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SECRETARY,[Planning & Zoning Briefing 05122026]
WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING ON MAY 12TH, 2026.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE BY CALL ORDER AT ABOUT 5:41 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE COMMISSION AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT WILL FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN OR EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE.
WELL, HE HAD ALREADY PUT ON THE LIST.
HUH? ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, BUT THE RECORD REFLECTED.
ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR FRANK GONZALES AND JOHN ERCO AND VICTOR MEDINO.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS, UH, WE HAVE FOR OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MA'AM.
STAFF, WE READY TO PRESENT OUR SPEAKER FOR THE WORKSHOP? YES, MA'AM.
SO NOW, UH, MR. JONES, UH, BE
SO, AND THIS IS GONNA BE A GENERAL OVERVIEW.
I ASK THAT THE, UH, THIS INFORMATION BE PRINTED SO Y'ALL ALL HAVE IT.
UH, AND WE'LL ALSO BE SENDING OUT THE DOCUMENT FOR Y'ALL TO REVIEW, UH, PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, JUST IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, YOU CAN SEND THOSE TO US STAFF, AND WE'LL GET THAT TO DAVID.
WE'LL, UM, OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO GO OVER THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION FROM Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
IF YOU'LL HAVE SOME MORE CHANGES, THERE'S NO, NO PRESSURE AND ADOPTION RIGHT THEN, OR RECOMMENDATION RIGHT.
THEN NEXT MEETING, UH, WE CAN PROBABLY EXTEND ONE MORE MEETING, UH, JUST TO, TO GET THINGS, UH, DUCKS IN A ROW.
BUT WE WE'RE HOPEFUL TO HAVE IT ADOPTED, OR AT LEAST A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, UM, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, SO COUNCIL CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON IT NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO DAVID.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THE, ON OUR INDIVIDUAL RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT SHOULD OUR TIMELINE EXACTLY? WHAT DO YOU KIND OF WANT US TO GET INTO? YOU? WHAT YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND OR JUST OH, NO, NO.
SO YOU'LL HAVE UP UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
TO, TO DIGEST THE PLAN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AT THE NEXT MEETING MM-HMM
WE CAN BRING 'EM UP PRIOR TO, IF YOU HAVE SOME EMAILS YOU WANT, EMAIL ME OR THE TEAM, AND I'LL GIVE THOSE TO THE CONSULTANTS SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE AT THAT MEETING.
AND THE HOPE IS THAT WE COULD HAVE Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS, I THINK THE 22ND.
SO, BOTTOM LINE, ANY SERIOUS ISSUES OR CONCERNS NEED TO GET TO YOU SO WE CAN BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO YES.
BUT Y'ALL SAY, FOR THE MOST PART, Y'ALL SEEN MUCH OF THIS.
THIS IS JUST OVERVIEW, RECAP AND SOME FINE DETAILS THAT WE WANT TO SHOW Y'ALL WITH REGARDS TO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UH, STRATEGIES THAT WE, WE'VE COME UP WITH.
GLAD TO BE BACK IN, IN FRONT OF Y'ALL.
UM, I ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW FAR TO STAND AWAY FROM THIS MIC SO THAT I'M NOT BLASTING EVERYBODY.
UM, BUT EZ RASHAD MENTIONED WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH OF THIS PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO COVER A LOT OF INFORMATION TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE GONNA COVER MOST OF IT IN FAIRLY RAPID SUCCESSION, UM, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
UH, ONE, HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN, IN A MINUTE.
SO GET EVERYBODY KIND OF REORIENTED TO ALL OF THE GROUND THAT THE PLAN HAS COVERED, UM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR, OUR NEWER MEMBERS, UM, KIND OF GETTING UP TO SPEED ON THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN, UM, AND WHAT ALL WENT INTO CREATING THE PLAN FOR THIS AREA.
UM, I WILL SLOW DOWN ONCE I GET TO SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION ITEMS AND PARTICULARLY THE OPPORTUNITY SITES, UM, TO GO OVER THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT FINER DETAIL.
BUT THE IDEA IS TO SET UP YOUR REVIEW OF THE ENTIRE DOCUMENTS, UM, SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK AND ASK FOR YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION
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THAT, UM, ALL THAT'S KIND OF FRESH IN YOUR MIND.SO, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS ISN'T AN UPDATE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, IT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE EPICENTER AREA, WHICH IS ANCHORED, UH, TO THE NORTH BY EPIC, EPIC CENTRAL.
IT ALSO GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ELLISON JOHNSON COUNTY LINE.
SO JUST SOUTH OF, UH, OF JOE POOL LAKE.
THIS DOESN'T COVER, UM, THE KIND OF NEWLY ANNEXED GOODLAND AREA FURTHER SOUTH.
WE COVERED THAT IN THE SOUTH GATE PLAN, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO THIS DOES BUILD ON THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T DIRECTLY ADDRESS, UH, MOST OF THAT AREA.
WE'RE LOOKING PRIMARILY AT THE I 20 CORRIDOR, THE SOUTHERN PART OF 1 61.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF FOLLOWING 360 AND LAKERIDGE, UH, TO THE SOUTH.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S MADE UP OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THAT ALL KIND OF HAVE THEIR OWN DISTINCT CHARACTER AND IDENTITY, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, ON A VERY LOCAL BASIS, UM, SO THAT EACH OF THOSE KIND OF HAS THEIR OWN, UH, STRATEGY AND, AND APPROACH, UM, AS WE GET INTO IMPLEMENTATION, UH, OF THE PLAN.
UM, THIS IS A, AN AREA THAT WAS KIND OF BUILT BY BIG PROJECTS.
SO YOU THINK OF, UH, JOE POOL LAKE, UM, I, 20, 60, 50 YEARS AGO, MORE RECENTLY, UM, 1 61, UM, 360.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S KIND OF DEFINED BY THOSE BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
NOW WE'RE CLOSE TO ABOUT 5%, UM, REMAINING LAND THAT'S, THAT'S UNDEVELOPED.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR KIND OF THE NEXT, UH, GENERATION OF, UH, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITHIN THIS AREA.
UH, BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT, UM, ABOUT HOW WE DEVELOP.
UM, WE'LL DO A QUICK, UH, ENGAGEMENT RECAP, UM, AND THEN KINDA GET INTO THE, GET INTO THE OVERALL PROFILE AND, AND STRATEGY.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WE, UH, REALLY BEGAN, UM, BACK IN OCTOBER, UH, ROLLING OUT THE, THE PLAN, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE WAS SOME GROUNDWORK THAT WAS LAID BEFORE THAT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, UH, CLOSE TO A YEAR.
BUT IN TERMS OF KIND OF OUR, OUR PUBLIC PROFILE ON THIS, WE'VE, WE REALLY STARTED BACK IN THE FALL.
UM, SEVERAL ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS TOOK PLACE, UM, IN BETWEEN SEPTEMBER WHEN, UH, WE PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT KICKOFF, UM, OVER AT THE EPIC.
UM, ENGAGED A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, THERE.
THAT WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT.
UM, AND THEN FOR ABOUT THE NEXT, UM, FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, UH, WE WERE DOING, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO AN AVERAGE OF ONE EVENT PER MONTH.
UH, WE HAD A COMMUNITY WIDE OPEN HOUSE HERE AT CITY HALL, AND THEN DID SOME TARGETED NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENTS, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WRAPPED UP WITH A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE, UH, BACK IN MARCH.
SO, TRIED TO CAST A VERY BROAD NET, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA.
UM, ENGAGING PEOPLE AT, UH, EVENTS THAT THEY WERE ALREADY COMING TO.
ALSO TARGETED EVENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, AND THEN EVEN FOLKS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO GET OUT, BUT, UH, WERE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE.
IT GAVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, UH, TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INFORM THE PLAN AS WELL.
WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON, WE ALSO HAD A, A COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, GOT CLOSE TO 200 RESPONDENTS, UH, THAT CLOSED BACK IN DECEMBER.
