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ALL RIGHT.[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
GOOD EVENING.HOW ARE YOU? DID THAT GO? I KNOW.
IT IS FIVE FORTY FIVE, SO I GOTTA CALL THIS, UM, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
IT'S TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2024.
UM, I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, FEAR FOR OUR SECOND, UH, PART OF OUR MEETING, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A JOINT SESSION, WHICH IS GONNA START AT SIX.
SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK ITEM RIGHT HERE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.
DID ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NOPE.
SO, MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE, WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, APPROPRIATION PLAN, AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.
CORONAVIRUS, LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND, BUDGET FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR OF CITY FACILITY, ROOFS BY PMR ROOFING AND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $49,241.
GIVE YOU ASSISTANT, UH, CITY MANAGER, KAREN RIGGS.
KAREN, A COUPLE STEPS TONIGHT.
UM, TONIGHT WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR OF, UM, NINE ROOFS, UH, HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
AND AGAIN, UM, TOTAL COST REPLACEMENT OF THOSE NINE ROOFS IN TOTAL.
THIS IS, UH, WITHOUT INSURANCE IS 341,000 ARE, UH, AFTER OUR INSURANCE ADJUSTMENT, UM, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE 2 92, UM, UH, 27, AGAIN LEAVING OUR CONTRIBUTION AT 49,000.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO QUITE A BIT WITH THAT.
WHAT THAT WILL ENTAIL IS FULL REPLACEMENT, A BRAND NEW ROOF ON BUILDING C, WHICH IS A BUILDING ADJACENT TO US HERE WHERE PERMITS AND ENGINEERING RESIDES.
AND THEN ALSO A FULL ROOF REPLACEMENT FOR OUR FACILITIES BUILDING.
UM, THE RAIN, THE REMAINING ROOFS, AS YOU'LL SEE WITHIN THE, UM, ESTIMATE THAT PROVIDED, UH, COVERS TWO PAVILIONS, A PICNIC STRUCTURE, THE BATH HOUSE, UM, UH, THE FACILITY STORAGE BUILDING, UM, AND THE SKYLIGHTS AT THE Y THAT WERE ALSO DAMAGED IN THAT STORM.
AND THE LAST IS FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO.
AND SO, JUST ONE QUICK NOTE, WHILE WE ARE, UM, PLANNING TO REMODEL FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO, WE'RE NOT SURE IF THESE ROOF REPAIRS NEED TO BE DONE AS PART OF THAT IN ADVANCE OR AFTER.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA JUST SET THOSE FUNDS FOR FIRE STATION TWO TO THE SIDE UNTIL WE DIG IN ON THAT PROJECT AND SEE WHERE THAT'S GONNA BE NEEDED.
UM, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM FOR THE ROOF REPAIR? OKAY.
AND THIS WAS DONE, THIS WAS IN MAY, UH, WHEN WE HAD THAT HUGE HAIL STORM WHERE IT WAS GO, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL SIZE, SOFTBALL SIZE, HAIL HITTING OUR FACILITIES, AND IT REALLY WRECKED OUR ROOFS.
I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, GET THAT DOWN AND USE ARPA FUNDS AND, UM, ONLY THE DIFFERENCES, 49,000 FOR ROOF REPAIR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
THAT BEING SAID, COUNSEL, I'LL HEAR A MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SABLE, DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND? UH, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER, DONOVAN, BRANDON, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
ALL RIGHT, AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JUST COMING IN, WE WERE JUST HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE, UH, ITEM HERE.
UH, THE, UM, COMP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WITH, UH, P AND Z.
THE JOINT MEETING WILL START AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UM, SO AT THAT RATE, I GUESS I NEED TO HEAR AN ADJOURNMENT FOR THIS, FOR THIS SECTION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MY COUNCIL MEMBER SABLE.
SO THAT FIRST PART IS ADJOURNED AT 5 49.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE, AND WE'LL OPEN UP THE SECOND PART, THE MAIN EVENT AT SIX O'CLOCK.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS, UH, SPECIAL JOINT SESSION OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER.
UH, AND WANNA FIRST WELCOME EVERYONE.
UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE SEEN, UH, THIS MANY PEOPLE AT A, UH, AT A MEETING.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS ENCOURAGING.
UH, I DO WANT TO, UH, ALSO WELCOME OUR, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A LOOK AT HERE MOMENTARILY, UH, WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I KNOW THAT PLANNING AND ZONING HAS PUT A LOT OF EFFORT, UH, INTO THIS DOCUMENT.
AND, UM, TALKED ABOUT THIS AD NAUSEUM FOR, FOR A LOT OF TIME.
UM, I THINK THE, THEY WERE ON 18 MONTHS OF THIS, THIS WHOLE PROJECT, UH, TO GET THIS COMPLETED.
UM, SO I DO WANNA SPEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR P AND Z MEMBERS FOR, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SPEAK.
UH, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THE WAY I'D LIKE TO, UH, STRUCTURE TODAY IS I WANNA GO THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCUMENT, UH, WITH THE PRESENTATION.
UH, AND THIS IS HOW WE NORMALLY DO IT ON EVERY, EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT, UM, YOU ALL HAVE THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO
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SPEAK.UM, CLEARLY THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, UH, THAT, THAT WANT TO SPEAK.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN HEAR, UH, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
SO, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE IN NO WAY TRYING TO, UM, DELAY ANYTHING.
UH, BUT WHAT I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CONVERSATION IS THAT YOU ALL GET THE, UH, THE SAME INFORMATION ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THAT WAY I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS, A LOT OF YOUR CONCERNS BEFORE YOU, UH, COME UP HERE TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO, TO DO THAT IN, IN THAT REGARD.
IF THERE IS SOME WAY, IF THIS MEETING GOES A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL WANNA SPEAK, UM, OR, AND YOU CAN'T, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, SEND US AN EMAIL.
UM, I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, UH, AND, AND YOUR OPINIONS.
SO, UM, JUST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRY AND DO THIS.
I'LL TRY AND GET THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT, UH, AND MAKE SURE IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GET THROUGH IT, UH, COMPREHENSIVELY, UM, TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I WANNA DO TONIGHT IF COUNSEL'S AMENABLE.
WITH THAT, LET'S GET, LET'S GET ROLLING HERE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND RECEIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN, AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
I GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, REAL BRIEFLY, UM, I WANT TO JUST GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW WE GOT HERE TONIGHT.
UM, FIRST OFF, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
UH, I THINK EVERYBODY, I, WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT IT ENOUGH.
CONFERENCE PLAN IS, IS ESSENTIALLY A BLUEPRINT FOR HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, HOW WE WANNA GROW, HOW WE WANNA REDEVELOP.
UM, CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2001, UPDATED IN 2010.
TYPICALLY, UH, YOU DO A CONFERENCE PLAN IS ABOUT A 25 YEAR DOCUMENT, UM, WITH UPDATES ABOUT EVERY, AND WE HAVE LIGHT WITH UPDATES ABOUT EVERY, UH, FIVE YEARS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE OVERDUE FOR OURS.
UM, IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH HALLS HILL AND ASSOCIATES TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS.
SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE HAD FIVE JOINTS, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL.
AND THEN PNZ HAS MET SIX ADDITIONAL TIMES TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS OF THIS PLAN.
SO WE, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND, AND WE ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THIS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT, UH, STATISTIC THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET FROM COMMUNICATIONS.
BE HEARD, BEDFORD, WHICH IS THE WEBSITE THAT WE'VE PUT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OUT AND WE'VE, WE'VE COMMUNICATED OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, IT'S HAD 5 50, 700 VISITS, UH, 690 POSTS, AND THEN COMMENTS OR REACTIONS OR, UH, OR 690 POSTS, COMMENTS OR REACTIONS.
