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CALL THE 6 P.M MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER.
[CALL TO ORDER ]
[Receive an update on the development of the Master Comprehensive Plan and take public comment if necessary]
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMISSION MEMBERS.THIS IS A WORKSHOP ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BEDFORD HAS A CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2010.
AND CLEARLY A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE 2010.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE THAT.
ALSO ON AVERAGE TO KEEP UP WITH THINGS THAT TYPICALLY HAPPEN IN A COMMUNITY.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS UPDATED AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS IS A NEW CONFERENCE PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCING.
BUT ON OCTOBER 24TH, WE DID AN OPEN HOUSE.
AND WHAT THAT OPEN HOUSE CONSISTED OF MANY OF YOU WERE THERE.
IT CONSISTED OF ABOUT 21 BOARDS AROUND THE ROOM.
WE WERE ACROSS THE STREET IN BUILDING C, THE OLD PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND THOSE BOARDS ARE GOING TO BE REPRESENTED IN MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THAT WAS TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO WHERE WE'VE COME UP WITH BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL WHERE WE'RE LANDING ON, ON DIFFERENT THINGS.
IF BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THOSE BOARDS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT WASN'T A LOT OF FEEDBACK, WHICH IS WHAT PROMPTED THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
THE NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE POLICIES AND REALLY DRAFTING THE MEAT OF THE PLAN.
AND SO BECAUSE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, WE WANTED TO DO THIS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMAL SETTING.
AND ALSO THE OCTOBER 25TH WAS REALLY A COME AND GO EVENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER APPROACH.
I'M THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR ME TO STAND UP HERE AND DO ALL THE TALKING.
I EXPECT THAT I WANT COMMISSIONERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AS I'M GOING THROUGH THINGS.
WE OF COURSE, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
I WOULD ASK THAT THE PUBLIC AT THE VERY END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO COME UP AND ASK QUESTIONS, AND I'LL ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS I CAN, AND WE'LL TAKE NOTES IF ANY CONCERNS THAT THE PUBLIC HAS AND OR THE COMMISSION HAS.
OKAY. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL JUST JUMP INTO IT IF YOU ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT.
I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF TIMES WE FORGET REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
AND SO THE THE FIRST, THE YELLOW BAR THERE, THE BASE OF THE PLAN FOUNDATION, NOT TO GET TOO, TOO HOKEY, BUT THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING WE DO.
AND THAT'S THE VISION AND THE THEMES.
SO THE FIRST STEP THAT WE DID IS WE, AFTER INPUT FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, INPUT FROM CITY COUNCIL AND INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED ON BE HEARD BEDFORD AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT BE HEARD BEDFORD LATER ON.
BUT THAT'S OUR PUBLIC INTERACTION WEBSITE.
ALSO, WE CAME UP WITH GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE BOARDS THAT WAS AT THE OCTOBER 24TH OPEN HOUSE.
I DON'T EXPECT ANYBODY TO READ THAT.
THE COMMISSION I DO DID PUT HARD COPIES THERE AT YOUR DESK FOR YOU.
BUT REALLY AND TRULY THE VISION STATEMENT AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AGAIN GUIDE HOW WE DO THE REST AND HOW WE DRAFT THOSE POLICIES AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
BUT THE SO WE HAVE THE VISION STATEMENT AND WE HAVE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITH EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS.
I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW THEY WORK AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR EACH OF THEM.
AGAIN, HAVING QUESTIONS STOP ME INTERJECT, PLEASE.
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WE HAVE SIX GUIDING PRINCIPLES.I DID WANT TO DIVE INTO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES JUST A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF I REALLY, FOR MY BENEFIT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAD BUY IN THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD WHERE WE WERE COMING FROM.
AND THAT'S HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT AS WE AS STAFF ARE DOING WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
CREATING AN EVOLVING AND DIVERSE MIX OF VILLAGES.
VILLAGES IS A PLANNING TERM, AND I WANT YOU TO STOP ME IF I SAY TOO MANY PLANNING TERMS TONIGHT BECAUSE I GEEK OUT ON PLANNING TERMS. SO I MAY SAY SOMETHING AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT? STOP ME AND ASK ME. BUT VILLAGES IS A PLANNING TERM FOR ESSENTIALLY DISTRICTS.
YOU ALL HEAR, YOU ALL HEAR ME SAY ZONING DISTRICTS A LOT.
THAT'S ANOTHER TERM FOR VILLAGES.
BUT CREATE AN EVOLVING, DIVERSE MIX OF VILLAGES, DESTINATIONS AND PLACES IN BETWEEN.
THIRD ONE IS A CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT IS UNRIVALED IN CONNECTIVITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO, WE HAVE GOOD CONNECTIVITY.
JUST TONIGHT WE HAD A ZONING CASE EARLIER ON ANOTHER AGENDA AND WE TALKED ABOUT CONNECTIVITY A LOT.
SO CONNECTIVITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO DO OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND GOVERNANCE.
THAT'S A BASIC, I THINK, COMMON PRINCIPLE THAT EVERY MUNICIPALITY OUGHT TO DO.
AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT AS WELL.
THE FOURTH, I'M SORRY, THE FIFTH ONE IS A FOCUS ON NATURE, RECREATION AND THE ARTS.
I THINK BEDFORD HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT AND HISTORY IN THAT FOCUS, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A COMMUNITY THAT IS RECOGNIZABLE, ATTRACTIVE AND WORTH REMEMBERING.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE HEARD THROUGH PUBLIC INPUT, THROUGH BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THROUGH COUNCIL, IS THAT ONE OF THE BIG COMPLAINTS IS WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'VE ENTERED BEDFORD AND WHEN WE'VE LEFT BEDFORD.
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY THE PURPOSE FOR THAT DRIVING GUIDING PRINCIPLE.
SO AGAIN, THESE PRINCIPLES ARE HELPING US.
THEY'RE THE FOUNDATION OF GETTING US TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
ANY QUESTIONS AS I MOVE ON? YES, SIR. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY, MIX OF VILLAGES.
YOU PROBABLY SEEN HIS NAME ON SOMETHING OVER THE YEARS.
AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, I MEAN, IT'S WAY BACK.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT STREET SIGNAGE THAT THIS WILL I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND? NO. AND KEEP IN MIND, A CONFERENCE PLAN IS VERY BROAD AND VERY, VERY BECAUSE IT'S COVERING THE WHOLE CITY.
RIGHT. SO A VILLAGE IS IN MY MIND, A VILLAGE IS SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IN ONE AREA, I GUESS I WOULD SAY TO REALLY TO GET IT DOWN TO THE BASICS, YOU COULD HAVE A COMMERCIAL VILLAGE OR A COMMERCIAL NODE, OR YOU COULD HAVE A RESIDENTIAL.
BUT WHAT KIND OF RESIDENTIAL DO YOU WANT? WHAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL DO YOU WANT? THOSE VILLAGES DEFINE THAT.
AND AS WE GET INTO I'M SEEING THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE, AS YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE.
IS THAT NOT MAKING SENSE? I MEAN, YOU HAVE TODAY, OF COURSE YOU HAVE ZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL AND ZONING FOR COMMERCIAL AND DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THAT.
BUT ARE YOU TALKING SOMETHING? FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU GO INTO PARTS OF GRAPEVINE AND THEY'RE STICKING, MAYBE THEY'RE TEARING DOWN AN OLD HOUSE, BUT THEY'RE REPLACING IT WITH A CRAFTSMAN HOUSE THAT FITS THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING? THAT'S PART OF IT. THAT'S PART OF IT.
IT'S A STYLE OF HOME, OKAY? AND IT'S MAYBE IT'S LET ME STEP BACK.
AND SO THOSE VILLAGES ARE GOING TO BE DEFINED IN THAT WAY.
AND SOME AREAS YOU MAY WANT A SPECIFIC TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL USE.
THOSE VILLAGES ARE GOING TO SPECIFY WHAT THAT IS.
IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE TO YOU AS I GO THROUGH.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S I THINK A LOT OF THESE BOARDS THAT SHOWED PICTURES AND IDEAS GOT KIND OF LOST, AND THERE WASN'T A REALLY GOOD EXPLANATION.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
SO ONE OF THE AS A PART OF A VISION, WE ALSO LOOK AT THEMES.
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YOU ALL START THINKING ABOUT AN THE COMMUNITY, START THINKING ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT TO LOOK LIKE? AS THINGS REDEVELOP, WE REALIZE WE'RE 98% BUILT OUT.WE REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING A LOT OF NEW GROWTH, BUT WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT.
AND I WOULD FIGURE THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY MORE LAND.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF RE-NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THE GOAL HERE IS WHAT DO YOU LIKE OF THESE THEMES.
WHAT DO YOU NOT LIKE OF THESE THEMES OKAY.
COMMENTS. ANYTHING THAT ANY OF YOU SEE ON THIS SCREEN THAT YOU HATE, YOU LOVE OR YOU'RE INDIFFERENT ABOUT? MR. SMITH, YOU'RE NEVER QUIET, SO COME ON.
[LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING.
LAST NIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I SAW SOMETHING FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND I THINK THEY'RE REDEVELOPING PART OF THEIR CITY, AND THEY'RE DOING IT WITH ART. THEY'RE DOING IT WITH SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND WHETHER IT'S AN ART PIECE AND SURROUNDING RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING AND WHATEVER, WE SEEM TO LACK A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
WE HAVE A GREAT PIECE OF LAND NOW AT GENERATIONS PARK.