WE ALSO SENT SOME MORE TARGETED, UH, SURVEYS TO LEADERS OF HOAS AND, AND PIS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, SINCE THERE'S MANY OF THOSE, UM, WITHIN THE, THE EPICENTER AREA, UH, TO GET SOME MORE TARGETED FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THEM AS WELL.
SO, IF YOU WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PLAN, THERE WAS A MEANS PROVIDED, UM, FOR YOU TO DO SO THAT THIS WAS TRULY A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLAN.
UM, WE HAD A DEDICATED PROJECT WEBSITE, UM, ON THAT WEBSITE, YOU COULD DROP PINS WHERE YOU, UM, WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ISSUES, UH, THAT WERE TAKING PLACE WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR WITHIN THE AREA.
UM, THE WEBSITE IS STILL LIVE.
YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE AND, AND GO TO THE WEBSITE, AND IT WILL, UM, HOST, UH, ENGAGEMENT MATERIALS AND ALSO, UH, DRAFTS OF, OF THE PLAN, UM, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN, UH, CAN REVIEW THAT.
SO ALL OF THAT CAME TOGETHER, UM, TO FORM THE, THE VISION STATEMENT FOR THE AREA.
UH, P AND Z LOOKED AT THIS VISION STATEMENT SEVERAL TIMES.
IT'S UNDERGONE A, A FEW, UH, TWEAKS HERE AND THERE LARGELY HAS, UH, HAS MAINTAINED ITS, UH, ITS STRUCTURE, UM, AND, AND INTENT.
SO THIS IS THE VISION STATEMENT FOR THIS PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THE LARGER CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, BUT GENERALLY DEPICTS THE, THE AREA, UM, WITH ITS CHARACTERISTICS AS AN ENTERTAINMENT AND, AND BUSINESS DESTINATION.
UM, MADE UP OF A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF, OF COMMUNITIES.
UM, ALSO RECOGNIZING THE LOCATION OF THE AREA WITHIN THE HEART OF DFW, UM, AND IT'S GROWING INFLUENCE, UH, WITH WITHIN THAT AREA, AND BUILDING ON THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UM, THAT THE CITY HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES.
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ON THAT VISION ARE, ARE THE VALUES, UH, OF THE EPICENTER.SO EACH OF THESE HAS AN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WITHIN THE CHAPTERS OF THE PLAN THAT RELATES TO EITHER SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, OPPORTUNITY SITES, UH, WITHIN, UM, THIS AREA AND, UH, SPECIFIC STRATEGIES, UH, THAT, UH, THE PLAN WILL PURSUE IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, UM, AND MOBILITY.
ALL OF THOSE TIE BACK TO ONE OR MORE, UM, OF THESE VALUES.
UM, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE, THE VISION STATEMENT.
SO, GIVING A QUICK, UH, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE AREA.
UM, STILL HAS A HIGH DEMAND FOR, UM, DIFFERENT AMENITIES, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, INVESTMENTS, UH, WHETHER THAT'S RETAIL, OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL, UM, OWNER OR RENTAL HOUSING DEMAND.
UM, WE USED THIS, UH, ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT TO KIND OF FORM THE BASIS OF SOME OF THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT WERE MADE ALSO TO INFORM, UH, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS LIKE STATE LAW CHANGES THAT, UM, ALLOW FOR MORE EXPANSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF, OF HOUSING TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MUCH OF THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY EXPECT, UM, IN THE FUTURE AS THE, THE AREA BUILDS OUT COMPLETELY.
UM, SO THERE IS STILL ONGOING DEMAND FOR, FOR EACH, UH, DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, AND AS WE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND KIND OF DUG IN ON THOSE SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY AREAS WHERE, UM, WE MIGHT HAVE, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THINGS LIKE OFFICE, DOING THINGS LIKE RETAIL, UM, OR EVEN INDUSTRIAL, UM, WE USE THIS, UH, THIS BACKGROUND TO, TO INFORM THAT.
UM, YOU'LL SEE TOP EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS THERE, KIND OF NO SURPRISE AS, UM, AS FOLKS, UH, LIVE IN THIS AREA, THEY, THEY TEND TO, UH, TO COMMUTE OUT TO WORK, UM, TO DALLAS, FORT WORTH, ARLINGTON, BUT WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE COMMUTING INTO WORK.
SO WE'RE ALMOST BALANCED THERE.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE COMMUTING OUT THAN WE HAVE COMMUTING IN.
UM, SO THERE IS STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF GROW OUR JOB SPACE, UH, WITHIN THIS AREA AND BECOME A NET IMPORTER OF PEOPLE, UM, DURING THE DAY.
UM, WE ARE STILL VERY WELL LOCATED, UM, WITHIN DFW, OF COURSE, CLOSE TO, UH, CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT, UM, CLOSE TO ONE OF THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL CENTERS, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE 80 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF, OF INDUSTRIAL.
THIS AREA CONTAINS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST, UH, BUSINESS PARK, UM, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR, UH, MUCH OF THAT.
UM, SO AS THE AREA BUILDS OUT, THERE'S, THERE'S ADDITIONAL JOB, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THE PLAN REALLY FOCUSES ON BOTH MAINTAINING THAT AND THEN DIVERSIFYING THAT.
UM, SO THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON THE AREA'S STRENGTHS OF KIND OF HAVING A, A LARGER CONCENTRATION OF, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UM, AS WELL AS A RETAIL TRADE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSELY ALIGNED BETWEEN THE EPICENTER AREA AND, AND THE CITY WITH A LITTLE BIT HIGHER CONCENTRATION, UM, OF THOSE, UH, THOSE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
UM, AND A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN TERMS OF, UH, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, HEALTHCARE, UH, NO SURPRISE.
LARGER HEALTHCARE FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY ARE LARGELY CONCENTRATED WITHIN THIS AREA.
UM, SO ALREADY HAVE A FAIRLY DIVERSIFIED JOB SPACE.
BUT, UH, BUT BUILDING ON THAT, UM, AS WE GROW, OF COURSE, THERE'LL BE, UM, CONTINUED POPULATION GROWTH.
UH, THIS AREA'S GROWING, UM, A LITTLE FASTER THAN GRAND PRAIRIE AS A WHOLE.
UM, MUCH OF THE LAND STILL TO BE DEVELOPED IS STILL WITHIN THIS AREA, THOUGH.
UM, IT IS GETTING, UM, TO BE A LOWER AND LOWER PERCENTAGE OF THAT EVERY YEAR.
EVENTUALLY, WE WILL BE, ENTER A FULL ON REDEVELOPMENT MODE AND, AND INFILL MODE, UM, WITHIN THIS AREA, BUT STILL PROJECTING AT LEAST THROUGH 2030, UM, THAT THIS AREA WOULD GROW A LITTLE BIT FASTER, UM, THAN THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
UM, I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON SEVERAL, UH, PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS.
GOING BACK TO THE 2018 CITYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT WAS THE LAST, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ENCOMPASSED THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING, UM, ON THAT THROUGH SMALLER AREA PLANS, UH, OF WHICH THIS IS ONE.
SO I MENTIONED SOUTHGATE PLAN, UM, DOWN SOUTH OF JOE POOL LAKE.
UH, WE ALSO HAD A NORTH 1 61 CORRIDOR PLAN THAT WAS LARGELY FOCUSED ON, UM, GROWING OUT, UH, AREAS, UH, NORTH OF, OF INTERSTATE 30.
UM, THERE WAS A CITYWIDE HOUSING STUDY AND ALSO A DRAINAGE, UH, MASTER PLAN, AND THEN A DOWNTOWN PLAN.
SO THIS DOESN'T REPLICATE OR REPLACE, UH, ANY OF THOSE PLANS.