AND THEN 350 REGISTERED USERS, THOSE USERS GET EMAILS EVERY TIME THAT SOMETHING'S UPDATED ON THE PLAN OR, OR WE'VE CHANGED SOMETHING.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO TONY ISLANDER WITH HALLS HILL.
BEEN THE PRINCIPAL ON THIS PROJECT, AND HE HAS LED US THROUGH THIS.
SO WITH THAT, TONY CHEER ALL WELCOME BACK.
SO, LET'S SEE, IS UH, THE PLAN GONNA POP UP, OR THE PRESENTATION? IT'S COMING.
SO, UM, AS AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PRESENT, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S BEEN A PROCESS, AS YOU SAID, 18 MONTHS, I BELIEVE.
WE MET, UM, A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WE MET IN FEBRUARY OF LA OF LAST YEAR.
ALSO MET AGAIN IN MAY, AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER, UH, TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCESS.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU'RE GONNA SEE TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE VERY FAMILIAR, UH, TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT, UM, AS HAS THE COMMUNITY, AS PART OF THE FEEDBACK PROCESS.
SO, UM, THE PROCESS IS INCLUDED TWO DOCUMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT FIRST, WHICH GAVE KIND OF THAT EXISTING CONDITIONS PIECE SO YOU REALLY KNOW WHERE YOUR BASELINE IS, UM, BEFORE MOVING INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WE DO THAT SO YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S THAT THICK, RIGHT? UM, SO THIS, UH, THIS P THIS SLIDE YOU SAW IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND REALLY, WE HIT ON THREE MAJOR TOP MAJOR TOPICS.
FIRST, MAKING SURE THAT THE PLAN WOULD MAKE BEDFORD MARKET COMPETITIVE OVER THE LONG TERM.
SECOND, MAKING SURE THAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE COMMON GROUND, RIGHT? SO EVERYBODY WAS OPERATING FROM THE SAME PAGE.
AND THE THIRD PIECE IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A GUIDE FOR MAKING THE HARD DECISIONS, UM, ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT.
UM, SO THE, UH, THIS SLIDE IS REALLY
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JUST SHOWING THAT WHAT IT TAKES FOR A SUCCESSFUL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REALLY COME TO BE.AND, AND YOU'LL SEE WE DO THE VISION STATEMENT AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THE POLICIES, THE ACTIONS, UM, AND ALL OF THE PIECES AND HOW THEY FLOW TOGETHER.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, EACH ONE OF THESE SHOULD GO TOGETHER.
IF YOU ASK THE QUESTION OF HOW YOU'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT THE VISION STATEMENT, YOU DO IT THROUGH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES? YOU DO IT THROUGH THE PLAN, THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT, THE ACTIONS OF POLICIES, ET CETERA.
SIMILARLY, WHEN YOU GO BACK THROUGH AND SAY, WELL, WHY DID THEY SAY THAT? YOU CAN FOLLOW IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO ITS ROOT, TO THE VISION STATEMENT.
AND SO THAT WAY YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT A DOCUMENT THAT'S REALLY TELLING THE STORY OF WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE AND HOW YOU WANNA DO ACHIEVE IT.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS A FULL UNDERSTANDING THERE.
WE HAD THE KEYWORDS OPPORTUNITY FROM THE VISIONING WORKSHOP, AND THIS, AGAIN, IS IN THE PLAN, BUT WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SET THE STAGE THAT THE WORK, THAT THE VISION STATEMENT CAME FROM, THE WORK THAT THIS BO, THESE TWO BODIES PUT TOGETHER AND COMING UP WITH IDEAS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, SO THE VISION STATEMENT, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THE VISION STATEMENT SAYS BEDFORD IS A HAVEN WHERE THE BEAUTY OF, WHERE THE BEAUTY OF NATURE INTERTWINES WITH THE WARMTH OF OUR CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY, WE'RE ROOTED IN OUR RICH HERITAGE, A DIVERSE CULTURAL SCENE, SHARED EXPERIENCES THAT ATTRACT UNIQUE BUSINESSES, VISITORS, AND ENHANCE OUR WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
BEDFORD VALUES INTEGRATES AND PRESERVES THE SMALL VILLAGE FEEL, CREATIVE SPIRIT, AND TIMELY ALLURE OF OUR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS FOR THE MANY GENERATIONS THAT CALL BEDFORD HOME TODAY AND TOMORROW.
UM, SO THAT'S THE VISION STATEMENT THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FROM THAT, THE SIX GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
AND AS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AS A GROUP TRYING TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO A DULL ROAR.
SO THAT WAY IT'S PRETTY EASY TO FOLLOW, UM, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THE VISION STATEMENT BY BECOMING A PROSPEROUS AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY BY BECOMING AN, UM, LET ME READ IT FROM THIS SIDE.
AN EVOLVING, A DIVERSE MIX OF VILLAGES, DESTINATIONS, AND PLACES IN BETWEEN, UH, BECOMING A COMMUNITY OF UNRIVALED CONNECTIVITY, UM, OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND GOVERNANCE, UM, THROUGH A FOCUS ON NATURE, RECREATION, AND THE ARTS.
AND BY BECOMING COMMUNITY THAT'S RECOGNIZABLE, ATTRACTIVE AND WORTH MENTIONING OR WORTH REMEMBERING.
SO THOSE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES REALLY TO, UH, TO IMPLEMENT YOUR VISION STATEMENT.
AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES REAL QUICK, SORRY.
TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT, UH, THERE, THERE ARE NO PARTICULAR ORDER, RIGHT? THERE'S NO PRECEDENT SENT TO ONE.
THERE'S MORE THAN THE OTHER ONE, OR NO, IF ANYTHING CHEATING.
THEY WERE WROTE IN A WAY THAT IT TOLD A STORY.
SO THE ONLY THING I FORGOT WAS TO PUT AN AND AT THE END OF THE OTHER ONE.
SO, BUT, UH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE NOT NUMBERED.
THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION STATEMENT.
SO, AND THEN FROM THERE, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMES INTO THREE CHAPTERS, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT YOUR LAND USE AND, UH, PLACEMAKING CHAPTER, MOBILITY CONNECTIVITY CHAPTER, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACES.
ACTUALLY, I GOT THOSE LAST TWO.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR VISION OR YOU'LL HAVE YOUR, UM, ACTIONS AND POLICIES, ET CETERA.
BUT, SO AT EACH CHAPTER, THE FIRST PAGE OF EACH CHAPTER, WE HAVE THE KEY WAYS THAT THAT PARTICULAR CHAPTER SUPPORTS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
SO THAT WAY, AGAIN, WE'RE SHOWING HOW EACH PIECE RELATES TO THE OTHERS, UM, PRIORITIZES FUNCTION AND CHARACTER, IN ADDITION TO LAND USE PRESERVES AND ENHANCES THE SPECIAL ELEMENTS OF TODAY'S BEDFORDS.
ITS NEIGHBORHOODS NEW ENERGY AND REINVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSITIONING NEIGHBORHOODS, CREATING A SERIES OF UNIQUE AND INTERESTING PLACES AND DESTINATIONS TO LOCAL HANGOUTS, UM, AS WELL AS PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT INCREASE LONG-TERM FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH THE OTHER CHAPTERS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO IN INDICATE WHAT'S INCLUDED IN EACH CHAPTER.
SO HERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR LAND USE MAP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT HELP FOLLOW ALONG WITH THAT.
UH, THEN YOU HAVE YOUR DISTRICTS AND NODES, ET CETERA.
UM, ALL INCLUDED WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR CHAPTER, THE CITY OF BEDFORD FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS BASED ON THOSE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR JOINT SESSIONS.
