETE, BUT THE PAVEMENT UNDER THE EQUIPMENT TO BE GRAVEL.
AGAIN, WE, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THESE TWO VARIANCES AT THE ENCORE ON MARSHALL DRIVE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OKAY, THANK YOU.
ANY GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
SO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE, UH, COMPANION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS CPA 2 5 0 8 0 0 2 OH.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1926 MAYFIELD ROAD.
UM, THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES USES AT THIS LOCATION.
THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND OFFICE.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THE EXISTING FLUME DESIGNATION AND ON THE RIGHT, THE PROPOSED STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
YOU GUYS KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, A ZONING CHANGE 1926 MAYFIELD ROAD.
THE PROPERTY IS UM, A LITTLE UNDER AN ACRE.
THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY TWO DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR LIMITED OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW WITH, UH, THE ADJACENT LAND USES PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY.
I WILL NOTE THAT THERE IS A CHURCH ACROSS WATER WOOD DRIVE AND ON THE SOUTH OF MAYFIELD ROAD IS ALSO SINGLE FAMILY.
THIS IS SORT OF A STREET VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AS I MENTIONED, THE UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR LIMITED OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES USES IS BEING PROPOSED WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD SURFACE BASE ZONING.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO BUILD TWO 4,000 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE STORY MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.
UM, AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS CASE, FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THE, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DOES MEET THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
THE APPLICANT HAS, UM, PROPOSED A PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED USE CHART TO ACCOMPANY THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
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LOW INTENSITY TENANTS WHO SEEK OFFICE SPACE FOR USES SUCH AS ACCOUNTING AND LAW OFFICES, REAL ESTATE OFFICES, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS OFFICES.THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO PROHIBIT HIGHER INTENSITY INTENSITY USES AND YOU ALL CAN SEE THE FULL LIST OF PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED USES IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS.
HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW WITH A VERY CLOSE APPROXIMATION OF WHERE THE FOOTPRINTS WILL BE.
HERE IS THEIR CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
THE BUILDINGS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE REQUIRED SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL SHOWN IN RED.
HERE IS THEIR CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN, CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS, AND A SIMILAR PRODUCT THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE APPLICANT IN MANSFIELD.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN FAVOR.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN OPPOSITION.
I'M SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THAT OPPOSITION, UH, BALLOT SHOWN IN RED.
STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THE PROPOSED USE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
HOWEVER, SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT PLA THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT AND THAT THE APPLICANT GO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS AND COMPLY WITH BOTH THE UDC AND APPENDIX F STANDARDS, INCLUDING BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE.
CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
OH, IT'S UP TO Y'ALL, BUT NO, WE GOT ABOUT THREE MINUTES.
WE CAN ALLOW SOMEONE TO PRESENT OR WE CAN JUST MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WE NORMALLY HERE.
EVERYBODY NEEDS A FEW MINUTES TO RE START AT 6 35.
IS THAT ENOUGH TIME? 6 35? THAT'S FINE.