IT BUILDS ON THOSE SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, ALIGNMENT THROUGHOUT ALL THOSE PLANS THAT KIND OF COME TOGETHER, UM, TO FORM THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, AS WE WERE, UM, DOING THIS EFFORT, THERE WAS ALSO A, UH, PARALLEL EFFORT TO UPDATE, UH, THE CITY'S BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
UM, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED.
UM, SO THIS PLAN DOES HAVE SOME TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL THAN WHAT YOU FIND IN THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, ACHIEVING MOBILITY, UH, FOR CYCLISTS.
SO THOSE TWO PLANS ARE IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY DO TALK WITH EACH OTHER, BUT, UM, HAVE, UH, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
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UM, IN TERMS OF EXISTING LAND USE, AS I MENTIONED, LESS THAN 3% OF LAND REMAINS UNDEVELOPED.THE MAJORITY OF THE LAND USE WITHIN THE AREA IS STILL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT'S IN THE YELLOW, OF COURSE, THE LIGHT BLUE, THAT'S JOE POOL LAKE.
THAT COMBINED WITH, UH, KIND OF THE FLOODPLAIN AND OPEN SPACE AROUND JOE POOL LAKE, UM, IS ANOTHER LARGE COMPONENT OF, UH, OF LAND USE WITHIN THE AREA.
BY AND LARGE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TEND TO MIRROR WHAT THE EXISTING LAND USE IS.
WE'RE NOT, UM, RECOMMENDING ANY RADICAL SHIFTS TO, UM, WHAT THE LAND USE MAKEUP IS.
UM, IN THE AREA OVERALL, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN TERMS OF TARGETED OPPORTUNITY AREAS, SOME OF THOSE LAND USES MAY SHIFT.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT, AGAIN, DUE TO SOME STATE LAW CHANGES, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTIAL TO BE BUILT IN AREAS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY RESERVED FOR COMMERCIAL.
BUT THINKING BACK TO SOME OF OUR MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS, UM, THE DEMAND FOR RENTER OCCUPIED HOUSING, WHICH WE CAN KIND OF USE AS A PROXY FOR ANNUAL MULTIFAMILY DEMAND, IS LESS THAN A THOUSAND UNITS.
SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT OVER THE LIFE OF THIS PLAN, WHICH IS ABOUT 20 YEARS, THAT WE WOULD SEE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, UM, IN, IN OUR MULTIFAMILY, UM, PROFILE OR, OR LAND USE, UH, PERCENTAGES.
UM, SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, AS A WHOLE, UM, LARGELY STAYS OF THE COURSE, UH, COMPARED TO WHAT BOTH OUR CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS AND, AND OUR, UM, EXISTING LAND USES, UM, WHICH IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY BUILT ON THE GROUND TODAY.
HOWEVER, DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE'RE, UM, IMPLEMENTING TWO NEW LAND USE CATEGORIES.
UH, ONE IS INSTITUTIONAL, WHICH IS THE DARK BLUE, UM, THAT COVERS BOTH, UM, CITY OWNED FACILITIES AND ALSO SCHOOLS, EITHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
GIVES US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE LAND USE, UM, IS DEDICATED TO THOSE TYPES OF USES.
ALSO GIVES THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL IN THE EVENT THAT SOME OF THOSE LAND USES END UP REDEVELOPING.
UM, WE KNOW THAT OVER TIME, UH, SCHOOL SITES WILL DO THAT.
UM, PUBLIC FACILITIES WILL, UH, WILL CHANGE PURPOSE.
SO BY HAVING THOSE MARKED AS, AS INSTITUTIONAL, UM, GIVES THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE WHAT'S BEST FOR, UH, FOR THOSE AREAS MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S ALSO A MIXED USE RECREATION.
UH, WE DO HAVE A MIXED USE CATEGORY ALREADY, UM, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE SAME PARCEL OR WITHIN THE SAME DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS WOULD BE MORE GEARED TOWARDS OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL, UH, TYPE USES THAT MIGHT INCLUDE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, UM, SUCH AS, UH, HOSPITALITY, UM, AND MORE PROGRAM TYPES OF RECREATION.
I THINK THINGS SUCH AS, UH, GOLF COURSES OR, UH, OR MAYBE PRIVATE PICKLEBALL COURTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, ROPES COURSES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR, OUR RECOMMENDED, UH, FUTURE LAND USE, UH, LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE, THE CURRENT LAND USE IS.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT, UM, PROPOSING ANY RADICAL CHANGES THERE.
THESE DO ALL ADD UP TO 100% SINCE THIS IS WHAT WE ENVISION THE LAND USE ULTIMATELY BEING, UH, ONCE THE AREA IS FULLY BUILT OUT, KIND OF ALREADY COVERED THIS DON'T SEE A SIGNIFICANT, UH, GROWTH AND, AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMPARED TO, TO CURRENTLY.
THERE IS A, UM, THEORETICAL SCENARIO WHERE COMMERCIAL FUTURE LAND USE, UH, DOES GET DEVELOPED AS, AS MULTIFAMILY, UM, THAT WOULD RESULT IN, IN A, A HIGHER PROJECTED POPULATION.
BUT BASED ON OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WE'RE THINKING THE POPULATION IS GONNA FALL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 140,000, 155,000, AND THAT'S JUST IN THE EPICENTER AREA.
IN CASE YOU'RE THINKING, HEY, GRAND PRAIRIE IS OVER 200,000.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS AREA WOULD, WOULD ACCOUNT FOR OUT OF THE CITY'S OVERALL, UH, POPULATION, UH, MENTIONED, UH, CATALYST SITES AND, AND CORRIDORS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DRILL DOWN A A LITTLE BIT, UM, INTO THIS SINCE SOME OF THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT NEW INFORMATION.
UM, WE INTRODUCED THESE AT, AT OUR LAST, UH, BRIEFING, UH, MENTIONED THAT WE WERE LOOKING PARTICULARLY, UM, IN DEPTH AT, AT SOME OF THESE SITES, UM, BASED ON SOME OF THEIR CHARACTERISTICS IN TERMS OF IT BEING EITHER LARGER, UNDEVELOPED AREAS OR AREAS THAT DEVELOPED 20 PLUS YEARS AGO, THAT THAT MIGHT BE DUE FOR SOME SORT OF REFRESH.
UM, IF THE MARKET, UM, DICTATES THAT, UH, WANNA BE CLEAR THAT IN MOST CASES THE, THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, NOT PROPOSING THAT, UM, THAT WE GO OUT AND EITHER ACQUIRE THESE PROPERTIES IF THE CITY DOESN'T ALREADY OWN THEM OR, OR CONTROL THEM, OR THAT WE PROACTIVELY REZONE ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES.
THIS IS JUST INTENDED TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE, UH, IF AND WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDEVELOP THESE, THESE PROPERTIES THAT DOES BECOME, UH, DOES BECOME AVAILABLE.
SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT, AT EACH OF THESE.
UM, IN SUCCESSION ONE WE'LL PROBABLY SPEND THE MOST TIME ON IS, UH, THE TRADERS VILLAGE SITE.
UM, IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH IT, UM, IT'S JUST TO THE EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 360, UH, NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20, RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE AIRPORT.
SO THIS IS A LARGER SITE MARKED
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IN, MARKED IN BLUE, CURRENTLY USED, UM, AS TRADERS VILLAGE AND SURROUNDING, UH, PARKING.UM, SO THIS IS A, A CONCEPTUAL, UM, IDEA OF, UH, A WAY IN WHICH THE SITE COULD BE RECONFIGURED.
THAT FORM DRIVE COULD BE EXTENDED, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE SITE, UM, TO MAKE ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL RETAIL, UH, DEVELOPMENTS TO THE SOUTH, UM, AND THEN SOME POSSIBLY BUSINESS COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL, UH, TO THE NORTH.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, CONFIGURED.
UH, THE CURRENT TRADERS VILLAGE SITE IS GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PICTURE, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE, UH, KIND OF WHITE, RECTANGULAR BUILDINGS, UM, POSSIBLY BEING RELOCATED TO THE, UH, TO THE WESTERN THIRD, UM, OF, OF THE, THE PICTURE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS PROACTIVELY PURSUING IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET DEVELOPED ON, ON THIS SITE.