SO THERE'S 14 OF THOSE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
AND AGAIN, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE SPENT SOME TIME GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT MAPS AND EVERYBODY PUTTING DOTS ON THE MAPS, UH, ET CETERA.
AND SO WE REINTERPRETED ALL OF THAT, PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, UM, AND THEN APPLIED THIS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
AND REALLY, THIS IS WHERE YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN, BECAUSE YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THE TRANSITION FOR WHAT, WHAT WHAT IS CURRENTLY MORE STRIP COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, BECOMING PLACE FOCUSED COMMERCIAL, WHERE YOU START TO HAVE PLACES THAT ARE
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MORE DESTINATION ORIENTED, ET CETERA.UM, YOU ALSO START TO SEE SPOTS WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER WITH Y'ALL TO COME UP WITH STRATEGICALLY STARTING TO TRANSITION SOME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE IN GOOD SPOTS TO START TURNING THOSE INTO MORE URBAN RESIDENTIAL TOWN HOME STYLE.
UM, NOW OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT IT GIVES A GUIDE TO WHAT CAN HAPPEN NEXT IF YOU WANT TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM SOME OF THE MULTIFAMILY.
AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD, YOU KNOW, AS A GROUP.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENING IN YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHERE WE HEARD WHAT Y'ALL WERE SAYING AND TRIED TO INTERPRET IT, UM, TO THE LAND USE MAP.
GOING, CAN YOU, COULD YOU, WOULD YOU ABLE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT LAND USE IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT? YEAH.
UM, SO, SO OBVIOUSLY LEGALITY FOR THE CITY'S PURPOSES, WE HAVE A ZONING MAP.
UM, AND SO WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES IN, THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT ZONING.
UM, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT? SO WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT? AND THE REASON WE CHOOSE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, YOU REALLY HAVE THREE VARIATIONS.
YOU HAVE WHAT PEOPLE TRADITIONALLY CONSIDER LAND USE.
AND LET'S TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? SO COMMERCIAL IS GREAT, EXCEPT COMMERCIAL IS JUST COMMERCIAL.
IT CAN BE SO MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS, RIGHT? SO WE USE WHAT'S CALLED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
AND THE REASON WE CHOOSE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IS DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, TALK TO THE CHARACTER OF AN AREA.
SO NOW YOU'RE GETTING A BETTER IDEA OF THE LOOK, THE FEEL, ET CETERA, THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE SUBURBAN, THE SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, WE ARE TALKING EXACTLY TO THE SCALE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND, AND THE DENSITIES AND THE USES, ET CETERA.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND THE NICE THING WE LIKE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IS THEY TRANSLATE BETTER INTO CODE.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IS YOUR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AREN'T NECESSARILY LAW.
AND THEN YOUR CODE IS YOUR LAW IS YOUR LAW.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS, I KNOW I'M PULLING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE A LITTLE HERE, BUT, UM, SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE, UM, SOME DIFFERENT CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE, NOT NECESSARILY ZONING THOUGH.
SO SOME OF YOUR ACTIONS THAT ARE IN THE BACK OF THE DOCUMENT DO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER TO ZONING.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS CHAPTER GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IS, WHAT THE FUTURE COULD LOOK LIKE, FUTURE, OKAY.
AND WHAT THAT CHARACTER COULD BE.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE, THEN WE TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSLATE SOME OF THAT INTO CODE, CODE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE BACK OF THE DOCUMENT.
BUT AS FAR AS THIS DOCUMENT GOES, THIS DOCUMENT ONLY GIVES RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACTIONS AND POLICIES, ET CETERA.
IT ISN'T, IT, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE YOUR CODES.
SO IF A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER, SO TO SAY, LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT WE KIND OF WANT TO SEE THERE.
UM, BUT THEY, THEY, LET'S SAY THEY DELIVER IT TO US, BUT IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY TO DENY IT IF WE WANT TO IF IT DOESN'T QUITE MEET, CORRECT.
SO IF IT'S NOW, IF IT, IF IT MEETS YOUR ZONING, I MEAN YEAH, EXACTLY.
IF THERE'S A DISPARITY BETWEEN THE LAND USE AND OUR ZONING AND THEY COME BACK AND THEY GIVE US SOMETHING THAT ABIDES BY THE LAND USE, UH, IN THE END, WE CAN STILL DENY IT THOUGH.
'CAUSE YOU CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING AND, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO, THEN WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES INTO TOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SHOW THEM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEY SHOULD SEE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, SO THAT THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE C'S INTERESTED IN.
SO IT WORKS BETTER FOR THEM TOO, BECAUSE THE CLOSER THEY GET TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE MORE LIKELY GET LIKELY IT'S GONNA BE THAT IT'S GONNA GET APPROVED.
SO YEAH, IT'S PART OF THE BEAUTY OF THE PLAN IS IT DOES SET THAT COMMON VISION.
SO IF THE DEVELOPER UNDERSTANDS AND BUYS INTO THAT COMMON VISION, THEY'RE PART OF IT TOO.
SO FROM THE LAND USE, WE MOVED INTO THE IDEA OF CREATING THOSE SPECIAL PLACES.
AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE IDEA OF CREATING UNIQUE AND INTERESTING PLACES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO BEDFORD, UM, THEN BEING ABLE TO DRAW ON THREE OF THOSE PLACES.
AND SO WE SPECIFICALLY CHOSE, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE, THE COMMONS.
BEDFORD COMMONS, UM, WAS KIND OF A LOW HANGING FRUIT, THAT'S AN OBVIOUS ONE.
UM, BUT THEN EXPANDED THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO INCLUDE SOME OTHER AREAS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
UM, YOU HAVE THE SECOND ONE, THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, AND THAT BUILDS ON THE 60 ACRES THAT IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN THERE AND WHAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE.
UM, THE THIRD IS THE AREA THAT WE CALL STONEGATE, UM, WHICH REALLY TAKES AND TRANSFORMS AN AREA THAT HAS SEEN ITS BETTER DAY AND LOOKS AT WAYS THAT YOU CAN TRANSITION THAT INTO SOMETHING THAT QUITE FRANKLY IS FUN AND FUNKY AND COOL.
SO IT GIVES YOU THREE DISTINCT DIFFERENT IDEAS OF WAYS OF LOOKING AT BEDFORD THAT DON'T REALLY EXIST TODAY.
SO, AND THEN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN IS
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GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THINGS.AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PIECE, AND THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO HONE IN ON AS IT RELATES TO THE DISTRICTS.
YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE PLAN.
YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE PLAN A SERIES OF CONCEPT DRAWINGS, RIGHT? THE IMPORTANT PIECE IS THOSE ARE CONCEPT DRAWINGS.
I COULD COME UP WITH FOUR OTHERS AND THEY WOULD BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
BUT REALLY WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE COMMONS DISTRICT, THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO COME ACROSS, UM, THAT YOU HAVE THAT DESTINATION COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY, THAT YOU HAVE DESTINATION SPACES THAT PEOPLE CAN GATHER IN, AND YOU CAN HAVE EVENTS, ET CETERA.
UM, YOUR VERSION OF HIGH DENSITY RETAIL.
AND WE MADE SURE THAT IN THE, UH, IN THE DENSITIES, THAT IT REFLECTED SOMETHING CLOSER TO WHAT BEDFORD WANTS TO SEE IN NOT APARTMENTS.
SO, UM, ALONG WITH THAT, THEN EVENT STREETS BEING ABLE TO CLOSE OFF SOME OF THESE MAJOR STREETS IN THIS AREA SO THAT YOUR EVENTS CAN SPILL OUT INTO THE OPEN SPACES.
SO THAT BEDFORD COMMONS REALLY BECOMES A REAL TRUE GATHERING SPACE, NOT JUST FOR YOU, BUT FOR THE REGION.