AND I TOSSED OUT AN IDEA LIKE, IS ANYBODY FAMILIAR WITH VITRUVIAN PARK OVER IN ADDISON, WHERE THEY'VE TAKEN AND PUT LIGHTS ON ALL THE TREES, AND AT CHRISTMAS TIME, THEY LIGHT UP.
YOU NEED SOMETHING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO OUR CITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO BUY GAS FROM US.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT YOU WANT AS THINGS REDEVELOP AND AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU WANT TO INTERJECT INTO REDEVELOPMENT OR NEW DEVELOPMENT ARTS, A COMBINATION OF LIGHTING, ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, PLACES, YES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO WHILE I PROBABLY DIDN'T DO THE GREATEST JOB OF SUMMARIZING THAT STANDING UP HERE, WE'LL GO BACK AND WITH THE CONSULTANTS HELP.
THOSE ARE THE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES THAT WE WILL THEN DRAFT, THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS DOCUMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE DO FUTURE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, WE WILL REQUIRE THOSE THINGS.
I'M LIKE, THAT'S GREAT. WE CAN PUT THAT IN.
SOME OF HER IDEAS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE FORCEFUL.
SO WE'VE GOT TO ADOPT THOSE BY ORDINANCE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND I THINK WE NEED A STARTING POINT TO SAY, WHAT IS IT WE WANT TO BE? GRAPEVINE, FOR INSTANCE, DECIDED THEY WANTED TO BE THE CHRISTMAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS.
AND I'VE BEEN GOING UP TO GRAPEVINE FOR CHRISTMAS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
EVERY YEAR THEY ADD TOUCHES TO THAT, AND WHETHER IT'S THE SHOP OWNERS OR THE CITY THEMSELVES, THERE'S A FUND MONEY SET ASIDE TO BUILD UPON THAT THEME THAT BRINGS MORE PEOPLE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE NEED TO START WITH THE WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE? THAT'S WHAT OUR VISION AND THAT'S WHAT OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET THOSE RIGHT.
OKAY? YEAH. IS THIS STARTING TO? AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY KNOWN WHAT THIS IS WHAT WE WERE DOING.
BUT IS THIS. ARE YOU ALL STARTING TO GET ON BOARD OR ARE WE MOVING FORWARD, OR ARE WE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION RIGHT NOW? OKAY. AND I'M GETTING A MOVE FASTER OKAY.
ANOTHER THEME ARE JUST SQUARES, SHARED SPACES.
THIS WAS ANOTHER BOARD THAT WAS AT THE OCTOBER 24TH.
AGAIN, TELL ME WHAT YOU LIKE, WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE, OR IF YOU LIKE IT ALL, THAT'S FINE TOO.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HONE IN ON WHAT WE AS BEDFORD WANT TO BE AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND LET ME ADDRESS THIS BACK TO THE LAST ZONING CASE.
OKAY. IT KIND OF CAME UP THAT MAYBE IF THEY STRUCTURED IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THERE WAS A GREEN AREA, DO THESE APPLICANTS KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? NO, BECAUSE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOESN'T SAY THAT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT THERE YET, BUT, I MEAN.
KEEP IN MIND, AN APPLICATION COMES IN AND THEY MAY NEVER TALK TO STAFF.
I MEAN, IT'S EXTREMELY POSSIBLE.
I'VE GOTTEN TWO APPLICATIONS IN THIS WEEK.
I NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
THEY JUST SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION.
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I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S COMMON, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY POSSIBLE.BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE CONSULTANT SIDE, I'VE COME TO P&Z AND CITY COUNCIL BEFORE AND SAID, I'VE GOT A CLIENT THAT THE ENGINEER THAT YOU SAID, WHERE'S YOUR DEVELOPER? I'VE BEEN THAT DEVELOPER.
AND I'VE SAID, WELL, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS THIS, SO THIS IS WHAT I CAME IN FOR.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM THEM OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON SQUARE'S SHARED SPACES? WE LIKE IT. WE DON'T LIKE.
WE NEED TO DEFINE WHAT WE WANT THAT OPEN SPACE TO REPRESENT.
EACH OF THESE AREAS HAS GOT SOMETHING INTERESTING.
WE'VE GOT SOME OPEN SPACES, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THAT OPEN SPACE.
AND MAYBE SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE OPEN SPACE.
YEAH. I'LL BE CURIOUS HOW WE HANDLE THAT.
NEXT STEP AFTER WE DO ALL THAT IS TAKE SOME OF THESE POLICIES AND IMPLEMENT IT AND SAY, OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE, COME THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, COME THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND SAY WITH EVERY NEW DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER TRIGGER OR THRESHOLD WE PUT ON THAT AND SAY, IF YOU'RE DOING A FIVE ACRE DEVELOPMENT, YOU'VE GOT TO DEDICATE X NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET TO OPEN SPACE OR TO A SHARED SPACE.
AND IN THAT SHARED SPACE, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE X, Y, AND Z.
I LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT IN THIS STEP.
THAT IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST DEFINING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
OKAY. SECOND ONE IS STORMWATER SOLUTIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT. WE SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES HERE.
I THINK WE DO. WE'RE BUILT OUT FOR THE MOST PART.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONCRETE.
AND SO WE'VE EVEN LOOKED AT AS WE'RE GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF BEDFORD COMMONS, WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES AS TO HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR STORMWATER ISSUES.
SO THESE ARE OTHER IDEAS ON STORMWATER SOLUTIONS.
COMMENTS, CONCERNS? MOST DEFINITELY.
A WATER WHEEL TYPE THING [INAUDIBLE] I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
IT'S INTERESTING. YEAH, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE TRASH THAT FLOWS DOWN SOME I MEAN, SURE, AND I DON'T WANT TO.
THE IDEA BEHIND TONIGHT AND THE IDEA BEHIND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO DREAM BIG, RIGHT.
WELL, I'M SAYING FORM AND FUNCTION.
SURE. EXACTLY. WE'VE GOT TO BE REALISTIC.
I USE THE WORD REALISTIC A LOT.
WE'VE GOT TO BE REALISTIC IN WHAT WE DREAM.
BECAUSE. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO DREAM BIG AND TRY TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.
I THINK FORT WORTH DOES A LOT OF THAT AND THEY GET CREATIVE ON SOME THINGS.
AND THIS THERE'S A COUPLE OF BOARDS THAT SHOW, I THINK MAYBE JUST TWO THAT SHOW KIND OF WHAT STREETS, WHAT STREETS COULD LOOK LIKE. SO FOR INSTANCE, ON BEDFORD THIS IS BEDFORD ROAD.
THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA THAT IT'S A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
RIGHT NOW IT'S FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED.
OR MAYBE IT DOES HAVE AN OPEN MEDIAN IN IT, BUT WE COULD COME BACK.
AND IF WE EITHER WORK WITHIN OUR CONFINES OF OUR CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY, OR IF WE LOOK AT ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY, THEN WE COULD CREATE A MORE BOULEVARD SECTION WITH TREES DOWN THE MIDDLE AND KIND OF BREAKING UP SOME OF THAT CONCRETE.
ALL THIS IS, IS GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS.
I TALKED CULTURAL ARTS MANAGER TALKED LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE LOVE THE IDEA OF DOING SOMETHING UNDER OUR UNDERPASSES.
WE'VE GOT A MAJOR FREEWAY THAT RUNS THROUGH US, AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DO SOMETHING WITH, BUT DOING SOMETHING CREATIVE WITH OUR UNDERPASSES WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO TELL PEOPLE YOU'RE IN BEDFORD.
WELL, ANYTHING'S REALLY POSSIBLE.
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PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE, TO WALK, TO ENJOY.I CAN'T PUT A FINGER ON WHERE THAT WOULD WORK IN BEDFORD, BUT.
THE ONE THING AS I'VE AND WE'VE DONE THIS WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS ON DIFFERENT THINGS AND PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN BEDFORD ROAD, BROWN TRAIL AND THEY THINK, WOW YOU'VE GOT FOUR LANES, FIVE LANES OF CONCRETE HERE.
DO YOU REALLY NEED IT? DO YOU HAVE THE TRAFFIC? HARWOOD MAYBE YOU COULD ARGUE.
YOU'VE GOT YOU NEED THE TRAFFIC ON HARWOOD.
BUT DOES BEDFORD ROAD SEE THAT MUCH TRAFFIC? MAYBE. MAYBE NOT. COULD YOU DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVE THERE? MAYBE IT'S NOT ALL OF BEDFORD ROAD.
MAYBE IT'S JUST ADJACENT TO BEDFORD COMMONS OR ADJACENT TO THE LIBRARY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING LIKE IT FEELS LIKE YOU CAN DO 60 EASILY AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I HAVE TO PUT THE WHAT DO YOU CALL IT SPEED THING ON? RIGHT. SO I DON'T SPEED BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE YOU CAN GO FAST SO IF WE PUT IN SOME CALMING MEASURES ON TOP OF THIS, I THINK IT WOULD HELP PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY COULD SLOW DOWN.
ADDING LANES ONLY INCREASES TRAFFIC.