WE KNOW THERE, UM, ARE SOME BUSINESSES THERE, UM, CURRENTLY, UM, THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT LOCATION NEXT TO THE AIRPORT.
SO IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS EXPANSION THERE, UM, THIS IS KIND OF DEPICTING ONE OF THE, THE POSSIBILITIES, UM, FOR THAT AREA.
UH, MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS PICTURE RIGHT NOW IS, IS SURFACE PARKING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, OF THOSE SMALLER WHITE BUILDINGS.
UM, SO WHERE THIS TWO DEVELOP OUT AND, AND THE WAY THAT THIS IS, UH, ENVISIONED, UH, THIS WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE, UH, UH, REVENUE, UM, ON THE CITY MOVING FORWARD, EVEN WITH THE EXPANSION OF, UH, A FORUM DRIVE, WHICH WOULD, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE MOBILITY WITHIN THE AREA, SINCE THAT'S CURRENTLY CUT OFF, UH, TO THE NORTH, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH, UM, WOULD PROVIDE FOR NEW JOBS, UM, AND, UH, AND NEW REVENUES BOTH ON THE, UH, BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND, AND VALOREM.
SO THIS IS JUST A, UM, A PERSPECTIVE, UH, IMAGE, UH, LOOKING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST.
SO IN THE TOP LEFT OF THAT PICTURE IS THE AIRPORT.
YOU CAN SEE THE, SEE THE HANGERS, AND THEN SOME OF THAT NEW, UH, COMMERCIAL OFFICE, UM, OR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE, UM, IN THE FOREGROUND OF THIS PICTURE, TRADER'S VILLAGE WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE.
SO WE CAN KIND OF REVERSE THAT PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND SEE ALONG MAYFIELD.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND ALSO SOME RESTAURANTS THERE IN THE FOREGROUND, UM, LINING MAYFIELD.
UM, AND THEN FORUM DRIVE WOULD, WOULD EXTEND THROUGH THE SITE.
SO IN THIS IMAGE, THE AIRPORT IS, IS TO THE RIGHT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A KIND OF A PERSPECTIVE, UM, OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
ONE WAY THAT, THAT THIS SITE COULD, COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP IF THE OPPORTUNITY CAME ABOUT ON THAT, ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, FOR THE REST OF THE, THE OPPORTUNITY SITES, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE, HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE IMAGES, BUT KIND OF TOOK A, A SIMILAR, UM, APPROACH AT SEEING, OKAY, WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY ON, ON SOME OF THESE, THESE PROPERTIES? UM, ESTES PARK IS, UH, IS OWNED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BUT THE, THE CITY DOES HAVE SOME, UH, SOME ABILITY TO, UM, WORK WITH A, WITH A DEVELOPER TO, UH, TO DO SOMETHING ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, SO ONE POTENTIAL, UH, IDEA WOULD BE, AGAIN, FOLLOWING THE, UH, THE MIXED USE RECREATIONAL CONCEPT, UM, WOULD BE A MIXTURE OF, UH, OUTDOOR RECREATION ALONG WITH, UH, HOSPITALITY AND, AND GOLF COURSE.
UM, SO THIS, THIS WOULD BE A, A FAIRLY MINIMAL IMPACT, UH, TO THE SITE.
A LOT OF ITS FLOODPLAINS, SO THIS WOULD BE BUILDING OUTSIDE THE, THE FLOODPLAIN.
BUT, UM, EVEN WITH A, A FAIRLY MODEST, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THE PROPERTY, UM, WE WOULD BE SEEING A, A NET, UH, POSITIVE IMPACT, UM, ON, ON THIS SITE THAT DOES PRESUME SOME CONSTRUCTION OF, OF NEW ROADS AND UTILITIES TO, UH, TO SERVICE THAT SITE.
UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY WOULD BE SEEING BENEFITS, UH, NOT ONLY FROM FROM SALES TAX, BUT ALSO THE, THE HOTEL, UH, REVENUES.
SO, UH, THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN ENVISIONED BEFORE.
THIS WOULD BE SOMEWHAT FORMALIZING, UH, THIS, THIS CONCEPT, UH, BUT WOULDN'T BE PROPOSING ANYTHING, UH, QUITE AS SPECIFIC AS, AS WE SAW ON THE, UM, THE TRADER'S VILLAGE SITE.
UM, MOVING NORTH, UH, THIS IS THE CORNER OF, UH, PIONEER PARKWAY AND, AND BELTLINE ROADS.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE NORTHEAST, FAR CORNER OF OUR, OUR STUDY AREA, SINCE IT ENDS AT, AT PIONEER PARKWAY.
UM, BUT THIS IS A, ABOUT A 10 ACRE PROPERTY.
UM, DOES HAVE SOME, SOME DRAINAGE, UH, RUNNING THROUGH THE, THE MIDDLE OF IT.
UM, SO THE, THE THOUGHT, UH, BEING HERE, UM, THAT, THAT WE, UH, KIND OF CAME UP WITH IN, IN OUR STAFF LED, UH, CHARETTE, UM, THAT LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES, UM, IS POTENTIALLY A, A CITY INVESTMENT, UM, IN A BOTANICAL GARDEN AND, AND CULTURAL CENTER, UM, THAT WOULD UTILIZE THAT PROPERTY, BUT, UM, REALLY KEEP IT LARGELY GREEN SPACE WITH SOME PARKING AND, AND SOME, UH, BACK OF HOUSE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, UH, ON THE SITE, BUT PROVIDE AN AMENITY, UM, TO GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THAT,
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UM, THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY.AND, AND ALSO THAT KIND OF NEIGHBORING AREAS, UH, DON'T, DON'T HAVE IN TERMS OF BEING BETWEEN DALLAS AND, AND FORT WORTH.
UM, SO USING THE, THE PROPERTY, UM, TO, UH, TO CREATE THAT, THAT AMENITY.
AND WHAT'S A PRETTY HIGHLY TRAVELED LOCATION, UM, FAIRLY WELL DEVELOPED, UH, WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL, UM, AROUND IT, UM, PROVIDING THAT, THAT AMENITY AT, UM, AT THIS LOCATION, UM, NEAR, UH, NEAR MOUNTAIN CREEK LAKE.
SO, KIND OF ZOOMING OUT, GOING DOWN TO THE, THE I 20 CORRIDOR.
WE, WE LOOKED AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY SITE AS A WHOLE, BUT THEN ZOOMED IN ON, ON CERTAIN PIECES, UM, WITHIN THE I 20 CORRIDOR.
SO OVERALL RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, UM, TO, UH, DEVELOP THIS AREA INCREMENTALLY.
UM, IT IS LARGELY DEVELOPED ALREADY WITH, UH, WITH RETAIL AND ALSO SOME SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS, UM, SUCH AS THE, UH, THE OUTLET MALL, UM, HAS A HIGH DEGREE OF, UH, OF, UH, VARIABILITY IN ITS USES.
THERE'S SOME INDUSTRIAL, THERE'S SOME RESIDENTIAL, UM, IN THIS AREA.
SO RATHER THAN HAVING KIND OF ONE OVERARCHING STRATEGY, IT'S, IT'S SIMPLY TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP IN, IN A WAY THAT'S SUPPORTIVE OF THE USES, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
UM, AND IF THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED OR THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, UM, TO DO REDEVELOPMENT, TO DO IT IN A, IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY.
UM, BUT WE DID ZOOM IN ON, ON PARTICULAR AREAS, UH, SUCH AS I 20 AND, AND CARRIER, UM, WHERE WE HAVE THE, THE LONG VACANT, UH, FORMER COALS, UM, THAT WE LOOK PARTICULARLY AT, AT THIS, UM, THIS SITE.