SO IT REALLY GIVES YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, CONNECTED AMENITIES, UH, SO THAT EVERYTHING TALKS TO EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN CHARACTER CORRIDORS AND CROSSINGS OR CHARACTER CORRIDORS AND CROSSINGS, YES.
SO THAT WHEN YOU GET TO CERTAIN SPOTS, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE COMMONS THAT IT SPILLS OVER TO THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL, THAT IT SPILLS OVER TO THE LIBRARY, ET CETERA.
SO HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE STREET IN BETWEEN SO THAT EVERYTHING FLOWS TOGETHER? AND SO WE TALK ABOUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.
I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DONOVAN, BRANDON, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
WHAT ARE YOU CALLING IT? AN AMENITY.
SO YOUR AMENITIES ARE GONNA BE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR, YOUR OPEN SPACES, THAT CAN BE YOUR PLAZAS, YOUR SQUARES, ET CETERA.
UH, IT'S ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.
THE IDEA BEHIND THE AMENITIES IS THAT IT ADDS TO THE ATTRACTIVENESS, IT ADDS TO THE INTEREST OF THE AREA.
OKAY? SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOUR AMENITIES DO.
SO IT PROVIDES YOU THE FACILITIES, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES YOU THAT UNIQUE THING THAT DRAWS PEOPLE TO IT.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY EXISTING AND SOME ARE FUTURISTIC.
SO YOU'LL HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR EXISTING PARKS, UM, THAT ARE AMENITIES OF THEIR OWN.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE IN THE OPEN SPACE PIECE, BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EACH ONE OF THEM HAVING THEIR OWN UNIQUE BRAND TO THEM.
UM, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW PUBLIC SQUARES AND, AND PLACES THAT FLESH OUT AND HAVE MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO AND HANG OUT OR GATHER AND SOCIALIZE, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S THE BIGGER SIDE, BUT THEN IT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THERE? DO YOU HAVE FOUNTAINS? DO YOU HAVE MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S HOW IT REALLY, SO AMENITIES CAN BE THE BIG AND IT CAN BE THE SMALL THINGS.
MY BIGGEST QUESTION ARE THESE THINGS THAT WE WERE, WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE OR WE HOPE TO HAVE IN PLACE? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A MIX.
SO, AND IF WE LOOK AT THE, THE NEXT, WHICH IS THE MEADOWS, UM, AREA, SAME TYPE OF THING.
WHAT WANTS TO BE ACHIEVED HERE? LIFESTYLE, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERING DIFFERENT DENSITIES OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALL IN ONE SPACE.
AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN ONE SPOT, AND AS THE FAMILY CHANGES AND AS THEY AGE, ET CETERA, THEY CAN STAY IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY JUST SIMPLY SWITCH DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT BECOMES THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY, UH, FOCUS ON NATURE AND GREEN SPACES, WORKING ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, NATURE PARK AND LEARNING CENTER ENHANCED, UM, COMMERCIAL CENTERS WITHIN THE AREA.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE COMMERCIAL CENTERS.
IT'S REALLY TRYING TO DO MORE TO MAKE THEM MORE WALKABLE, MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE IT, ET CETERA.
UM, AND AGAIN, THOSE CHARACTER CORRIDORS AND CROSSINGS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT AS A THEME THROUGHOUT ALL THREE, UH, AREAS.
SO THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND THAT IN TERMS OF DRAWINGS AND CONCEPTS, IS REALLY GOING TO BE UP TO WHATEVER DEVELOPER COMES IN AND PROPOSES ON IT, QUITE FRANKLY.
SO, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, YOU'LL WANT THEM TO ACHIEVE THESE THINGS.
UM, CAN I, UM, FIRST ASK THE QUESTION, UH, WHERE DO WE COME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE, UM, MIXED RESIDENTIAL USES? WHERE DID THAT DERIVE FROM? SO IT ACTUALLY, WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS, UM, I THINK IN SOME OF OUR JOINT DISCUSSIONS,
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BUT REALLY THE, THE EMPHASIS HERE CAME FROM HAVING OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE ISD.UM, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT THEY BROUGHT UP WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED AND CAN ACTIVELY PAY WHATEVER THEY WANNA PAY, BUT ALSO TO HAVE A LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS LIKE SCHOOL TEACHERS, UM, THAT WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN THE AREA AS WELL.
SO THE IDEA BEHIND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS ALL SMALL SCALE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ALL LARGE SCALE.
LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES A GOOD MIX OF ALL THE THINGS.
UM, AND YOU CAN DO THAT IN A CREATIVE WAY THAT REALLY COMPLIMENTS VERY WELL YOUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
YOUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ONE OF YOUR CRITICAL ASPECTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MIX IN OTHER TYPES OF DENSITIES AT THE SAME TIME.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ALL OF THOSE IN A CREATIVE AND MARKETABLE WAY.
SO THE IMPORTANT PIECE TO IT IS NOT JUST THE IDEA OF HAVING THE MIX OF DENSITIES, BUT WHERE YOU PLACE THEM SO THAT IT COMPLIMENTS YOUR EXISTING AREAS.
SO, SO REALLY THAT WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING THE DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALL CAME FROM ISD AND THEN WHAT THEY WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE.
I, I WOULD NOT WANT TO SAY, WELL, PART OF IT DID PART OF IT, PART OF IT DID THE INITIAL, AND SO, YEAH.
IT WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT, AND UNDERSTANDING THE DESIRE TO HAVE HIGHER RATE HOUSING AS WELL, SO THAT YOU CAN ALSO BRING IN HIGHER TAX REVENUES TO THE CITY.
SO REALLY, IT'S A COMBINATION OF PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, WHAT DO YOU GET? YEAH.
I FIND, I JUST FIND IT INTERESTING BECAUSE I HAD A MEETING WITH DR. HARRINGTON.
HE, HE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT HE, UH, WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T WANT ZERO LOT LINE HOMES.
RIGHT? HE WANTS TO SEE, UM, NICE SETBACKS.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HE, UH, HAD ENVISIONED.
SO AGAIN, YOU'RE SAYING THAT, HEY, THIS, THIS KIND OF ACCOMMODATES THAT.
AND THE NICE THING ABOUT IT IS, TOO, AND AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE WE SAY LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL MEANS IT'S THIS INCREDIBLE MIX, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A MIX THAT'S MARKETABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP DICTATE AS A CITY WHAT THAT MIX LOOKS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT, WHAT'S WRITTEN INTO CODES.
UM, AND THEN THE DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA COME IN AND SAY, LOOK, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS IS WHAT WORKS.
AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT GELS.
SO IT'S A PROCESS, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PROCESS.
AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE IN THE PLAN IS THAT THE CITY AND THE ISD WORK IN, IN COMMON YES.
TO, UM, TO POST AN RFQ OR AN RFP FOR DEVELOPERS.
AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER IN COMMON TO SEE IN ADVANCE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SEA, WOULD YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, YES, TONY, UH, MY MIC, SORRY.
UM, SO THE MEADOWS DISTRICT ALSO INCLUDES THE BIG LOTS KROGER, THE CHASE BANK AREA.
AND, AND SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT EMPTY PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT'S, UH, GOES EVEN FURTHER TO OVER TO CENTRAL AND TO HARWOOD.
AND SO THAT, THAT PART IS WITH IF AND WHEN WE WANNA REDEVELOP THAT, OR IT COMES TO, INTO PLAY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THE, THE CONSTRUCTION THERE IS KIND OF OLD, IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE SEVENTIES, THEN THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND.
SO IT'S MORE OF A COHESIVE MM-HMM.
THE, THE BEAUTY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IS IF, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE HOMES THAT ARE GONNA BE DEVELOPED IN THAT AREA IN ADDITION TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT SUDDENLY PUTS MORE PRESSURE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE BUYING POWER COMING IN.