SO I'D LIKE TO NOT SEE ANY ADDITIONAL LANES BUILT IF WE KNOW THAT DOESN'T DECREASE TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO SLOWER.
AND I REALLY WISH I HAD A POINTER, BUT YOU PUT THAT BOULEVARD WITH THE TREES IN THE CENTER.
YOU KNOW, WES IF BEDFORD COMMONS EVER HAPPENS BECAUSE.
WHEN IT HAPPENS. WHEN IT HAPPENS, BECAUSE IT IS A SOMEWHAT SECONDARY LOCATION, I THINK THE ROADWAYS ARE GOING TO BE THE PATHWAYS INTO BEDFORD COMMONS.
IN MY FORMER LIFE, I WAS A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER.
AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND WHAT TERRY JUST MENTIONED.
LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
THE CITY OF PLANO IS PLANNING A TRAMWAY, AN OVERHEAD TRAMWAY, A LITTLE BIT LIKE DISNEY WORLD.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, BEDFORD, IS IT'S VERY AUTO CENTRIC.
AND WE ARE NOT LIKE GRAPEVINE.
SO HOW DO WE SOLVE THAT PROBLEM? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT BEDFORD COMMONS.
HOW DO WE CONNECT THOSE? AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS AS I LIVE, RIGHT IN THAT CORRIDOR.
AND I LOOK AT PEOPLE TRUDGING ALONG THE WAY ON THE 4TH OF JULY WITH THEIR CARRIAGES AND THEIR STROLLERS AND WHATEVER THIS FOR BEDFORD BEATS, WE UPPED OUR GAME AND GOT A TON OF SCHOOL BUSSES, WHICH WAS REALLY WELL DONE.
AND LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
THERE ARE, BY THE WAY, THE FEDERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY HAS CAPITAL MONEY FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, FOR JITNEYS, FOR BUSSES.
THEY RIGHT NOW, AS OF 2021, HAD $30.5 BILLION, A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE.
AND THEY WOULD ALLOW THIS MONEY TO BE USED FOR ALL KINDS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION METHODS.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FROM MY HOMETOWN, WHICH IS IN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ONE OF THE THINGS I DID NOT SEE WAS A LOT OF CONNECTIVITY ISSUES.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT COULD CONNECT THESE REALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR CITY.
WE HAVE REALLY GOOD PIECES OF OUR CITY.
HOW DO WE CONNECT THEM? AND PART OF IT CAN BE WHAT TERRY WAS JUST DEFINING.
TAKE SOME LANES AWAY FROM FOREST PARK BOULEVARD WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING 70 MILES OR 50 MILES AN HOUR.
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DO SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT START LOOKING AT WAYS TO USE ANY NUMBER OF THESE THINGS.I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT.
THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO A FUTURE SLIDE.
SO BUT YES, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I THINK WE'VE GOT THE SPACE IN A LOT OF THESE STREETS THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOME, SOME REALLY CREATIVE THINGS AND TO GET TO THAT GOAL.
ANYBODY FAMILIAR WITH THE HIGH LINE IN NEW YORK CITY.
YOU KNOW, TOM MENTIONS A GREAT POINT.
YOU GOT THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BEDFORD COMMONS.
YOU MIGHT NEED A HIGH LINE TYPE OF CONFIGURATION TO GET FROM GENERATIONS PARK OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND HAVE AN OVERHEAD WALKING TRAIL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IN PLACES WHERE WALKING ACROSS STREETS ISN'T CONDUCIVE.
I THINK IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT DOING SOMETHING OVERHEAD.
BUT CONNECTIVITY AND CORRIDOR PLANNING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE FOR CENTRAL DRIVE.
SO I'VE GOT THREE OF THESE. SO CENTRAL DRIVE.
AGAIN CENTRAL DRIVE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM ON EITHER SIDE TO PLAY WITH.
WE COULD ALSO LOOK IN SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL DRIVE.
IT IS TOO WIDE. SOME AREAS WE DON'T NEED A CENTER MEDIAN DOWN THE WHOLE THING.
THIS IS BROWN TRAIL AND AGAIN, JUST WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
BUT IT JUST SHOWS A CURRENTLY IT'S AT A 60 FOOT.
THAT'S WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE AT AN 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
WE UNDERSTAND I MEAN THAT'S WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE AT.
WE UNDERSTAND WE DON'T HAVE 80 FOOT THERE.
BROWN TRAIL MAY HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
WHO KNOWS? I DOUBT IT, BUT YOU KNOW IT MAY.
BUT THE IDEA HERE IS, LIKE I SAID, LET'S DREAM BIG WITHIN REASON.
LET'S DREAM BIG AND SEE WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING I NOTICED.
SO THESE CROSSWALK GRAPHICS DON'T HOLD UP WITH TRAFFIC.
I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF OURS THAT WE'VE DONE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE, OH, THEY LOOK NICE WHEN THEY'RE NEW BUT THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MONEY NECESSARILY WELL SPENT.
THOSE TWO. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE FROM? I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.
IF I HAD TO GUESS, I WOULD SAY THE HOUSTON AREA.
OKAY. BUT THE CONSULTANTS FROM THERE AND BUT IT COULD BE I MEAN, WHEN [INAUDIBLE] AND I LOOKED AT IT, WE COULD EASILY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE ROAD MAINTENANCE COMPANY.
IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO INTERJECT.
AND TO SAY, HEY, YOU'RE IN BEDFORD RIGHT.
SO WE JUST WENT THROUGH ALL THE VISION AND THEMES.
RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND PLACEMAKING.
THERE WE GO. SO, JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT, I THINK PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION COUNCIL TYPICALLY KNOWS THIS, BUT I WANT TO GO THROUGH KIND OF A REAL I'M GOING TO DUMB DOWN FUTURE LAND USE AS MUCH AS I CAN.
FUTURE LAND USE IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
FUTURE LAND USE IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT'S THERE TODAY OR WHAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
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IT'S FUTURE LAND USE IS A COMBINATION OF REALISM AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THAT AREA.OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS REALLY IT REALLY IS PRETTY BASIC.
IT SAYS COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL.
WE WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE START TALKING ABOUT VILLAGES A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE DROVE SEVERAL DAYS, DROVE THROUGH THE CITY WITH OUR CONSULTANT, ANDREA AND I AND WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHAT COULD BE HERE, WHAT MAKES SENSE FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT, WHAT MAKES SENSE FROM A LAND USE STANDPOINT, A CONNECTIVITY STANDPOINT, ALL OF THAT.
BUT THIS IS WHAT GUIDES FUTURE ZONING DECISIONS.
SO IF, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A ZONING CASE COMES IN AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.
STAFF IS GOING TO GO TO THIS MAP AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, THE MAP SAYS THIS IS A, [INAUDIBLE] .
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE THAT ANALYSIS TO THE COMMISSION AND TO COUNCIL.
MR. GALLENSTEIN, YOU LOOKED AT ME STRANGELY.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TOWNHOMES, YOU'RE TALKING OWNER OCCUPIED.
CORRECT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET SOMEBODY THROW SOMETHING AT ME HERE IN A SECOND.
THE CITY DOES TYPICALLY NOT REGULATE IF IT'S OWNER OCCUPIED OR IF IT'S RENTER OCCUPIED.
WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE MANAGE RENTER OCCUPIED PROPERTIES WITH, BUT FROM A LAND USE STANDPOINT, WE DON'T GET INTO THAT. WHETHER IT'S WE CAN'T REGULATE THAT, A HOMEOWNER HAS TO LIVE THERE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HOMESTEAD ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE GET INTO.
NOW WE CAN AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE ASKED SOMETIMES THE DEVELOPER SAY, WILL YOU PUT IN YOUR CC&RS TO ENFORCE THAT? WE CAN ASK THAT.
WELL, MAYBE I'M ASKING THIS IN THE WRONG WAY.
SURE. THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR OWNER OCCUPIED.
IT'S NOT SAYING LET'S SAY YOU BOUGHT ONE, OKAY.
AND YOU DECIDED, WELL, YOU WON THE MOVE AND SO YOU RENTED IT OUT.
YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT UNLESS IT'S BY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT IT'S DESIGNED FOR OWNER OCCUPANT.
THERE'S YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENTS COME IN THAT ARE ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS.
THEY'RE DESIGNED THAT IF THEY SO CHOOSE THEY CAN BE INDIVIDUALLY OWNED.
YEAH. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE HAVE A DENSITY ORDINANCE THAT DOES THAT.
I WANT TO AND THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SAY THIS, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR DOWN THIS RABBIT HOLE, BUT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THERE'S A DENSITY MAXIMUM WITHIN THE CITY.
YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS A DEVELOPER FROM COMING IN TOMORROW, SUBMITTING ONE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS WITHOUT TALKING TO STAFF AND SAYING, WE WANT TO DO 24 32 UNITS AN ACRE.
THEY CAN MAKE THAT APPLICATION.
THEY CAN COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THEY CAN COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL GOOD ON THAT.
YEAH, OKAY. THEY CAN AN APPLICANT CAN PUT IN ANYTHING HE WANTS.
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FOR. WE'LL WE'RE HONEST WITH THEM.WE TELL THEM BECAUSE IT'S A WASTE OF OUR TIME TOO.
IT'S A WASTE OF EVERYBODY'S TIME. WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS TO DO.
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HAVE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T CARE WHAT.
THEY DON'T THINK STAFF KNOWS ANYTHING.