UM, SO LOOKING AT ITS CONNECTIVITY TO THE FISH CREEK TRAIL, UM, POSSIBLY USING IT FOR, UH, INDOOR, UH, RECREATION, UM, WHICH, UH, IN INFORMED, UH, THE COLUMN ON, ON THE RIGHT, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD START TO GENERATE SOME, SOME REVENUE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO UTILIZE THAT, THAT TRAIL WITH THE CONNECTION TO THE, TO THE COUNTRY CLUB NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, TO THE EAST.
SO HAVING A FAIRLY MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE, THE OVERALL AREA.
IT WOULD MAINTAIN THE, THE OTHER RETAIL USES IN THAT AREA WHILE, UM, WHILE UTILIZING THE, THE, THE VACANT BUILDING.
SO, AGAIN, THAT FEEDS INTO OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, UM, THAT CALL FOR THE CITY TO, UM, SUPPORT, UH, EITHER THROUGH, UH, BUSINESS ATTRACTION OR THROUGH INCENTIVE PROGRAMS WITH, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WORKING THROUGH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY, UM, TO IDENTIFY, UM, USERS WHO CAN, UH, OCCUPY THESE SPACES ON THE OTHER END OF THE CORRIDOR.
THERE'S A, AN UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY.
UM, A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A PROPOSAL, UM, TO DO A, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY, WHICH, UH, I BELIEVE IS STILL PART OF THE, THE PD ZONING, UM, HERE AT I 20 AND, AND 360.
UM, SO THAT, THAT VISION, UM, DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE, UH, UNDER THIS, UH, SCALED IT BACK JUST, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WHEN LOOKING AT THE, THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, UM, PROBABLY THE LARGER RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD AFFECT THIS AREA HAS TO DO WITH, UH, INCREASED CONNECTIVITY, UM, FROM INTERSTATE 20.
CURRENTLY YOU HAVE TO EXIT, UH, GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY AND THEN CIRCLE BACK, UM, TO GET TO THIS SITE, OR YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN TO, UH, TO BARDON ROAD.
UM, HAVING SOME SORT OF DEDICATED ACCESS FROM INTERSTATE 20 AND OR 360, UM, WOULD REALLY IMPROVE THE, THE CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS, UH, TO THIS SITE.
SO THAT INVOLVES KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL OF COORDINATION WITH TDOT AND, AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT.
BUT PUTTING IT IN THE PLAN TO SUPPORT, UM, FUTURE EFFORTS TO, UH, INCREASE CONNECTIVITY IN THAT AREA, UM, WE FELT WAS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT ULTIMATELY DEVELOPS, UH, ON THIS SITE, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY HAD INTEREST IN, IN DOING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THERE.
UM, THIS IS AT THE VERY EASTERN EDGE OF THE, THE I 20 CORRIDOR.
UM, KIND OF GOING BACK TO OUR, OUR MARKETS ANALYSIS, UH, THAT DID, UH, CALL FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DEMAND FOR OFFICE SPACE, UM, AND THINKING ABOUT NEW LOCATIONS WHERE, WHERE OFFICE SPACE COULD, UH, COULD GO EITHER BE BUILT ON A SPECULATIVE BASIS OR BUILT, UH, ON A PURPOSE BUILT BASIS FOR AN END USER.
UH, THIS IS A SITE THAT, UH, BACKS UP TO, UH, MOUNTAIN CREEK LAKE.
IT'S RIGHT THERE ON BELTLINE, WHICH HAS GREAT REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY.
UM, RIGHT THERE ON INTERSTATE 20.
UM, ALSO HAS A, A NICE MATURE TREE CANOPY, UM, ON THE SITE.
SO SOME COMBINATION OF, UH, CLASS A OFFICE, AND THEN PARKER, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, UM, MADE SENSE, UH, ON, ON THAT SITE, UM, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CONNECTIVITY THAT, THAT IT HAS AND, UH, WOULD ALSO MAKE FOR A GOOD ANCHOR ON THE EASTERN END OF, OF THE I 20, UM, CORRIDOR.
UM, AS YOU COME IN ON THE WESTERN ENDS, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE KIND OF ENTRYWAY SIGN AND, AND YOU SEE THE OUTLET MALL, AND THERE'S KIND OF A, A, A NICE PRESENCE AS YOU COME IN FROM, FROM THAT SIDE, UM, OF INTERSTATE 20.
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THIS SIDE WHERE, UM, YOU'VE GOT THAT DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIALLY PAIRING THAT ALSO WITH SOME SORT OF ENTRYWAY FEATURE, UM, IS ALSO PART OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT AREA.UM, I'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH, UM, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS.
THIS IS, UH, PART OF THE, PART OF THE PLAN, UM, THAT WE, UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE CURRENT, UM, HOUSING PROFILE, UM, CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 96, UH, PERCENT, UM, OCCUPIED.
UH, THE BREAKDOWN OF OWNER OCCUPIED AND RENTER OCCUPIED IS APPROXIMATELY 60 40, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE, THE CITY.
UM, AS A, AS A WHOLE, UM, HOUSING MIX IS ABOUT 75% SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.
UM, IN SOME CASES, SOME DUPLEX AND, AND TOWN HOMES ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, UM, AS WELL.
SO ABOUT 25%, UH, MULTIFAMILY, UM, A LITTLE BIT LESS DIVERSE THAN THE, THE MIXTURE OF HOUSING IN, IN THE CITY OVERALL, WHICH IS CLOSER TO ABOUT 66%, UH, DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN MULTIFAMILY, PARTICULARLY CONCENTRATED NEAR INTERSTATE 20 AND, AND GEORGE BUSH.
UM, THE AVERAGE SALE PRICE SINCE 2023 IS A HAIR UNDER 400,000, UH, ON THE, THE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY SALE PRICE SIDE.
SO PRICES ALSO ARE, ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER HERE THAN, THAN WHAT WE SEE IN THE, IN THE REST OF THE CITY.
UM, RENTS HAVE, UH, HAVE GOTTEN UP TO ABOUT $1,435, UM, PER MONTH.
UM, MAY HAVE LEVELED OUT A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE RAN SOME OF THESE NUMBERS WITH THE, WITH THE HOUSING MARKET FLUCTUATING, UM, A BIT.
BUT, UM, WE ARE SEEING SOME COST BURDEN, UM, WHICH IS WHERE, UH, YOUR HOUSING COSTS EXCEED 30% OF, UH, YOUR MONTHLY INCOME.
UM, SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 12% OF HOMEOWNERS WITH A MORTGAGE AND 3% OF HOMEOWNERS, UH, WITHOUT A MORTGAGE, UH, LARGELY DRIVEN BY INSURANCE AND TAXES, UM, AT THAT POINT.
UM, SO SLIGHTLY ELEVATED, UM, NOT, NOT AS HIGH AS, UH, MAYBE IN THE, IN THE REST OF THE CITY, BUT WE DO SEE SOME HOUSING COST BURDEN, UH, WITHIN THE AREA WHEN THAT'S COUPLED WITH KIND OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND THAT, THAT ALSO RISES.
UM, SO BOTTOM LINE, EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS, UH, WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE BRING MORE WORKERS, UM, INTO THE AREA THAT WE HAVE ATTAINABLE, UM, HOUSING OPTIONS.
SO ALLOWING FOUR PLACES WHERE, UM, APPROPRIATE DENSITY CAN OCCUR WITHIN THE AREA WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE LOOKED AT AS WE WERE GOING, UM, THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'LL GET INTO THAT WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMPLETENESS PROFILES.
UM, WON'T GO INTO DETAIL WITH THIS.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO LOOK AT THIS WHEN YOU ARE REVIEWING THE, THE DRAFT PLAN, BUT JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL COVER THIS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, BUT WHEN LOOKING AT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLETENESS AND HOW TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THAT, UM, OVER TIME, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, IS NEIGHBORHOOD MOBILITY, UM, UH, ACHIEVABLE, AND, UH, ARE THE, THE, AGAIN, THE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING WITHIN THOSE, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, ABLE TO ACCESS JOBS, ABLE TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION SCHOOL.