SO THE CHANCES THAT, SAY KROGER, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO MAY BE SITTING THERE THINKING, WELL, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT TIME.
WELL, NOW THAT THE NEW BUYING POWER COMES IN, SUDDENLY, OKAY, NOW OUR TIME BECAUSE WE WANT TO CAPTURE THOSE DOLLARS.
AND SO ONCE YOU START GETTING THAT NUDGE FACTOR THAT PUTS IT OVER THE EDGE, THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO SEE, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS SAY, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN RETOOL.
AND ONCE THEY START THINKING ABOUT THAT, NOW YOU'VE GOT A VISION WHERE YOU CAN COME IN AS A CITY AND SAY, WELL, WE GOT AN IDEA.
BUT BECAUSE IT'S A DISTRICT, WOULD YOU WANNA, FOR INSTANCE, THE COMMONS HAS GOT CERTAIN RULES THAT WE FOLLOW.
IF YOU COME INTO THE COMMONS, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
SO, BUT THIS BEING THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, WOULD IT BE RECOMMENDED THAT WHEN THAT DAY COMES, THAT WE SET UP SORT OF AN ESTABLISHED THING WHERE IF KROGER SHOULD LEAVE AND SOMEBODY LIKE HEB WANTS TO COME IN, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT IF THEY SHOULD WANNA COME IN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET A CERTAIN CODE OR, UM, AN APPEARANCE THAT THE CITY WOULD WANT.
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AS PART OF YOUR ZONING THAT YOU DO AN OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR EACH ONE OF THESE.AND SO THAT WAY YOU CAN PUT SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS IN PLACE.
UM, AND WHAT I, WHAT I THINK WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST IS YOU REALLY DO THIS TWOFOLD.
YOU, WE ARE FIRM BELIEVERS THAT YOU PUT THE MINIMUM THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY WANNA SEE IN YOUR CODES, AND THEN YOU TOP THAT WITH INCENTIVES THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE HELP GET YOU TO THE REST OF THE WAY.
SO YOU CAN SAY, WE WANT YOU TO DO AT MINIMUM THESE THINGS, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU TO GET YOU UP TO HERE BECAUSE HERE'S WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO BE.
SO, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, IT DOES.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD IN THERE NATURE PARK LEARNING CENTER.
SO THE IDEA BEHIND THAT TOO WAS THE, I, YOU KNOW, WAS THE CONCEPT, AND AGAIN, THIS CAME FROM SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ISD AND, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THE ISD BECAUSE THIS WAS ALL JUST IN DIALOGUE.
BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PIECES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS THE, WAS THE CONCEPT OF HAVING AN AMENITY THAT COULD BE USEFUL TO THE ISD, BUT IT WOULD, AND, AND BY THE ISD, MEANING THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOR BEDFORD, BUT IT WOULD ALSO WORK FOR YOUR PEER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PART OF THE H-E-B-I-S-D.
SO THE IDEA WHAT WE CAME UP WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AMENITIES OR FACILITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY WORK HERE.
WE RECOMMENDED THE LEARNING CENTER AS AN IDEA OF JUST HAVING A NATURE PARK AND A LEARNING CENTER AS PART OF THAT NATURE PARK, BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME NA YOU ALREADY HAVE NATURE IN PLACE HERE.
UM, AND YOU COULD BUILD A LEARNING CENTER THERE THAT EVERYBODY COULD BUILD OFF OF.
SO IT'S, AGAIN, JUST A CONCEPT, BUT IT, IT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF YOUR OPEN SPACES AND IT ALSO BUILT ON THE IDEA OF GREENING BEDFORD AND HAVING MORE LANDSCAPE AND HAVING THAT LANDSCAPE BEING INTERACTIVE AND USEFUL.
AND SO THIS WAS A GOOD WAY TO PRIME THAT PUMP.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DISCUSS AND WE'LL PROBABLY CIRCLE BACK WHEN WE GO THROUGH ALL THIS.
WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AS WELL, DIFFERENT ONES LATER ON.
SO WE WILL, WE DIDN'T PUT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN HERE, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THEM.
WE DO, WE DO HAVE SOME AT THE BACK END IN THE ACTION STATEMENTS, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME TO KINDA DISCUSS THOSE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING WHENEVER Y'ALL WOULD LIKE, BUT I'M ALSO LONG-WINDED, SO Y'ALL ALSO TELL ME WHEN IT'S TIME TO SPEED UP.
UM, AGAIN, THE SAME THING WITH STONEGATE.
WHAT WERE THE SIX PRINCIPLES HERE? UM, DOING THIS INCREMENTALLY, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NECESSARILY WHERE WE'RE ASKING SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND PURCHASE THE WHOLE THING AND COMPLETELY BULLDOZE, REDO, UM, ALLOW THIS TO BE A PLACE OF EXPERIMENTATION, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE EXCITEMENT, UM, THAT COMES ALONG WITH WHAT IS FUN AND FUNKY, UM, BUSINESS INCUBATION, THE IDEA THAT CAN BE, THIS CAN BE A GREAT LITTLE PLACE FOR BUSINESSES TO AFFORDABLY START UP.
AND IF THEY SUCCEED, UM, INCREDIBLY, THEN FANTASTIC.
THEY'RE GONNA MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN BEDFORD.
AND, BUT YOU WANT TO START THEM HERE AND BUILD THEM OUT INTO OTHER SPOTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU'RE GROWING YOUR OWN BUSINESSES.
UM, ART ARTIST, ART SPACE AGAIN, JUST ADDS TO THAT, THAT VIBE THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS AREA.
THE IDEA BEHIND TACTICAL URBANISM IS, AGAIN, IT'S EXPERIMENTATION.
SO RATHER THAN BULLDOZING AND RIPPING UP ASPHALT AND INSTALLING A PARK, LET'S JUST PUT DOWN SOME TURF AND LET'S PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, SOME TENTS, OR NOT SOME TENTS, BUT SOME AWNINGS AND, AND BENCHES, ET CETERA.
STICK A BAND OUT THERE AND SEE IF IT WORKS.
AND IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT STICKS, YOU CAN MAKE IT PERMANENT.
SO THE IDEA AGAIN, IS TO TRY THINGS AND YOU CAN TRY THAT TACTICALLY AND AFFORDABLY WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, UH, IN ADVANCE.
UM, THE IDEA OF VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL, AGAIN, IN THIS AREA, REALIZING THAT THIS AREA AND THE AREAS THAT ARE SOUTH TO IT ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME TRANSITION.
AND SO RATHER THAN TRYING TO SHY AWAY FROM THAT TRANSITION, WELCOME IT AND LEAN INTO IT AND REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE IDEA OF MAKING THIS AREA AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A MIX OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING.
NOTHING SUPER DENSE, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR DENSITY AS MUCH AS YOU'RE JUST LETTING THE MARKET PLAY.
AND SO, AGAIN, THAT JUST ADDS TO THAT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UNIQUE, AFFORDABLE, BUT ALSO KIND OF FUN PLACE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA NECESSARILY FIND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT REALLY LETS IT STAND OUT.
AND AGAIN, THE CHARACTER CORRIDORS AND CROSSINGS, AGAIN, THIS CROSSES MAJOR STREETS.
HOW DO YOU BLEND THAT IN SO PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE IN THIS AREA, WHETHER IT'S CROSSING, DRIVING THROUGH, YOU SHOULD STILL GET THAT EXPERIENCE THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE.
AND WE ONLY HAVE THAT VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL.
YOU'RE ONLY PROPOSING THAT FOR THIS STONEGATE DISTRICT AREA YES.