THEY DON'T THINK P&Z KNOWS ANYTHING.
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL.
SO I'VE SEEN IT ALL. I MEAN SO SOME PEOPLE JUST THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.
AND I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO EMPLOYMENT FOCUS IS A COMMERCE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALL INDUSTRIAL BUT IT'S IT ALLOWS SOME INDUSTRIAL.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REAL HEAVY INDUSTRIAL IN THE CITY ANYWAY.
AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE DESIGNATIONS MEMORIZED YET, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I GUESS MY ONE THING THAT POPS OUT THE MOST FOR ME ON THIS, GOING BACK TO KIND OF THE CONNECTIVITY AND ALSO EQUITY, I'M SEEING A LOT OF PARK AND LIKE ACTIVITY CENTER THINGS VERY FOCUSED NORTH OF THE FREEWAY, SOUTH OF THE FREEWAY IS KIND OF LIKE I'VE GOT A SLIDE FOR THAT.
AND THE PARK THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
IF IT'S A PARK, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A PARK TODAY.
THIS IS FUTURE, BUT THIS IS ALSO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO IN AND REDEVELOP GENERATION.
WE DON'T INTEND TO REDEVELOP GENERATIONS PARK IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
RIGHT. STORMIE JONES PARK OVER THERE ON THE EAST OR.
WE DON'T INTEND FOR THAT TO REALLY CHANGE.
SO THOSE ARE THE BIG PARK AREAS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TRAIL SYSTEM ALONG THE ENCORE EASEMENT.
BUT IF THERE'S IF YOU THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF PARK OR MORE OPEN SPACE, WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE THAT'S GOING TO BE ON ANOTHER BOARD ESSENTIALLY.
BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YEAH. IT'S DEFINITELY GIVING ME LIKE 45 HIGHWAY VIBES OF LIKE SEPARATING THE COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU GUYS GET THE NICE STUFF AND YOU GET WHATEVER CAMPUS, RIGHT? CAMPUS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE HOSPITAL AREA.
SO THAT'S MORE OF A CAMPUS LIKE SETTING.
SO SOME THINGS WE'VE GOTTEN WE DON'T ANTICIPATE CHANGING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MORE OF A REALIST TYPE ATMOSPHERE.
BUT THAT'S A GREAT SPACE FOR GREEN SPACE AROUND THE HOSPITAL.
IT IS THE AGAIN, AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT FOR MR. SMITH'S POINT, IF THE HOSPITAL LET'S SAY WE ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER, YOU HAVE A CAMPUS SPACE, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE X NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET PER IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN A 1000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, YOU'VE GOT TO PROVIDE ONE SQUARE FEET FOR EVERY SPACE OF BUILDING SPACE, FOR OPEN SPACE OR GREEN SPACE, THAT COULD BE A REQUIREMENT THAT COMES OUT OF THAT.
AND THE CONNECTIVITY WHEN WE GET TO IT IS GOING TO CONNECT SOUTH AND NORTH.
I WILL SAY THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
I'M NOT GOING TO I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT IT.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE CONNECTING THAT WITH BECAUSE OF THE FREEWAY.
BUT WE'VE SEEN SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN DO THAT.
MR. SMITH. SO THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM WHEN IT COMES TO BEDFORD IS APARTMENTS.
DID THEY OFFER ANY THOUGHTS TO HOW WE CAN TACKLE THAT ISSUE.
SO THESE APARTMENTS ARE WILLY NILLY ALL OVER THE CITY.
THEY TEND TO TAKE UP GOOD CHUNKS OF LAND, AND THEY REALLY AREN'T IN A STYLE THAT IS BEING BUILT IN TODAY'S WORLD, I MEAN, RATHER THAN A SPREAD.
TODAY'S APARTMENTS LOOK TO BE 3 OR 4 STOREYS.
SURE. SO AND IT'S AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE KIND OF THE DARK BLUE AREAS, THOSE ARE URBAN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THOSE.
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RESIDENTIAL. SO SUBURBAN MULTIFAMILY IS THAT GARDEN STYLE APARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR MULTIFAMILY USES, OUR PROPERTIES, AND WE THOUGHT IN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS, WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING CHANGING IN THOSE AREAS? REALISTICALLY, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF THEM NEEDING EITHER SOME MASSIVE UPDATING OR SOME OR, AS THE MARKET CHANGES, THEM TURNING OVER TO SOMETHING ELSE.
SOME OF THEM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOME OF THE SUBURBAN, IF IT'S IN THE SUBURBAN MULTIFAMILY AREA, STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT FELT LIKE THAT PROBABLY WASN'T GOING TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, THAT'S PROBABLY IT'S A NEW ENOUGH PRODUCT AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THERE FOR A WHILE.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT.
YOU'LL NOTICE THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER WHERE YOU SEE KIND OF JUST BROWN TRAIL BEDFORD ROAD, THERE'S A LOT OF URBAN RESIDENTIAL THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO URBAN RESIDENTIAL DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOUR MULTIFAMILY IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
MAYBE IT'S MAYBE IT'S NOT A GARDEN STYLE MULTIFAMILY, MAYBE IT'S A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.
SO YEAH, WE LOOKED AT THAT AND I AGAIN WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND REALLY ZOOM IN ON IT, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT AND GIVE US YOUR OPINION AS TO WHAT YOU THINK.
AS ARE WE CLOSE OR ARE WE NOT CLOSE ON THOSE URBAN VERSUS SUBURBAN MULTIFAMILY.
DOING MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT EXISTS IN BEDFORD TODAY.
BUT I WOULD ASK, I MEAN, 20 YEARS AGO, WERE THEY DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT? MAYBE NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
TRUE. THE MARKET IS WHAT IT IS.
ZOOMING IN WOULD THIS MAP BE AVAILABLE TO US IN A DIGITAL FORM SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY ZOOM IN AND YES. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING, THIS IS ALL DIGITAL OBVIOUSLY.
SO ANYBODY THAT ASK I CAN EMAIL IT TO THEM WILL ALSO BE PUTTING IT ON BE HEARD BEDFORD.
WE'VE TAKEN MORE PUBLIC INPUT THAN I'VE DONE IN A LOT OF THESE PLANS THROUGH BE HEARD BEDFORD AND SO BUT YES, THIS WILL NOT JUST COME BACK AND SIT IN MY OFFICE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE OUT FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
THESE ARE IT'S A TEAMWORK BETWEEN THE CONSULTANT AND STAFF AS TO WHAT WORKS FOR BEDFORD.
BUT AGAIN, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN THE DESIGNATIONS, I MEAN THIS IS ANOTHER BOARD THAT WILL BE ON YOUR THAT WILL COME WITH THIS, THAT WILL EXPLAIN IN DETAIL THOSE DESIGNATIONS.
IN THAT EMAIL WES CAN YOU THROW IN THE CURRENT LAND USE NEXT TO IT JUST SO WE CAN SEE SIDE BY SIDE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE LIKE WHAT IS IT? I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
BEDFORD IS GOING TO BE MAJORITY SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.
SO. OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO THIS NEXT SLIDE I JUST GAVE YOU A PREVIEW OF.
BUT THIS IS THE DETAIL THAT EXPLAINS EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
SO AGAIN I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE TO READ IT.
MY GOAL HERE IS TO TELL YOU WHAT EACH SLIDE DOES.
SO WHEN YOU GET IT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT OKAY.
NOW LET'S GET INTO PLACEMAKING.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IDENTIFYING PLACES THAT YOU WANT TO CREATE IN YOUR CITY, OR MAY ALREADY BE THERE AND YOU JUST WANT TO BUILD UPON. SO WE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THREE REAL DIFFERENT POTENTIAL DISTRICTS FOR PLACES AND THEN SOME OTHER DISTRICTS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND.
OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST DISTRICT AND WHAT WE CALL OUR REAL PLACEMAKING.
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THE POINT THAT CAME UP IN TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THIS MEETING IS VERY VALID.BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT BEDFORD COMMONS, THERE IS A REAL THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF A REALLY GOOD SYNERGY BETWEEN BEDFORD COMMONS AND TEXAS HARLEY WAY AND REALLY CONNECTING ALL OF THAT, RECOGNIZING THAT IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE FREEWAY, AND YOU NORMALLY DON'T SEE A LOT OF WALKABILITY CLOSER TO THE FREEWAY, BUT IT'S STILL POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD GOAL TO SHOOT FOR.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME CONNECTIVITY THAT YOU CAN CONNECT GENERATIONS PARK TO THAT.
SO YOU COULD GO YOU COULD LITERALLY WALK FROM GENERATIONS PARK DOWN TO BEDFORD COMMONS.
BUT I WOULDN'T BE DOING IT IN AUGUST.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH SHADE THAT YOU COULD WALK THROUGH, MAYBE AND MAYBE ENOUGH PLACES TO STOP AND REST AND, AND MAYBE A WATER FEATURE, I MEAN, I'M THROWING THINGS OUT THERE, THAT'S ALL. MAY SOUND CRAZY TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE.
I KNOW WE CAN'T CHANGE THE WEATHER.
SO ANOTHER ONE OF THE DISTRICTS TO THE NORTH IS MEADOWBROOK OR MEADOW PARK.
I'M SORRY. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY.
THAT'S IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR AREA.
SO IT'S IN THE CENTER OF OUR CITY.
IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER, OF COURSE, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND I HOPE A FUTURE DEVELOPER IS WATCHING THIS. IF WHOEVER'S COMING IN TO DEVELOP THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT IT WALKABLE TO OUR COMMERCIAL NODES, AND SO THAT IF SOMEBODY LIVES IN THAT AREA THAT THEY CAN WALK OVER TO KROGER OR THEY CAN WALK OVER TO BIG LOTS OR IF THERE'S UNIQUE RESTAURANTS IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER THEY CAN WALK TO.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBILITY.
AND THEN THE LAST DISTRICT THERE TO THE SOUTHWEST IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THAT'S BROWN TRAIL AND BEDFORD ROAD.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD USER IN THAT AREA.
WE'VE GOT SOME POTENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING IN THAT AREA, AND I JUST THINK THERE'S A REAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE IN AN ARTSY, REAL FUN PLACE TO GO AND HANG OUT AND EXPERIENCE AND A PLACE TO GO EXPERIENCE.
BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT AND WE CAN'T ENCOURAGE THAT.
WHAT DID YOU ALL CALL IT SO? THAT WAS NOT A POPULAR NAME, AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO THAT IN JUST A SECOND, MR. OTTO. THANK YOU. IT'S NAMED AND THAT WAS JUST A NAME THAT WE THREW OUT THERE, NORTH POINT.
AND EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD THOUGHT, WHY THE HECK ARE YOU NAMING IT NORTH POINT? BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE SOUTH POINT.
BUT NORTH POINT IS THE NAME OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT IS THERE.
THAT'S THE. SO THE BUILDING THAT TURNING POINT IS IN AND ALL THAT.
THAT'S YEARS AGO WELL BEFORE ME.
THEY NAMED IT NORTH POINT, SO WE JUST WENT WITH IT.
IF WE WANT TO NAME IT SOUTH POINT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS ANY DOG IN THAT FIGHT, BUT WE'RE JUST.
TYPICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT DISTRICTS, YOU LOOK AT SUBDIVISION NAMES.
AND I KNOW MR. OTTO WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STRIP CENTERS IN THE CITY.
ANY THOUGHT CONVERSATION TO COMING UP WITH NOT ONE ARCHITECTURAL TYPE, BUT A THEME IN OUR ARCHITECTURAL TYPES THAT WE WORK WITH THESE STRIP CENTER OWNERS TO UPDATE AND FRESHEN THE FACADES.
BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT DONE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY DRIVES OVER TO THE AIRPORT IN DALLAS.
LOVE FIELD. THAT MOCKINGBIRD ROAD USED TO BE TERRIBLE.
AND THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES GOING THERE.
SO HOW THEY DID THAT IS THEY ADOPTED A LOVE FIELD PLAN.
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I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT, BUT ESSENTIALLY A LOVE FIELD NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.THEY ADOPTED A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FOR THAT AREA, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT HAS THESE IT HAS THESE STEPS IN IT.
THEY SAID WHAT THEY WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE.
THEY ADOPTED REGULATIONS THAT SAID, WHEN NEW BUILDINGS COME IN OR WHEN BUILDINGS GET REMODELED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, YOU'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH YOU'VE GOT TO INCORPORATE THESE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THERE.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS A ESSENTIALLY A POLICY THAT WE SHOULD CREATE THAT SAYS WE WANT A COMMON ARCHITECTURAL THEME OR THE USE OF COMMON ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.
AND THEN WE'LL COME IN AND WE'LL CREATE ORDINANCES TO BACK THAT UP.
AND I KNOW THAT ANDREW AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT ONCE WE HAVE SOME OF THESE THINGS IN PLACE, SHE CAN THEN GO OUT AND HER TEAM CAN GO OUT AND I SAY, HER TEAM, IT'S HER CAN GO OUT AND REALLY TRY TO MAYBE INCENTIVIZE SOME OF THAT.
OR IF MAYBE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE INCENTIVIZATION MAYBE IT'S THE FACT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RENOVATE THEIR BUILDING, AND IF THEY HIT A THRESHOLD OF MORE THAN 50% OF THE VALUE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THEY'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH IT AND DO IT THEMSELVES.
BUT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
RIGHT. AND I PRETTY MUCH KNEW THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE BUILDING WASN'T IN THE SHAPE AND THE LANDLORD WASN'T GOING TO PAY FOR IT, AND THEY WERE PRETTY TIGHT ON BUCKS FOR A NEW BUSINESS.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO? AND I KNOW ANDREA IS SITTING IN THE BACK.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DRAG HER IN, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO TO INCENTIVE SOME OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THEM THAT LIVE OUT OF STATE AND TO GET THEM TO KIND OF PONY UP? I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A NICE DRAWING AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW WE'D LIKE IT TO LOOK, BUT WHAT IS WHAT ARE THOSE TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED? SO AND I, ANDREA, CAN RUN AND PUSH ME OUT OF THE WAY IF SHE WANTS TO.
BUT I WOULD SAY FROM A REGULATION STANDPOINT, WHAT I THINK IS COMMON IS THAT YOU PUT IN A THRESHOLD, YOU BUILD, YOU DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE BASED ON POLICIES, AND YOU SAY IF YOU'RE GOING TO REMODEL MORE THAN X NUMBER OF DOLLARS, OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO INVEST MORE THAN X NUMBER OF DOLLARS, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT OF SOME SORT.
THAT'S FROM A REGULATION STANDPOINT, HOW YOU DO IT.
ANDREA CAN ANSWER MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN, AS FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT.
WHEN I LIVED IN MEDINA, OHIO, IT WAS BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND AKRON, AND IT'S BUILT AROUND A SQUARE.
IT'S VERY NEW ENGLAND LOOKING WITH A GAZEBO AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND ANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT IF THEY WANTED TO REMODEL IT HAD TO FIT A DESIGN STANDARD.
AND WHEN I LEFT THERE, THERE WAS ONLY ONE DRUGSTORE.
AND THEY WERE LIKE THE ONE HOLDOUT, BUT THEY ACTUALLY USED THAT PICTURES OF THAT IN ADVERTISEMENTS.
THAT'S HOW GOOD THEIR DOWNTOWN LOOKED.
IS IT? I MEAN, IS IT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR DO YOU JUST HAVE THESE LANDLORDS THAT SAY, I JUST DON'T CARE? SOME OF IT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LANDLORDS THAT JUST DON'T CARE UNLESS YOU PROBABLY THROW MONEY AT THEM.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ANDREA'S FORTE.
BUT FROM A REGULATION STANDPOINT, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT COMES IN AND I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE YOU JUST GAVE THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT YOU JUST REFERRED TO. HE'S MET WITH US.
HE HE WANTS THE CITY TO DO ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.
I WOULD SAY, YEAH, WE CAN COME IN AND WE CAN.
HE WANTS US TO REDO THE ROAD, WE CAN DO THE ROAD.
BUT IF YOU STILL HAVE A CRAPPY BUILDING, YOU HAVE A CRAPPY BUILDING.
AND SO I'VE SEEN IN SOME CASES I'VE SEEN IT.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS HAPPENED, BUT I'VE SEEN WHERE A CITY COMES IN AND MAKES AN INVESTMENT IN THE ROADWAY, AND IT FORCES EVERYBODY ELSE TO JUMP ON BOARD AND DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOW IN THE AREA AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR CRAPPY BUILDING.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK LIKE THAT.
THAT'S GETTING OUTSIDE MY WHEELHOUSE A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK MOST OF THE GRANTS THAT I'VE SEEN HAVE MORE BEEN LOCAL GRANTS.
AND NO ONE'S RUNNING ME OUT OF THE WAY, SO I GUESS I'M OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON DISTRICTS? I WAS JUST GOING TO DIVE INTO SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS.
I GUESS I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD THESE SLIDES, BUT THIS IS NORTH POINT, AS MR. OTTO POINTED OUT.
AND JUST GIVES YOU SOME IDEAS.
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AGAIN, THE IDEA HERE IS NOT THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.THIS IS NOT THIS IS JUST WHAT COULD BE.
OKAY. IT TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING.
I'M SORRY. WHO'S GOING TO FUND A BUSINESS INCUBATOR? THOSE ARE THINGS WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS.
I MEAN, IT'S AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY.
I DON'T STAND UP HERE TO SAY THAT WE'VE GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE IDEA FOR TONIGHT IS THESE ARE IDEAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
THESE ARE IDEAS THAT WE'VE SEEN WORK IN OTHER CITIES, OR THESE ARE IDEAS THAT WE THINK ARE SPECIAL TO BEDFORD EITHER WAY DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS FIGURED OUT, AND THE COMP PLAN IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS FIGURED OUT.
COMP PLANS ARE GOING TO COME UP AND SAY.
LOOK AT WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE OR LOOK AT WAYS TO CREATE A BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTER.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS NORTH POINT, SOUTH POINT.
WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO CALL IT.
WE'LL TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ALL DAY LONG.
COMMONS DISTRICT, WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT AGAIN, MORE PLACEMAKING IDEAS.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU IDEAS OF WHAT COULD BE.
DOES NOT MEAN THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO BE.
AND THEN THE MEADOWS DISTRICT.
NO. THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, WAS GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL IF IT CAME TO FRUITION.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT PARKS AND OTHER SPACES.