UM, IS THERE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF HOUSING VARIETY BOTH ON THE OWNER RENTER SCALE AND, AND ALSO ON, AS YOU GO THROUGH PHASES OF LIFE YOUR HOUSING NEEDS CHANGE? IS THERE, UM, ADEQUATE OPTIONS FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AS THEY AGE, WHETHER THEY'RE A FIRST TIME, UM, HOME BUYER, OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE A SENIOR, UH, EMPTY NESTER, UM, WHO IS MAYBE MOVING INTO, INTO A DIFFERENT FORM OF HOUSING, UM, OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
SO NOT JUST HEALTHCARE, UM, AVAILABILITY, BUT ALSO AVAILABILITY TO GET OUT IN NATURE.
UM, ENJOY PARKS AND TRAILS, UM, AS A COMPONENT OF WELLNESS.
UM, AND THEN ARE THERE JOBS WITHIN THE AREA THAT ARE NOT ONLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT THAT ARE MATCHED TO, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO LIVE IN THOSE AREAS? SO, UM, I'LL JUST GO OVER THESE, UH, AGAIN, FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL, BUT WE IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, THE NAMES ARE, ARE MEANT TO SIGNIFY KIND OF THE LARGEST SUBDIVISION WITH WITHIN THE AREA.
THERE MAY BE SUBDIVISIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T NAMED FORUM IN THIS CASE, BUT BECAUSE FORUM IS THE, THE LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THIS STUDY AREA THAT WAS USED AS THE IDENTIFIER FOR, UH, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, STARTING IN, IN THE FORUM NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS, UH, NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20, JUST EAST OF, OF 360, UM, IS ADJACENT TO THE TRADERS VILLAGE SITE THAT, THAT WE LOOKED AT BEFORE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLETENESS, UM, THERE THAT, UM, DESCRIBE HOW TO MAINTAIN AND, AND ACHIEVE EACH OF THOSE COMPONENTS SPECIFIC TO FORM.
UM, MOVING OVER TO THE EAST SIDE OF, OF THE, THE STUDY AREA, HAVE THE COUNTRY CLUB NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THIS INCLUDES THAT COAL SITE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A, A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF SCHOOLS, UM, IN THE AREA, INCLUDING SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, AND DUBISKI.
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REALLY DEFINED NOT ONLY BY THE COUNTRY CLUB, WHICH IS THE AREA IN GREEN, UM, BUT ALSO BY THE, THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF INSTITUTIONAL USES, UH, WITHIN THE AREA THAT DRIVE A LOT OF JOBS AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER.UM, IT'S ALSO EXPERIENCED A LOT OF RETAIL GROWTH OVER TIME.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT A LOT OF THE BIG DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN GRAND PRAIRIE, LIKE, UH, LIKE IKEA, UH, BASS PRO, ANDRETTI, TOPGOLF, UM, THOSE, THOSE ARE KIND OF CENTERED, UM, AROUND THIS AREA.
SO REALLY EMBLEMATIC OF HOW THE AREA HAS GROWN IN SOME WAYS OVER TIME, BUT IN OTHER WAYS, UM, HAS, UH, STAGNATED IN TERMS OF RETAIL STORES CLOSING, UM, AREAS THAT'S MAYBE IN NEED OF, OF REFURBISHMENT.
UM, SO A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, ARE AROUND HOW TO KIND OF BALANCE THOSE, THOSE TWO THINGS AND THE IMPACTS THAT THEY CAUSE.
UM, OAK HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST SOUTH OF, UH, FORUM, UM, AND IS BOUNDED BY CAMP WISDOM TO THE SOUTH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, UM, TO THE, TO THE EAST.
YOU ALSO HAVE A LARGE GREEN SPACE, UM, CENTERED AROUND, UH, FISH CREEK.
AND, UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY GOING TO, UM, THE NORTH.
THIS AREA CONTAINS A, A LOT OF THE, UM, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
ALSO CONTAINS, UM, THE BULK OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS, UM, WHICH DOES COME OF ITS OWN IMPACTS, BUT IS ALSO A JOBS GENERATOR.
UM, TO THE EAST OF THAT IS THE WESTCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AGAIN, YOU SEE A LARGE RETAIL CONCENTRATION, UM, ALONG WITH SEVERAL INSTITUTIONAL USES.
UM, SOME OF THEM SCHOOLS, SOME CITY LIKE, UH, LIKE THE LIBRARY, UM, ALSO THE YMCA, SO THERE'S A FAIRLY LARGE GROUPING OF, UM, INSTITUTIONAL AMENITIES WITHIN THIS AREA.
ALSO HAS A VERY STRONG VISUAL LOOK AND, AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERS.
SO SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GONNA BE AROUND PRESERVING, UM, THAT CHARACTER IS, IS AREAS REDEVELOP.
UM, JUST SOUTH OF THERE IS, UH, IS LAKE PARKS.
UM, SO THIS IS DEFINED BY, UM, LIN CREEK PARK, WHICH IS THE LARGE GREEN SPACE.
AND THEN, UH, LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY TO THE EAST.
THERE'S ALSO A LARGE RETAIL CENTER AT, UM, CAMP WISDOM AND, AND 360.
UM, SO PRESERVING ACCESS TO THE LAKE AND, AND OPEN SPACE IS, IS A, A LARGE EMPHASIS, UM, WITHIN THIS AREA, SIMILAR TO MIRA LAGOS, UM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PENINSULA, WHICH IS BOUND ON TWO SIDES BY, UM, JOE POOL LAKE, UM, AND THEN TO THE WEST BY, BY MANSFIELD.
THIS AREA HAS ALSO SEEN A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS, UH, RECENTLY IN TERMS OF MULTIFAMILY AND, UH, RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, THIS AREA IS ADJACENT TO THE ESTES PARK SITE THAT, THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE.
SO KIND OF KEY HERE IS ACHIEVING THE BALANCE BETWEEN, UM, A VERY HEAVILY SINGLE FAMILY DOMINATED FEEL, UM, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO ACCESS TO, TO SERVICES AND, AND GOODS.
UH, WE WERE, UH, PROBABLY SPOKE TO A HIGHER PROPORTION OF, OF FOLKS, UH, FROM, FROM THIS AREA.
UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE QUITE VOCAL AND KIND OF ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENTS, UH, MANY OF THEM DO GO TO MANSFIELD FOR, UM, SERVICES, INCLUDING BOTH MEDICAL AND, UH, RETAIL SHOPPING.
UM, SO HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT MIX OF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES IN A WAY THAT'S CONVENIENT WHILE NOT, UH, PRODUCING, UH, LARGE IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS, UH, KIND OF THE THEME OF, UH, OF THIS AREA.
AND FINALLY, TO THE SOUTH OF THAT, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF JOE POOL LAKE IS THE LAKE RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS ALMOST ENTIRELY SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE TANGLE RIDGE GOLF COURSE, UM, WITHIN THIS AREA.
UM, THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN GRAND PRAIRIE AND, AND CEDAR HILL.
UM, MOST OF IT IS IN THE CEDAR HILL.
UM, ISD UM, SO THIS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT, UM, AGAIN, IS LARGELY SINGLE FAMILY.
IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE, YOU'LL SEE IT'S LARGELY MADE OF, UH, CUSTOM HOUSES, UH, MORE RURAL LOOKING STREETS WITH BAR DITCHES.
SO AGAIN, MAINTAINING SOME OF THAT COMMUNITY CHARACTER, UM, IS KIND OF THE, THE FOCUS OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLETENESS PROFILE HERE.
SO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE, UM, TO, TO THINK ABOUT THOSE AREAS, UM, AND, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON, ON SOME OF THOSE, UH, SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, I'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THIS JUST 'CAUSE WE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS, UH, LAST TIME.