WHICH IS, WHICH MAKES SENSE FOR, FOR THIS AREA AND HOW IT FUTURE, YOU KNOW, HOW IT CAN DEVELOP AND HOW WE CAN PRIME IT FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THAT AREA.
YOU DIDN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
JUST DIDN'T, WASN'T, WASN'T GOOD FOR THIS.
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TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE HOUSING, BUT STILL RESPECT THE EXISTING COMMUNITY.IT ADDS TO IT, IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM IT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, DONOVAN, BRANDON.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF READING THROUGH THIS, IT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS THE CHARACTER CORRIDORS AND CROSSING FOR THIS AREA.
DID IT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BELL HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THAT MIGHT BE COMING ON BROWN TRAIL FOR LD BELL? YEAH, SO WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PARAMETERS WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE MAKE.
REALLY THE, THE IMPORTANCE BEHIND THOSE.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING YOU HAVE TO LOSE A LANE OF TRAFFIC.
IN SOME CASES IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT, SOME CASES IT DOESN'T.
SO WE DON'T TRY TO STOP TRAFFIC.
WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING, AND, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A BIT IN THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE, IS THAT THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED AND THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED MEANS THAT 85% OF PEOPLE LEFT UNCHECKED WOULD DRIVE THE SPEED.
YOU HAVE YOUR 85TH PERCENTILE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE WAY THE ROAD IS DESIGNED, MOST ROADS ARE DESIGNED TO HIGHWAY STANDARDS AND JUST RATCHET IT DOWN A BIT.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF SPEEDING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS THAT YOU DO SOME REDESIGN WORK THAT MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO DRIVE AT THE SPEED LIMIT.
SO IF THE SPEED LIMIT'S 80 IS IS 35 MILES PER HOUR.
85, SORRY,
UM, IF YOUR SPEED LIMIT'S 35 MILES AN HOUR, LET'S PLAY WITH THE ROADWAY A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT MAKES PEOPLE MORE AWARE, A LITTLE LESS COMFORTABLE.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY AUTOMATICALLY SLOW DOWN TO THE SPEED LIMIT.
SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP TRAFFIC FROM GOING THROUGH AS MUCH AS WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TRAFFIC TO BE ABLE TO FLOW, BUT WE WANT THEM TO FLOW AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
SO THAT, THAT ADDRESSES THE SPEED, WHICH IS A SAFETY FACTOR, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO THE IDEA THERE IS, IS AGAIN, WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THERE ARE TWO, THERE'S, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, THAT YOU IMPACT SPEED, BUT TWO PLACES THAT YOU CAN IMPACT IT IMMEDIATELY ARE THE WIDTH OF A COR THE WIDTH OF A LANE AND THE WIDTH OF A CORRIDOR.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT IF YOU REDUCE THE WA THE LANE WIDTH FROM 12 FEET TO 11 AND 11 TO 10, THEN WE END UP FINDING THAT PEOPLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY SLOW DOWN AND I CAN STILL GET MY BIG TRUCK DOWN A 10 FOOT LANE, I'M JUST NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS I WAS.
SO THAT MEANS I NEED TO DRIVE SLOWER AND I HAVE TO BE MORE AWARE.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE IDEA BEHIND IT.
ACTUALLY WHEN YOU DRIVE AT THE, AT THE 85TH PERCENTILE, SPEED TRAFFIC ACTUALLY FLOWS BETTER.
UM, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY THINK, OH, THEY'RE SLOWING US DOWN, SO IT'LL NEVER WORK.
UM, BUT ACTUALLY YOU DRIVE SLOWER, YOU DRIVE MORE EFFICIENTLY, LESS ACCIDENTS TOO.
THAT WAS GONNA, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY COMMENT AS WELL, IS THAT YOU SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, OFFSET OF THAT IS YOU'RE GOING AT A BYPRODUCT 'CAUSE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LESS, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS, PEOPLE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
SO WHAT THAT LANE DOES IS FORCE PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION.
UM, AND IN, IN TODAY'S WORLD WITH TEXTING AND OUR DEVICES AND OUR HANDS, I MEAN, OF COURSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT LEADS TO ACCIDENTS.
SO FORCING PEOPLE TO SLOW IT DOWN MM-HMM.
WILL ACTUALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF, UM, ACCIDENTS AND I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND THE, THE BEAUTY OF THIS, THAT'S ALL BASED ON SCIENCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL, WHAT IN MY NERDY WORLD WE CALL PSYCHO PERCEPTIVE TRAFFIC CALMING
SO, UM, IT'S ALL DESIGNED TO CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR AND WHEN WE CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR, YOU PAY MORE ATTENTION.
WHEN YOU PAY MORE ATTENTION, YOU SLOW DOWN.
SO IN THE TRAFFIC CONTROL, BY REDUCING LIGHT MM-HMM.
WHERE WE HAVE SOME ENHANCEMENTS OF THE ROADWAY BASE WITH THE REDUCED LANE YEP.
SO IF YOU THINK FROM THE STANDPOINT OF REDUCING, IF YOU'VE GOT FOUR LANES AND YOU'RE REDUCING EACH ONE OF THEM AT, AT TWO FEET, SO YOU'RE KNOCKING THEM FROM TWELVES TO TENS, THEN YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT WHAT THAT DOES ON THE OTHER SIDE BENEFIT IS IT CREATES MORE GREEN SPACE.
IT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, FOR WIDER SIDEWALKS, FOR SHARED USE PATHS, YOU NAME IT.
AND THE BEAUTY IS EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I DO STREET TREES AND I'VE ALREADY REDUCED THE, UM, THE LANE WIDTHS AND I'VE REDUCED THE CORRIDOR WIDTHS, IF I PUT IN STREET TREES, THOSE
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STREET TREES, AGAIN, BEING A NERD, HAVE AN AVERAGE OF KNOCKING DOWN YOUR, YOUR SPEED BY THREE TO FIVE MILES AN HOUR.SO IT ALSO IMPROVES SAFETY JUST BY TREES.
SO IT ALSO SEPARATES YOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON BIKES OR WALKING.
IT GIVES THEM MORE ROOM, BUT IT ALSO SEPARATES AND GIVES THEM A FEELING OF COMFORT.
SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF WIN-WINS THERE THAT ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO HELP GIVE CHOICES BECAUSE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE WALKING, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE BIKING, THEY JUST NEED A GOOD EXCUSE TO DO IT.
SO IT HELPS DO THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
SO ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACE CHAPTER, THIS PIECE WILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, AGAIN, WHY DO WE DO THESE THINGS IN THE WAYS THAT THIS WORKS WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UH, WE'RE INTRODUCING NEW CAT, NEW CATEGORIES OF OPEN SPACES, PLAZAS, LAWNS, ET CETERA.
THIS GOES INTO, IN ADDITION TO YOUR PARKS, UM, PROMOTES PUBLIC PARKS AS A SERIES OF INDIVIDUALLY UNIQUE AND MARKETABLE PLACES.
UM, ENCOURAGES CREATIVE, UM, ALTERNATIVES FOR EXPANDING AND INTEGRATING YOUR PARK OPEN SPACE RECREATION SYSTEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, UTILIZES GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO INTEGRATE, UM, ATTRACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS.
UM, AND THEN PROACTIVELY ENCOURAGES INCORPORATION OF LANDSCAPING AND ART INTO BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REALMS. SO AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO THE, THAT IDEA THAT ONE OF THE BIG POWERS THAT BEDFORD HAS IS IT'S GREEN.
SO LET'S LEAN INTO THAT, LET'S DO MORE WITH IT AND LET'S DO MORE OF IT.