BUT THESE ARE, GOING TO SHOW EXISTING PARK SPACES POTENTIAL.
AND THEN THE RED DOTS REALLY JUST SHOW LITTLE NODES OR POTENTIAL LAWNS OR SQUARES THAT COULD HAPPEN.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO SAY IT? TO GET STORMIE JONES KIND OF.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE THAT MIGHT DRIVE THAT? I DO AND MARK LONG AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND I KNOW THAT STORMIE JONES IS ONE OF THE PARKS THAT HE WANTS TO SPEND SOME TIME ON AND FIGURE OUT. OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DID PROPOSE SOME THINGS WITH STORMIE JONES I THOUGHT WERE UNIQUE, BUT AGAIN, SHE PROPOSED IT JUST TO GET US THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD BE.
WE MAY WANT THAT TYPE OF PARK, BUT WE WANT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SHE DID TWO KIND OF PLACEMAKING THINGS ON HARRIS RYALS AND STORMIE JONES.
AND SHE JUST TOOK THE THEME OF WHAT STORMIE JONES IS AS MORE OF AN INCLUSIVE PARK FOR ALL.
AND THEN SHE TOOK HARRIS RYALS WITH THE CONNECTION OF THE SCHOOL AND THE FUTURE SENIOR CENTER.
YOU KNOW, THE ZONING OF THE LAND THAT'S BEEN FOR SALE FOREVER.
THAT'S, I'LL SAY TO THE EAST OF STORMIE JONES, RIGHT ON 157.
IT'S A LOT OF THAT'S, I BELIEVE, RESIDENTIAL.
THERE'S NO POTENTIAL TRAILS LISTED OR IDEAS FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR KIND OF THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE CREATE A TRAIL SYSTEM TO GO FROM THE PARKS TO THE LIBRARY TO GENERATIONS PARK, AND KIND OF CONNECT THOSE THINGS TO TRAIL WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT HAVING TO BE ON THE STREET, BUT LIKE IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THE 4TH OF JULY, THEY CAN TAKE A PARK OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TAKE A TRAIL OVER.
SO THIS SLIDE HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT FUTURE MOBILITY, I CAN'T SAY THAT WORD ADAPTATIONS SHOWS SOME OF THAT. IT SHOWS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, YOU SEE THE ENCORE EASEMENT WHERE THERE'S A TRAIL AND HOW IT GOES FROM THE NORTHEAST SECTION DOWN TO GENERATIONS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME STREET SECTIONS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS, THAT MAYBE SOME AREAS WE WANT TO DO A JUST SOME AREAS ARE JUST A BIKE LANE, BUT SOME AREAS ARE A AND I'M GOING TO GET MY NAMES MIXED UP.
BUT A MULTI-PURPOSE LANE WHERE IT COULD BE BIKE RUNNING WALKING WHATEVER.
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SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS.AND ACTUALLY THIS SLIDE TALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION.
WAS THAT A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON THERE AS AN OPTION THERE WERE IN SOME CASES A PROTECTED BIKE LANE? YES. AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON AGAIN TRYING TO BE REALISTIC WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
IF WE HAD AREA TO CREATE THAT, WE WOULD.
IF NOT, THEN IT WAS GOING TO BE SHARED USE.
WOULD THE BIKE LANES ALSO BE FOR GOLF CARTS OR IS THAT NOT CONSIDERED? WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT GOLF CARTS AT ALL.
IS THAT SOMETHING? I'LL BE HONEST, IN MY EXPERIENCE, GOLF CARTS USUALLY COME UP IN MORE BEACH AND RESORT STYLE COMMUNITIES, BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT, THEN I CAN, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FEEDBACK.
SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES THEY ARE.
I WILL TELL YOU, IN A PREVIOUS COMMUNITY THAT I SERVED IN, WE CREATED A SPECIAL ORDINANCE REGULATING GOLF CARTS DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE EACH BUSINESS HAD TO PROVIDE X NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FOR GOLF CARTS.
AND I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
WE CAN DEFINITELY ENTERTAIN THAT AND SEE PUT THAT IN AS A FUTURE POLICY.
YEAH, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE PIECE ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND THAT BEING LIKE A FOCUS AREA.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, LIKE RETROFITTED? WOULD START PUTTING IN STREETLIGHTS? BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M NOT GOING TO WALK AROUND AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S PITCH BLACK.
AND SO I'M NOT UTILIZING SPACES THAT COULD BE USING FOR PUBLIC WALKING BECAUSE OF A LACK OF LIGHT.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR POLICIES, IF WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT ENCOURAGES, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO OVER POLLUTE THE NIGHT SKY WITH LIGHT, THERE ARE.
BUT IF WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE SOME TYPE OF REGULATION THAT ENCOURAGES NIGHTTIME ACTIVITY BUT DOESN'T . RIGHT. WE COULD DO THAT.
BUT THAT AGAIN, THAT'S A GOOD POLICY.
AND THAT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE OR WHAT THINGS ARE YOU WANTING TO SEE THAT WHEN THE CONSULTANT GOES BACK AND IS LOOKING AT POLICIES AND DRAFTING UP THESE POLICIES AND THESE IDEAS, THAT WILL BE THE NEXT PRESENTATION I MAKE TO YOU ALL WILL, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GETTING THAT RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
SO IF YOU PUT THE SCREEN UP, THAT SHOWS OUR PARKS.
GENERATION PARK IS REALLY OUR SHINING STAR AND I THINK IT'S BECOME A COMMUNITY HUB.
I'M A LITTLE AND WE'VE BEGUN TO DO MORE EVENTS AT THAT PARK, WHICH I THINK HAVE BEEN GREAT.
HOW DO WE TAKE AND MAKE CHRISTMAS SOMETHING AT THAT PARK? YOU KNOW AND HERE'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS TREE AT OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
BUT RELATIVE TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, A CHRISTMAS TREE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT ADDS TO OUR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS EACH YEAR, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT MOVE TO GENERATION PARK, AND WE BEGIN TO BUILD UPON THAT, EVEN IN A WAY LIKE VITRUVIAN PARK DID.
I MADE A SUGGESTION OF ON SAL'S SITE ABOUT, HEY, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE AN ADOPT A TREE DEAL BY CITIZENS TO LIGHT THE TREES IN GENERATIONS PARK.
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THE ONLY THING I THOUGHT OF IS, WELL, WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY AROUND ANY OF THOSE TREES TO LIGHT THEM, NOR DO WE HAVE A METHOD TO PAY FOR PAY FOR IT.BUT GOD, IT'D BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE BY GENERATIONS, PARK AT THE HOLIDAYS OR SPECIAL EVENT TIMES AND SEE THOSE TREES LIT UP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW VITRUVIAN PARK DID IT, YOU KNOW.
YOU'RE GETTING DOWN TO LIKE A 5,000 FOOT LEVEL THERE.
THAT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, OTHER THAN I COULD SAY IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT MAYBE UTILIZING MORE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FOR LARGER COMMUNITY EVENTS, THAT WOULD BE THE BROAD STATEMENT I WOULD SAY WOULD COME OUT OF THAT.
OH YEAH. SURE. AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE THERE TO DO THEIR CHRISTMAS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE SPEND ANY MONEY ON CHRISTMAS.
YEAH, THAT'S LIKE I SAID, THAT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT INTO THE WEEDS.
BUT I DO THINK YOU COULD DO A BROAD STATEMENT TO AT LEAST THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF PARKS DEPARTMENT COMES BACK AND SAYS, WE WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS THIS, THEN THAT'S THE WAY TO DO THAT.
WELL, IT'S LIKE CREATING A HOLIDAY EVENT AT GENERATIONS PARK.
SURE. WE HAVE THE BLUES FEST OR THE WHATEVER.
WES. JUST I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT NORTH PARK.
WHAT? NORTH PARK? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET IT GO, ARE YOU? I HAVE A SUGGESTION.
YES, SIR. AS FAR AS NAMING THAT, MAYBE THE COMMUNICATIONS PEOPLE CAN COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF CITIZEN INPUT ON MAYBE RENAMING THAT PARTICULAR AREA JUST AS A THOUGHT.
AGAIN KEEP IN MIND THIS IS GOING TO BE I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS IF WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS, IS A DISTRICT A POTENTIAL DISTRICT IDENTIFIED, THEN.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WE CAN POTENTIAL.
RIGHT. AND THAT WAY ANDREA HAS A BETTER GRASP ON TRYING TO REDEVELOP THAT AREA.
SO WE'RE STILL PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIANS OVER CARS.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
AND I THINK WHERE WE CAN WE DO NEED TO DO THAT.
THE ONLY POINT I WOULD MAKE TO THAT IS AND I'LL TAKE NORTH POINT AND I'LL TAKE THE SHOPPING CENTER THERE, THE PREDOMINANT SHOPPING CENTER THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION, WE'VE GOT A BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT.
SOME OF THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF OUR PAST MISTAKES.
RIGHT. BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN STILL INCORPORATE.
PARKING CAN BE RESTRIPED ALL DAY LONG.
IF YOU WANT TO CREATE PEDESTRIAN WAYS THAT ARE THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT, YOU CAN STILL DO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S A POLICY YOU CAN KIND OF TRY TO CREATE OUT OF THAT.
CAN WE DO SOME SHARED PARKING POLICIES THEN? DEFINITELY. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REQUIRE SO MUCH PARKING AND THEY CAN START TO TURN THOSE INTO OUTDOOR DINING AREAS.