BUT AGAIN, BUILDING ON THE, THE BIKE P UH, OR THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, UM, THAT WAS DONE CONCURRENTLY WITH, UH, WITH THIS STUDY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, TRANSIT OPTIONS, UH, THROUGH VIA AND THE GRAND CONNECTION.
UH, KIND OF GOT AN OVERALL LOOK OF, UH, AT MOBILITY WITHIN THIS AREA.
UH, REVIEWED THE, THE STREET SECTION PROFILES, WHICH BASICALLY JUST SAYS THIS SHOULD BE A SIX LANE STREET HERE, FOUR LANE HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU ON, ON P AND Z, UM, YOU'RE KIND OF USED TO SEEING PLAS WITH DIFFERENT SIZE RIGHTS OF WAY.
SO THIS IS WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF, UH, CRASH
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DATA WHERE WE HAVE, UH, HOTSPOTS, UH, NO SURPRISE, IT'S LARGELY CONCENTRATED ALONG INTERSTATE 20 AND SOME OF OUR HIGHER CAPACITY, UH, THOROUGHFARES.UM, SO LOOKING FOR, FOR SOME OF THOSE, THOSE INDICATORS THERE.
UM, ULTIMATELY AS WE REVIEWED, UM, THE, THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, FOR THIS AREA, UM, THERE WASN'T ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UM, CHANGES TO, UH, TO STREET SECTIONS, UM, WITHIN THIS AREA.
THE AREA IS LARGELY BUILT OUT WITH, I THINK A FEW EXCEPTIONS, UM, FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS JOE POOL LAKE.
UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IF YOU'RE DRIVING ON, UH, A STREET, UM, WITHIN THIS AREA, YOU'RE DRIVING ON A STREET THAT'S BEEN BUILT TO, IT'S, IT'S FULL CAPACITY.
UM, SO IT'S NOT LIKELY TO GROW, BUT ALSO, WE'RE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE NECESSARILY LOOKING AT REDUCING, UH, THOSE LANES, UH, EITHER.
UM, SO LARGELY STAY THE COURSE, UH, WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THIS AREA WAS, WAS OUR ASSESSMENTS, UM, AT LEAST THROUGH THE NEXT PLAN HORIZON.
UM, BUT AS, AS WE DO LOOK AT REDEVELOPMENTS, UH, IN THE FUTURE, WE DID INTRODUCE THE, THE CONCEPT OF, UH, CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN.
UM, AS THE CITY GOES IN AND LOOKS AT REBUILDING, UH, STREET CORRIDORS WITHIN THE FUTURE, THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN REDUCING CAPACITY ON THOSE ROADWAYS, UM, BUT IT MIGHT, UM, HAVE SOME BEARING ON FRINGE ELEMENTS LIKE WIDTH OF SIDEWALKS, UH, LANDSCAPING ALONG SHOULDERS AND, AND MEDIANS, UM, AND DRIVEWAYS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT CONTEXT ZONES, UM, ALONG HIGHWAYS AND THEN ALSO WITHIN SUBURBAN AREAS, UH, LARGELY NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND THEN LAKESIDE, WHERE YOU COULD SEE THAT IN, IN THE PINK.
SO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS YELLOW, AND THEN THE, THE HIGHWAYS IS, IS PURPLE.
SO, UM, I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL WITH THOSE DIFFERENT DESIGN FOCUSES, UM, BUT YOU'LL FIND THOSE, UH, IN, IN THE PLAN.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ASPECTS OF DESIGN THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY RELATED TO CAPACITY.
UNLESS WE'RE ALIGNING WITH SOMETHING LIKE A BIKE CORRIDOR, THEN WE WOULD WANT TO RESERVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE BIKES, UM, THROUGH THERE.
UM, AND THEN AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE, SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS, UH, BEGIN TO GET REBUILT.
UM, ESPECIALLY, I'LL FLIP THROUGH A FEW SLIDES HERE.
AND ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT EMERGING TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ANYTHING FROM RIDE HAILING SERVICES VIA GRAND CONNECTION, ALL THE WAY UP TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AERIAL TAXIS, UM, YOU KNOW, TELEPORTATION.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD GET KIND OF CRAZY WITH THAT.
BUT JUST KIND OF LOOKING FAR INTO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, DO WE STILL NEED THE SAME TYPE OF ROADWAY SECTIONS THAT, THAT WE HAVE NOW? UM, IF, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A, AT A CHANGE, UM, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, WE DID IDENTIFY, UM, SOME SPECIFIC CORRIDORS WHERE WE MIGHT LOOK AT, UM, RE REPRIORITIZING SOME, UH, PIECES OF, OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO MEET, UM, TO MEET THOSE MOBILITY GOALS.
BUT DO WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ON THE PLAN TODAY AS FAR AS WHAT STREET SECTION, UM, SHOULD, SHOULD EXIST, UM, WOULD CONTINUE TO EXIST, UH, UNDER, UNDER THIS PLAN.
BUT WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT, UH, OKAY, IN THE FUTURE, UM, AS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES, UM, MAYBE AS PERSONAL CAR OWNERSHIP STARTS TO REDUCE, AND WE'VE GOT MORE SHARED RIDES AND, AND DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES, UM, THAT WE MIGHT START TO, TO REEVALUATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, SO LASTLY, OUR, OUR IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK, JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU SOME ORIENTATION, UH, TO THIS AS, AS YOU'RE READING THROUGH IT, UM, HAVE KIND OF REFERRED TO THIS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF STRATEGIES.
ONE IS SPECIFIC TO THOSE OPPORTUNITY AREAS, UH, THAT WE MENTIONED.
UM, ANOTHER IS SPECIFIC TO, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT, THAT WE DISCUSSED.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE GOT SOME IMPLEMENTATION ALONG, UH, PARTICULAR TOPICS, UM, LIKE HOUSING, UM, LIKE, UH, MOBILITY AND, AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO THESE STRATEGIES COMMUNICATE TO THE CITY AND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT OVER A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME, UH, THE CITY SHOULD BE WORKING, UM, TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING OR TO INVEST IN SOMETHING, UM, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE, UH, THE VISION OF THE PLAN.
SO AS YOU'RE READING THROUGH THIS TABLE, AND IT IS KIND OF A, A LIST OF ACTIONS THAT, AGAIN, ARE, ARE CODED TO ONE OF THOSE, THOSE TOPICS.
UM, EACH OF THESE HAS A VARIOUS COMPONENTS.
ONE IS A TIMEFRAME, UM, THAT DENOTES THAT A A SPECIFIC STRATEGY WOULD OCCUR WITHIN ONE TO THREE YEARS.
THIS WOULD BE BASICALLY IMMEDIATE.
UM, WE ALSO CALL THIS LOW HANGING FRUIT BECAUSE IT'S THINGS THAT CAN, UM, AT LEAST IN THEORY BE IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY, UM, AND AT MINIMAL COSTS AND WITH MINIMAL COORDINATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS OR BETWEEN THE CITY AND DIFFERENT AGENCIES LIKE TDOT OR, OR FEMA.
UM, SO THESE ARE SHORT TERM WINS TO START IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.
MIDTERM IS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE, UH, MORE THAN THREE YEARS LONG TERM IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND THE CITY WOULD, WOULD NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME, UM, STRATEGIZING FURTHER
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AND THEN DEVELOPING SOME MESSAGING, COORDINATING WITH, WITH OTHER, UH, OTHER ENTITIES.FINALLY, WE HAVE ONGOING, WHICH ARE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE PROACTIVELY DOING ON A CONTINUAL, UH, BASIS RATHER THAN ONE, AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING.
YOU JUST BE DOING IT ALL THE TIME.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, EACH OF THESE ALIGNS WITH ONE OR MORE OF, UH, THE VALUES.
UH, MOST OF THEM ALIGN WITH THREE OR MORE, UM, OF OUR DIFFERENT VALUES SO THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING ONE OF THESE OBJECTIVES.