AND HOW DO WE DO THAT THROUGHOUT, EVEN IN OUR OPEN SPACES, BUT ALSO IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN WAYS SO THAT YOU ARE LITERALLY GREENING AT EVERY CHANCE YOU HAVE BECAUSE THAT HELPS YOU BUILD THAT BRAND.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOU COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THIS, YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE COMMUNITY THAT LOOKS LUSH, IT LOOKS GREEN, IT HAS ALL OF THIS DIFFERENT, IN ADDITION TO HAVING GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS, IT HAS THESE BEAUTIFUL TREES.
IT HAS ALL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANTINGS AND LANDSCAPING AND PLACES TO HANG OUT.
AND THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP SET YOU APART OVER THE LONG TERM.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR EVERY EXCUSE YOU HAVE TO ADD THAT GREENING IN.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITH COMMON SENSE.
YOU DO TOO MUCH AND YOUR MAINTENANCE IS GONNA GO THROUGH THE ROOF.
IT'S GOTTA WATER THOSE THINGS.
SO IT'S ALSO, IT'S, IT'S A BALANCE, BUT YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT EVERY TIME YOU CAN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CHAPTER REALLY LEANS INTO.
UM, THE, UH, THE PARKS AND OTHER GREEN, WHAT WE CALL TRACTORS, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ATTRACTORS, UM, LOOKING AT YOUR EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ALSO PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIAL NEW PARK SPACES OR POTENTIAL LAWNS SQUARED SHARED SPACES.
THESE ALL AREN'T GONNA BE A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE.
WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING YOU GO TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE IN IMMEDIATELY INSTALL A LAWN OR A SQUARE.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE REVITALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES OR REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WE'RE BASICALLY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK SO THAT AGAIN, YOU CAN TALK TO THE DEVELOPER AND SAY, HEY, WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS AND YOU, YOU'RE OVER PARKED ANYWAY, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND LET'S TURN IT INTO A NICE LITTLE GREEN SPACE, OR LET'S TURN IT INTO A, A PLAZA.
OR HOW DO WE FIND WAYS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE WALKABLE? SO WE'RE LAYING THAT GROUNDWORK FOR YOU IN ADVANCE.
SO THIS, THIS CHAPTER ALSO TALKS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU CAN INTEGRATE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW TO ADDRESS PONDING BOTH ON PERSONAL PROPERTY, BUT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, ET CETERA.
SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING, UM, THAT WE ALSO IN THIS CHAPTER GAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS.
WE TALKED TO, I THINK IT'S HARRIS RILES PARK, AND STORMY JONES PARK, UM, AS EXAMPLES, AGAIN, CONCEPTS.
BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THOSE CONCEPTS WAS TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR EXISTING PARKS AND DO SOMETHING UNIQUE AND FUN WITH THEM SO THAT EACH ONE HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE DRAW.
SO IT'S ATTRACTIVE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT EACH ONE STANDS ALONE.
UM, TONY, IF FOR INSTANCE, A DEVELOPER CAME IN AND SAID, I WANNA DEVELOP MEADOW PARK UHHUH, BUT I WANNA, I WANNA PUT MORE HOMES IN THERE THAN ACTUALLY PUT A EDUCATIONAL CENTER.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A CITY NEGOTIATE WITH THEM TO SAY, WELL, BUT WE WANT THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER.
SO HOW ABOUT YOU PUT IT AT HARRIS RILES? YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO DEVELOPERS ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
IT'S, IT'S A QUESTION OF WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR BOTH SIDES.
UM, DEVELOPERS PROBABLY DON'T SPEND AS MUCH TIME PAYING INTO ANOTHER PARK, BUT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO, IF IT'S IT'S GREEN SPACE ENHANCEMENT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO INTO THEIR AREA, BUT THEY'RE PUTTING IT CLOSE BY.
BECAUSE I'M THINKING YOU NEVER KNOW.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE, UM, EXCHANGE OF TREES.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU TEAR DOWN THESE TREES, RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PUT THE TREES HERE.
OR THE WATERWAYS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PAVE OVER THESE WATERWAYS, THEN WE'RE GONNA, UM, WELL YOU CAN BUY LOUISIANA DIRT, BASICALLY.
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YOU'VE NEVER, CITIES DON'T TYPICALLY DO THAT.I'VE, I'VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF NEGOTIATING WITH ANYBODY.
WHAT'S THE WORST THEY CAN SAY? OKAY.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S ALL WITHIN PRACTICALITY OF COURSE.
SO, UM, BEDFORD, WE DID ENGAGE WITH WESTWOOD IN TERMS OF DESIGN FOR, UM, ENTRYWAYS AND LIKE CREATING A LANDSCAPING STANDARDS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ENGAGE WITH THEM.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YES.
SINCE I'M THE LIAISON FOR BEAUTIFICATION, WE DID, UM, IN OUR LAST MEETING TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL, UM, GARDENS AND, UH, POTENTIAL PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE COULD HAVE MORE GREEN SPACES AND SO SURE.
UH, AS PART OF THAT DESIGN STANDARD.
SO, UM, IT'S GREAT THAT THAT PIECE IS ALIGNED TO THIS YEAH.
AND WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IN SOME OF THESE PLACES WHERE WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE ACTIVITIES GOING ON IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORTED THEM IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO YOU HAVE THAT BACK, THAT, THAT BACK STRUCTURE THAT SAYS, YEAH, WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS.
ALSO, ONE OF THE CONCEPTS I, I SAW ON THERE, IT SAYS, NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PERMANENT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE OPEN SPACES.
COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, UM, THAT AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THAT TACTICAL URBANISM CONCEPT OF, OF LET'S TINKER A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHAT WORKS.
BECAUSE TOO MANY TIMES WE, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO DO A BIG FANCY STUDY AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO IN AND THEN IMPLEMENT THAT BIG FANCY STUDY AND WE'RE GONNA SPEND $750,000, OR YEAH, THAT WOULD BE CHEAP FOR A PARK.
UM, BUT YOU'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN A PARK AND MAYBE PARTS OF IT MISS, MAYBE PARTS OF IT JUST DIDN'T HIT THE MARK BECAUSE A CRAZY DESIGNER LIKE MYSELF SAID, HEY, IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND THEN IT TURNS OUT TO NOT BE, UM, TECHNICAL CONCEPTS ALLOW YOU TO PLAY FIRST.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO TRY, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO INSTALL SWING SETS? OKAY, WELL LET'S PUT SOMETHING TEMPORARY AND SEE IF KIDS SWING ON AND IF IT WORKS.
UM, THERE'S JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN COME IN AND EXPERIMENT WITH THINGS WITH ART.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANTED TO SEE IF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN ART, YOU CAN DO A COUPLE STUDENT PROJECTS AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND INSTALL TEMPORARY ART.
AND IF PEOPLE LOVE THE IDEA, LET'S FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT PERMANENT, JUST NOT A ROTATE, LIKE ON A ROTATING BASIS.
MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NEW, NEW EXHIBIT ALMOST, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ROTATE THINGS OUT AND, AND WE ARE, WE'RE BIG FANS OF BEING ABLE TO JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THINGS BEFORE YOU SPEND AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY ON, ON CERTAIN PIECES.
OBVIOUSLY CERTAIN THINGS I SHOULDN'T HAVE USED SWINGS BECAUSE THAT'S A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN IF YOU DON'T MAKE THEM PERMANENT
UM, BUT UH, BUT I THINK ART WAS A GOOD, THAT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
I SAVED MYSELF WITH THE ART YOU DID.
TREES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD ONE, UH, ONE DEVELOPER COME IN AND RECOMMEND THAT RATHER THAN PLANTING ALL OF THESE TREES THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING THAT HE BRING IN TREES AND PLANTERS AND BASICALLY DROP THEM IN PLACE FIRST.