LET'S SEE. THIS IS CONNECTIVITY.
AGAIN THIS JUST SHOWS OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW ALL OF OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS.
SO WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANY NEW ROADWAYS IN MOST CASES.
RIGHT. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ADAPT THEM TO WHAT WE WANT TO SEE TODAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SECTION IS REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON.
THIS GIVES YOU MORE THE DEFINED SECTIONS AND KIND OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
MR. JACOBSEN, THIS IS KIND OF GETTING TO AN MY COMPUTER IS GOING TO RESTART WATCH THAT.
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AND IT, THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT TO GET ME.THIS GETS INTO THOSE DEFINITIONS AS TO WHAT THE FUTURE MOBILITY LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THOSE STREETS LOOK LIKE, DO THEY HAVE SHARED USE PATHS WITH THEM? DO THEY HAVE LANDSCAPED BOULEVARDS? THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT REALLY GETS INTO THAT DEFINITION.
SO HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING IN THERE WITH YOUR EXPERTISE I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL AVENUES THAT WOULD BE LANE REDUCTION, BIKE, AND WHATEVER.
DEFINITELY. AND TREES, DEFINITELY OTHER CONVEYANCES.
EVERYTHING'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
YES. I CAN'T SAY EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GET DONE, BUT EVERYTHING'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
WILL THESE INCLUDE TOO IF IT'S A WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? MOBILE. IF IT'S FOCUSED ON THAT, CAN WE HAVE LIKE AN INCLUSION OR IS THERE A BUDGET TO INCLUDE DOG STATIONS? DOG WASTE STATIONS THAT ARE? IT'S A LITTLE BIT INTO THE WEEDS, BUT LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN, WHAT KIND OF POLICY I CAN COME UP WITH, WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PET FRIENDLY.
SO AT LEAST HAVING THOSE RECEPTACLES MAYBE CAN CUT DOWN ON THINGS.
SO IT'S NOT A LAND MINE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
SO I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS REAL QUICK.
SO WE'VE GONE OVER VISION AND THEMES AND WE'VE GONE OVER FUTURE LAND USE AND PLACEMAKING.
SO WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING AND ANY FEEDBACK WE GET TONIGHT, ANY FEEDBACK WE GET IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WE WILL INCLUDE IN OUR POLICIES AND GOALS.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE NEXT STEP.
WE'RE GOING TO START FOCUSING ON THAT.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING SOME OF THIS HOPEFULLY COME TOGETHER.
YOU'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF HOW OKAY, YOU HAVE A THEME.
WE BUILT ON ONE OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE WANT TO BE A MORE WALKABLE COMMUNITY.
WELL, WE'VE NOW BUILT IN A POLICY THAT TELLS US HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
NOW, THE NEXT STEP IS, ONCE WE GET ALL THIS DONE, WE'RE NOT DONE.
THE FEEDBACK. AND I TALKED TO MOLLY BRIEFLY JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND, AND I SAID, WAS THERE ANY CONSENSUS? AND SHE SAID SOME THINGS WERE SCATTERED, BUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING, WE WANT THIS.
CAN YOU SAY WHAT THOSE ARE OR? RIGHT NOW? [LAUGHTER] WELL.
WELL, YOU'VE SEEN THE RESULTS.
WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] PREFERENCE.
THANK YOU. I HAVE NOT STUDIED THOSE RESULTS COMPLETELY.
AND I REALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THE REPORT THAT MOLLY PUT TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON IN DETAIL.
SHE'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WERE SCATTERED IN.
I THINK IN THE RESIDENTIAL TYPES, THERE'S A BIG GROUP THAT WAS FOR MORE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.
AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A EQUALLY BIG GROUP THAT WAS FOR THE VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL.
THAT KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD.
I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT I'VE NOTICED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
I'LL PROBABLY BE MORE PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT AT OUR NEXT AT OUR NEXT MEETING LIKE THIS.
BUT WE TO YOUR POINT AND THAT WILL THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO BE HEARD BEDFORD.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT ON IT AND YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED.
YOU'RE MISSING OUT. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE. BUT IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION ITEMS. MOLLY AND HER TEAM HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, AND IT WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT IS WITHOUT THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING IN DISCUSSIONS, MAKING IT INTERACTIVE FOR PEOPLE.
JUST LAST WEEK, WAS IT LAST WEEK THAT WE CLOSED THE VISUAL PREFERENCE SURVEY? AND WE HAD OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT, I BELIEVE.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT WAS A SURVEY THAT SAID, OKAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO REDEVELOP COMMERCIAL, IF WE'RE GOING TO REDEVELOP RESIDENTIAL, WHICH OF THESE DO YOU LIKE TO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE BEDFORD ENCOURAGE AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IN BEDFORD.
AND THAT'S THE SURVEY THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO, MR. GALLENSTEIN.
A HOME TOWN OR A COTTAGE OR A TOWNHOME?
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YES, YES, YES.I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING. SO ANYWAY.
SO PLEASE GET ON, BE HEARD BEDFORD.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DOING MOST OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND EVERYBODY THEY GET ON THEY I MEAN WE STILL RANDOMLY EVEN AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE GET COMMENTS EVERY NOW AND THEN.
LOOK AT SOME OF THE DISCUSSION TOPICS.
THOSE ARE GOING TO THE CONSULTANT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THE POLICIES ARE DRIVEN BASED ON THOSE COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. NOW THE VISUAL PREFERENCE SURVEY JUST ON THAT HAS CLOSED.
IT'S AN OLD SPANISH TOWN, REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
AND EVERY FRIDAY THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL FARMER'S MARKET.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
IS ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF ONE OF THOSE SLIDES? I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT EXACTLY.
I WOULD GO BACK TO LET ME FIND IT HERE.
COMMONS. I THINK THAT IS WHAT IF YOU, YOU KNOW AN EVENT SPACE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WOULD ENVISION.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEING THE DIFFERENT RENDITIONS.
WE'VE ALL SEEN DIFFERENT RENDITIONS OF BEDFORD COMMONS.
THEY ALL CONSISTENTLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF GREEN SPACE WITH THEM AND AND IT'S SO BEDFORD COMMONS ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS IDENTIFIED AS A PLACE, AS A PLACEMAKING PLACE.
WE COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE USUALLY MORE THAN ONE OF THOSE AND USUALLY IT'S THEIR DOWNTOWN.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED ALREADY, IT'S WHAT WE ENVISION BEING OUR DOWNTOWN LIKE.
AND SO I WOULD THINK AN OPEN MARKET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE WOULD BE HERE.
WES IN BEDFORD COMMONS, THERE'S A BIG PARKING LOT.
IS THAT PART OF BEDFORD COMMONS? WHAT'S THE THOUGHT ON THAT PIECE OF LAND? I MEAN, I CAN'T GET INTO DETAILS ON BECAUSE BEDFORD COMMONS IS A MULTIPLE DIFFERENT OWNERS.
RIGHT. SO AND VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
THESE ARE ALL GOALS FOR THE FUTURE.
THE HOPE IS THAT BEDFORD COMMONS GROWS INTO SOMETHING AND THE STATE BANK THAT IS THERE, THAT THAT'S THEIR PARKING LOT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
SO THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE FROM EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE.
SO THEY MAY BE WILLING TO WORK WITH US.
THAT I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THAT.
THANK YOU. SO THAT IS ALL FOR MY SLIDES.
SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SAY THEN.
BUT IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION.
WOULD YOU DEFINE BEDFORD COMMONS FOR US, THE AREA? I THINK IF YOU CAN, AND I WILL DEFINE BEDFORD COMMONS WHAT I CAN ASK, AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO REPEAT THE QUESTION, BUT OR THROW SOMETHING AT ME IF I DON'T.
YOU WANTED ME TO DEFINE BEDFORD COMMONS? LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO IT.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
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COMMONS THAT ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WHAT.THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR HAVING TWO MEETINGS IN THE SAME NIGHT.
SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE COLOR IS BEDFORD COMMONS.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S THE ZONING DISTRICT.
IT ESSENTIALLY GOES FROM CENTRAL TO FOREST RIDGE.
AIRPORT FREEWAY IS THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, AND THEN A LITTLE LEG OF IT GOES UP TO BEDFORD ROAD.
DOES THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.
JUMPING BACK HERE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT INCLUDES THE MAJORITY OF THAT SAME AREA.
IT JUST ALSO JUMPS OVER BEDFORD ROAD AND GOES AND TALKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE LIBRARY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COME ON UP. I JUST HEAR THEM.
ALONG WITH THESE PLANS HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT AN AREA THAT'S NON-FRANCHISE LOCALLY OWNED STORES WITH A PEDESTRIAN WAY.
WHERE THERE ARE NO MCDONALD'S, BURGER KINGS, ANY OF THAT STUFF.
[INAUDIBLE] THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IN OTHER STATES THAT HAVE THAT, AND PEOPLE FLOCK TO THAT.
YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT BEDFORD.
OH, IF YOU COULD, SIR YOUR NAME? YOUR NAME, FOR THE RECORD. DON DUVALL.
TO ANSWER MR. DUVALL'S QUESTION, I THINK IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT CREATING POLICIES TO ENCOURAGE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD WANT TO REALLY DEFINE AN AREA, BUT MAYBE POLICIES TO ENCOURAGE A MORE LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCT OR A MORE NON-FRANCHISE THING.