UM, OR, OR IDEALLY, UM, ALL SIX, UM, WITHIN EACH OF THOSE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS ONE OF THESE THINGS, UM, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A, AS A VALUE AND A PILLAR WITHIN THIS AREA.
UM, WE ALSO DO HAVE SOME VERY HIGH LEVEL COST ESTIMATES.
THEY'RE NOT ACTUAL DOLLAR FIGURES ASSOCIATED, UM, WITH ANY OF THESE.
UH, THIS IS JUST INTENDED TO GIVE A, A HIGH LEVEL IDEA WHEN THE CITY IS LOOKING AT ITS BUDGETING AND LOOKING AT ITS PRIORITIES, UM, THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S A MEDIUM COST OR A HIGH COST OVER MULTIPLE BUDGET CYCLES, UM, AND START TO BUILD THE CASE FOR THAT.
WHEREAS LOW COST IS, UM, TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT, THAT CAN BE DONE WITHIN A CURRENT BUDGET YEAR OR, UM, AT A, AT FAIRLY MINIMAL COST, UM, OR NEED TO PARTNER.
ONCE YOU GET INTO MID, MEDIUM AND HIGH COST, THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT, UM, EITHER PUTTING THAT IN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR LOOKING AT GRANT FUNDING OR PARTNERING THROUGH, UH, AN AGENCY SUCH AS NCT COG OR, UH, THE COUNTY.
UM, LASTLY, RESPONSIBLE ENTITIES.
UM, THIS IS BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
WE LIKE TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE PLANNERS AND WE KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT THEY NEED HELP.
UM, SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, WITHIN EACH OF THE STRATEGIES, AT LEAST ONE PARTNER DEPARTMENT OR, OR AGENCY, UM, THAT WOULD KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD ON SOME OF THESE, UH, INITIATIVES.
UM, WHETHER THAT'S MORE OF A POLITICAL INITIATIVE THAT WOULD LIKELY GO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL OR MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR A TECHNICAL INITIATIVE LIKE TRANSPORTATION OR PARKS.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAYS A LARGE ROLE BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENTS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD INVOLVE SOME BUSINESS ATTRACTION.
UM, ALSO LEVERAGING OF, UH, OF CERTAIN, UH, FUNDS FOR INCENTIVES.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES, UH, UTILITIES IN SOME CASES, SOME CASES THEY'RE INTERNAL.
UM, AND THEN TDOT, UM, ALSO FEMA, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
THAT WOULD PLAY A LARGE ROLE, UH, DEPENDING ON WHERE, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO AGAIN, THESE, THESE ARE INTENDED TO, UM, IMPLEMENT THE, THE GOALS, UH, OF THIS PLAN AND ALSO ASSOCIATED, UH, PLANS.
UM, SO THERE'S SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES, UM, AS WE MENTIONED, THE CONTEXT ZONES, UM, AND FLEXIBLE DESIGN, UH, OF STREETS.
UM, KIND OF ONE SPECIFIC TARGETED OBJECTIVE IS TO, UH, EXPLORE AND ADOPT A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, WHICH IS, UH, STREET DESIGN THAT'S INTENDED TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF, OF ALL USERS, UM, WHETHER THAT BE A CAR BIKE OR PED.
UM, AND THEN, UH, A DESIGN MANUAL THAT WOULD KIND OF SOLIDIFY WHAT THOSE STANDARDS WOULD BE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME HOUSING STRATEGIES, UM, THAT GOES TO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME, UH, OVERARCHING STRATEGIES, UM, AGAIN AROUND CONNECTIVITY, ACCESS, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES AND, AND ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING, UH, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THROUGH THE CITY, THROUGH THINGS LIKE CODE ENFORCEMENT, ENGAGEMENT OF HOAS, UM, HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE, UM, AND THEN LOCAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE HAVE SOME LAND USE STRATEGIES.
SO I, AGAIN, I, I WON'T GO INTO THESE AND, AND REAL DETAIL, UM, 'CAUSE WE KIND OF ALREADY COVERED A LOT OF THEM.
BUT, UH, BE LOOKING FOR THESE WHEN, UH, WHEN YOU DO YOUR REVIEW OF, OF THE PLAN AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO LOOK AT THESE.
UM, BUT THEY LARGELY REFLECT KIND OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE WENT OVER TODAY, JUST KINDA SHOWING YOU THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, OF STRATEGIES AND, AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
WE, WE DID COVER THE ADOPTION PROCESS, UH, EARLIER, BUT, UM, TO, TO END, I'LL, I'LL JUST KIND OF CIRCLE BACK TO THAT, THAT THIS IS, UH, JUST A BRIEFING, UH, JUST A WORKSHOP.
UM, ONCE I'M DONE, THEN, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS.
BUT, UM, WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAN, UM, KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT, UM, THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF P AND Z'S ROLE, UH, AS A RECOMMENDING BODY TO CITY COUNCIL.
DOES THIS PLAN REFLECT, UM, WHAT WE'VE SPENT THE LAST, UH, NINE MONTHS OR SO LOOKING AT THROUGH VARIOUS WORKSHOPS? UM, P AND Z HAS FUNCTIONED AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO AS YOU'RE READING THROUGH THE PLAN, UM, IS IT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE BASED ON THE WORKSHOPS AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE, UH, GONE THROUGH, UM, BEFORE? IS THERE ANYTHING MISSING? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE? UM, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, UM, IN A COUPLE WEEKS, UM, WITH, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF, UH, GETTING A RECOMMENDATION
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TO, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, AS WE ENTER THE SUMMER.SO THERE'LL BE THE FINAL, UM, ADOPTING BODY, AND ONCE THEY ADOPT, THEN UH, THIS WILL OFFICIALLY BECOME PART OF A GRAND PRAIRIE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, PROBABLY ENOUGH, RIGHT? I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN UP HERE TALKING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, SO I'LL
UM, SO, UH, GLAD TO OPEN IT UP WITH, UH, FOR, FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.
I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS A VERY, WELL, THIS HAS DONE VERY WELL, THANK YOU.
AND IT'S AN EASY READ, SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
NOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU HAVE THE QR CODE IN HERE, SO WE CAN ACTIVELY GO IN AND IS IT, IS IT AN ACTIVE SITE? BUT WE, IT IS THIS SHORT INFORMATION OR IT IS JUST A SITE TO REVIEW AND THEN Q OUR PART? I DON'T WANNA OVER PROMISE.
I DO, I THINK IT'S, WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT COMMENTS, BUT I'M GONNA SAY ACCESS IT FOR INFORMATION.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE GET THOSE TWO RASHAD, UM, AND THEN HE'LL, HE'LL GET THOSE BACK TO US.
YEAH, APPRECIATE THE GUIDANCE.
GIVE US HOMEWORK TO DO, RIGHT? SO I'LL FOLLOW UP EITHER LATER TONIGHT OR IT'S TOMORROW MORNING WITH THE ACTUAL DRAFT PLAN, SEND THAT TO YOU.
I'LL VIA AN EMAIL FOR Y'ALL'S REVIEW.
AND, UM, ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE, I HAVE EVERYBODY CC'D ON THAT NEEDS TO BE CC'D AND WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE AS THEY COME.
AND THEN WE'LL SET UP THE NEXT MEETING OR THAT WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
AND IF NOT, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING TABLE AND KEEP GOING.
THAT COULD BE SCARY YOU OPENING UP US, GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN ASK.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL LOOKING FOR.
MY PERSONAL GOAL IS A FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION NEXT TIME,
UM, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE, UH, BRIEFING AT, UH, 6:33 PM WE WILL RECONVENE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AT, UM, SIX 40.
IS THAT CORRECT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
JUST TO KNOW MADAM CHAIR, ITEM THREE AND FOUR DUPLICATES, BUT THOSE ARE GONNA BE RE NOTED.
I DO YOU HAVE A DATE ON THAT YET?