I THINK THERE'S A WAY WE CAN DO THAT.
AND MAYBE IT IS AN AREA I DON'T KNOW.
AND I THINK IF WE SPELL THAT OUT IN A POLICY, IT WILL HELP US GET THERE.
YOU'VE GOT ROANOKE, YOU'VE GOT BISHOP'S ART, YOU'VE GOT INTERESTING AREAS WITHIN OUR CITY THAT HAVE JUST INDIVIDUAL HOMEGROWN LOCAL BUSINESSES.
YOU DO, AND I JUST WANT TO POINT ON THAT.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH BISHOP'S ART, BUT THERE'S ALSO CHAINS IN BISHOP.
I MEAN, SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF IN SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.
IF IT'S A MCDONALD'S, YOU CAN'T LOOK LIKE A MCDONALD'S.
AND I'M PICKING ON MCDONALD'S.
AND I DON'T MEAN TO, BUT IF IT'S NO MATTER WHAT IT IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D WANT TO DO THAT CITYWIDE, JUST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE RUNNING THROUGH IT'S HARD TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT AS FAR AS IT GOES BACK TO SOMEONE BROUGHT UP AN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT GOES BACK TO CREATING THAT.
I THINK. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR SOMEBODY I'M SORRY, I WAS COMMENTING THAT, YES, I WOULD LOVE IT.
YES. NOW, YOU MIGHT JOG MY QUESTION.
IF WE ESTABLISH THESE POLICIES, CAN ANY OF THEM ESTABLISH FUNDING TO THAT POINT TO HELP INCENTIVIZE LOCAL OWNERS? YOU COULD I MEAN, YOU COULD ENCOURAGE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO FUND CERTAIN THINGS, BUT YOU'RE NOT ESTABLISHING FUNDING FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE OR A REGULATION.
THESE ARE JUST GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
THESE ARE JUST THIS IS A GUIDE.
STAFF THEN GOES OUT AND SAYS, OKAY, HOW CAN WE DO THAT? WELL, EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE PARKS THROUGH GRANTS OR YOU'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE IT THROUGH GENERAL FUND, OR YOU'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE IT THROUGH PARK DEDICATION FEES OR
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WHATEVER IT MAY BE.THOSE ARE THE WAYS YOU CAN ACQUIRE THAT.
THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD GO THROUGH FUNDING.
YOU WOULDN'T SIT HERE AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT A PARK FEE THROUGH THE COMP PLAN.
OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, I THINK I WAS THINKING MORE OF LIKE HOW IT COULD ESTABLISH LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, A FUND OR SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND.
AND I THINK IF YOU IF THERE WAS, IF YOU WANTED THAT FUND TO GO TO SOMETHING LIKE A TREE RESTORATION FUND THAT WE DID WITH THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OR OFFER ASSISTANCE THROUGH DOLLAR ASSISTANCE, I THINK YOU'D JUST BE VERY VAGUE IN THE POLICY, AND THEN WE CAN WORK THE DETAILS OUT WHEN IT COMES TO AN ORDINANCE.
IT COULD BE THROUGH LAND USE CONTROLS.
IT COULD BE THROUGH ALL KINDS OF WAYS.
HUH? NO ONE ELSE IS RUSHING UP TO THE MIC.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN BEDFORD SINCE 1983, AND I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED A FACELIFT.
I STARTED LIVING HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A DEFINITELY A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY SOMEWHERE WHERE I WANTED TO RAISE MY CHILDREN TO BE SAFE AND TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AS A FAMILY.
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN SOMETHING THAT DRAWS FAMILY HERE.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE TO THE OTHER CITIES AROUND US THAT I THINK ARE TAKING AWAY SOME OF THE BUSINESS THAT WE COULD HAVE HERE IN BEDFORD AS WELL, SUCH AS EULESS, WITH THE BIG SHOPPING CENTERS THAT THEY'VE GOT GOING AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SOMETHING ALL OF THIS IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
WE'RE THE LOCAL AND WE CAN ATTRACT PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
AND IT ALSO WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE FAMILY COMMUNITY ORIENTED IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO GREAT IDEA AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR OPENING THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC.
AND I'M DEFINITELY REGISTERED ON BE HEARD BEDFORD.
GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO PUT A SUGGESTION IN FOR NORTH POINT CALLED STONE GATE.
SO THAT WHOLE AREA IS KNOWN AS STONE GATE.
IT WAS A STONE GATE POOL MANY YEARS AGO.
AND TERRY, WHAT COMMISSIONER SMITH BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE CENTERS AND THE STRIP CENTERS IN THIS CITY ARE VERY TRUE. SO I WAS DRIVING BY TURNING POINT AND I SAW SOME GUYS OUT THERE.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE REPAVING THE PARKING LOT THERE.
I SAID, OH, THEY'RE FINALLY DOING SOMETHING.
AND COMMISSIONER FORD SENT ME A MESSAGE AND SAID, THEY'RE PAINTING THE PARKING LOT.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN ANOTHER CITY THAT WE TRY TO THINK THAT WE MIGHT BE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD EVEN HAPPEN AT CENTRAL AND HARWICK, I'M NOT SURE.
I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
BUT THAT AREA HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
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TAX. I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A NEW OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY NOW, WHICH IS GOOD, I HOPE.YOU KNOW, THEY MENTIONED PUBLIC AND PARTNERSHIPS AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, MAYBE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THESE STRIP CENTERS WORKING AND LOOKING BETTER, ESPECIALLY THAT ONE.
I MEAN, HOW GREAT WOULD THAT BE? IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY PAVED PARKING LOT AND MAYBE A RESTAURANT NEXT TO THEM OR SOMETHING, OR WHO KNOWS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOT TO BE MORE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT.
THERE'S AN EMPTY LAUNDROMAT BEHIND IT.
AND I THINK IT'D BE MORE RESOURCEFUL TO THE CITY AS WELL.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD AREA TO THINK ABOUT HIS IDEA OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF STARTING FROM GROUND ZERO RIGHT THERE. YEAH, THEY HAD SOME NEXT DOOR TO TURNING POINT.
THEY HAD SOME ART. I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME, BUT THERE WAS A THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD CROWD THAT CAME AND SAW THE DIFFERENT VISUAL, VISUAL ARTS OR SOMETHING.
AGAIN, I DON'T RECALL, BUT IT LOOKED BUSY.
IT LOOKED SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO.
I KNOW THEY HAVE THAT IN GLADE PARK WHERE THEY HAVE OPEN MARKETS AND SO FORTH.
ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE CITY.
AND I THINK IT WOULD LOOK GOOD AND AND DO WELL.
YES. I THINK STONE GATE MIGHT BE YOUR ANSWER.
[LAUGHTER] WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
HEY WES. I DON'T HAVE ANY CORPORATE SPONSORS OR WANT TO PARTNER WITH US.
AND I'M TALKING, YOU KNOW, BE IT THE HOSPITAL OR BE IT THE BLOOD BANK.
THE REASON I ASK THAT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M FROM CINCINNATI AND I TALKED TO THE CONSULTANT.
THERE'S AN AREA PROBABLY MY ANCESTORS CAME FROM THERE.
THERE'S A SEVEN SQUARE MILE AREA.
AND 20 YEARS AGO, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO WALK THERE EVEN DURING THE DAY.
AND NOW IT'S THE HOTTEST AREA IN CINCINNATI.
I GOT LOOKING INTO THIS AND THEY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CALLED 3GCG.
WELL, THEY'VE GOT SPONSORS LIKE PROCTER AND GAMBLE AND A MAJOR BANK AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
HAS ANYBODY HAS SAID ANYTHING TO BEDFORD THAT THE COMPANIES THAT ARE HERE, HEY, WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS, OR DO THEY ALL JUST KIND OF STAND BACK? NOT THAT I MEAN, NOT THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OF A I MEAN, ANDREA MAY KNOW SOMETHING AND I'M SURE SHE DOES.
SHE'LL RUN UP HERE AND SAY SOMETHING.
BUT I KNOW AND AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT LEVEL.
RIGHT. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE, TO BE FRANK.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE FOSTER THAT OR ARE THEY AWARE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW.
BESIDES MEETING WITH US AND MEETING WITH WITH YOU AND COUNCIL, THEY ALSO HAD CALLS WITH CONTACTS AT THE HOSPITAL, WITH OUR MAJOR EMPLOYERS, WITH HEB ISD.
SO ONE, THEY'RE AWARE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND THEIR INPUT WENT INTO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT.
WES DOES THE CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEASE LAND TO A DEVELOPER OR BACK TO THE.
I'M THINKING OF THE SMALL BUSINESS THOUGHT.
BUT YOU ALL ARE GETTING WAY OUT OF MY KNOWLEDGE LEVEL.
I'M STILL PURSUING THE FARMER'S MARKET.
THAT'S WHERE THAT QUESTION IS COMING FROM SO.
YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS AND I'M I'M GOING TO PULL YOU BACK UP.
I THINK THERE IS OVERALL ARCHING.
THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN DO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND ENCOURAGE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT.
SO IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING, THEN I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND.
THANK YOU ALL. NO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
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IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'M SORRY.I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND THEN A VOTE TO ADJOURN.
SORRY. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL SECOND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.