AND IF IT REALLY PROVED THAT IT WORKED THE WAY WE WANTED IT TO, THEN HE WOULD PLANT THEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT ACTUALLY ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVE.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS BRILLIANT BECAUSE IF IT DIDN'T WORK, HE JUST BRINGS THE TRUCK IN, PICKS 'EM UP AND MOVES 'EM TO ANOTHER SPOT.
SO IT'S THAT KIND OF THING THAT HELPS KEEP YOUR COSTS DOWN, BUT ALSO KEEPS CREATIVITY.
THE OTHER NICE THING ABOUT TEMPORARY THINGS IS IT LETS YOU ASK OTHER PEOPLE THEIR OPINIONS.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY THROW THAT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? TAKE A VOTE.
DID YOU LIKE THAT? NOT, AND THEN YEAH, GO FROM THERE.
AND PEOPLE GET TO GIVE YOU THEIR CRAZY IDEAS TOO, AND SOME OF THOSE CRAZY IDEAS ARE AWESOME, SO, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
SO FOR THE MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY PIECE, AND I KNOW WE'VE HIT ON A NUMBER OF THESE ALREADY, BUT THE WAYS THAT IT SUPPORTS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, IMPROVING SAFETY, UH, BY INCREASING THE ROLE OF DESIGN SPEED AND ROADWAY AND CORRIDOR DESIGN ENCOURAGES STRATEGIC PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING ENHANCEMENTS TO INCREASE HEALTH AND CONNECTIVITY.
UM, INCREASES YOUR LANDSCAPING, YOUR ART, YOUR AMENITIES, UM, WITHIN THE RIGHTS OF WAY, UH, TO REINFORCE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND YOUR COMMUNITY IDENTITY.
UM, TRANSFORMS SELECT INTERSECTIONS AND STREET SECTIONS INTO PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED MULTIMODAL EXPERIENCES, UH, AND INCORPORATES FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BEST USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES AS CONSIDERATION AND CORRIDOR DESIGN REDESIGN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A SET CORRIDOR AND WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANYWHERE THAT YOU BUY ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT IS YOU USE CORRECTLY THE SPACES THAT YOU HAVE.
IN SOME CASES YOU GOT STREETS THAT ARE JUST WAY TOO WIDE, LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO, BUT IT LETS YOU WORK WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK, UM, AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO STAY IN A WAY THAT AS YOU REDESIGN AND YOU NECK THESE DOWN, THEN YOU'RE USING THE SAME RESOURCES, BUT YOU'RE SAVING OVER THE LONG TERM FOR IT.
SO WHAT WE DID IN THE, IN THE MOBILITY PIECE, WE TOOK THE EXISTING MAJOR ROADWAYS, MAJOR, MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, MINOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS COLLECTORS, HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS, YOU NAME
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IT.WE DID NOT TRY TO INTRODUCE ANY NEW DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WAY BECAUSE ONE, ALL YOUR MAJOR ROADS ARE BUILT.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO COME IN AND DEFINE WHAT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS BECAUSE IT, IT'S ALREADY THERE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT YOU REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON A CERTAIN ROADWAY OR, YOU KNOW, PRODUCE MORE TRAFFIC ON A CERTAIN ROADWAY.
AGAIN, BECAUSE MOST OF THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING YOU ALSO PRETTY MUCH BUILT OUT.
SO WE DIDN'T EXPECT INCREDIBLE INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THOSE PIECES.
WHAT WE DID TRY TO DO WITH THIS THOUGH, WAS TO PROMOTE THE CONCEPT OF ADAPTATIONS.
AND THE IDEA BEHIND THE ADAPTATIONS IS WHEN YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE CHANGE, MAKE CHANGE IN A WAY THAT MEETS THESE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER IT'S ADDING, UM, INCREASED SIDEWALK WIDTH OR ADDING, UM, A SHARED USE PATH.
OR IN PLACES LIKE IN THE, IN THE COMMONS AREA WHERE YOU HAVE THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN THE AREA THAT'S CURRENTLY BEDFORD COMMONS AND YOU GET TO THE LIBRARY, ET CETERA, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL FREE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR SPACE BETWEEN THOSE TWO AREAS.
YOU JUST HAPPEN TO ALLOW CARS THROUGH IT.
SO IT PRIMARILY IS GOING TO BE A PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED SPACE, AND IT'S GONNA BE A DESIGN TO BE A PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED SPACE, STILL GETS THE SAME NUMBER OF CARS THROUGH, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING BACK AND FORTH THERE OR BICYCLIST, ET CETERA.
SO YOU DO THAT THROUGH ART, YOU DO THAT THROUGH LANE WIDTHS, CORRIDOR WIDTHS, LANDSCAPING, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT, IT CREATES A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR PEDESTRIANS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE CROSSING REGULARLY AND SAFELY, UM, AT DESIGNATED AREAS.
SO JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT'S MEANT TO BE.
THE EVENT STREETS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMONS.
UM, THOSE RECOMMEND THOSE ROADWAYS TO BE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN BE CLOSED OFF AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
SO IF YOU WANNA HOLD A PARADE OR IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A BIG EVENT, ET CETERA WITHIN THAT AREA, THEN THOSE ROADS ARE DESIGNED TO BE CLOSED SO THAT THEY BECOME PEDESTRIAN ONLY ON CERTAIN EVENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, AGAIN, WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD MULTIMODAL OPPORTUNITIES, SO YOU BECOME A VERY WELL CONNECTED, BICYCLE FRIENDLY, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY UM, AREA, BUT ALSO AGAIN, GREENING INTO THE AREA, BUILDING SOCIAL SPACES INTO THE AREA.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO IT.
'CAUSE YOU CAN DO IT IN YOUR CORRIDORS AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S RECOMMENDED.
UM, I LEARNED FROM MY CHILDREN.
AND THEY ARE INCREASINGLY UBERING EVERYWHERE THEY GO.
IN ANY OF THESE PLANS, ARE THERE ANY SPOTS THAT ARE UBER AND LYFT DROP OFF? IS THERE ANY KIND OF THOUGHT TOWARD ANY KIND OF MASS TRANSPORTATION ANYWHERE? SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE DID NOT NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE MASS TRANSIT.
MASS TRANSIT WHEN IT COMES IS GONNA COME IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT THE BEAUTY IS, IT'S DESIGNED FOR IT.
AND THE REASON IT'S DESIGNED FOR IT IS, YOU KNOW, MASS TRANSIT DOESN'T WORK UNLESS IT'S IN SPACES WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THOSE DESTINATIONS WORTH GOING TO.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE TYPES OF SPACES FOR MASS TRANSPORTATION TO WORK.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON YOU HAVE THESE THREE DISTRICTS, IS YOU'RE CREATING PLACES THAT ARE INTERESTING ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD, WOULD DRAW THAT LEVEL OF INTEREST.
IT'S BUILT SO THAT IT COULD, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE THAT'S AWESOME.
I HAVE A GROWN ADULT CHILD WHO IS MM-HMM.
AND CAN SHE PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY AND ALL HER FRIENDS?
ISN'T THAT AWESOME? ANOTHER TIME.
FARTHER AWAY, THEY MAY TAKE UBERS MM-HMM.
AND WHAT YOU'RE STARTING TO FIND IS THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED ALL THOSE PARKING SPACES ANYMORE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T NEED MOST OF THEM, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA NEED ALL OF THEM.
AND SO ACTUALLY THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS TAKING CARE OF THAT FOR YOU IN SOME WAYS, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GET TO GO RIGHT INTO THOSE DESTINATIONS WHERE PARKING SPACES USED TO BE NEEDED AND NOW THEY'RE NOT.
SO IT CONTEMPLATES THOSE BECAUSE THAT'S COMING.
I ALSO COULD SEE THAT FROM DAY TO DAY, THE CH THE NEEDS WOULD CHANGE ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO THERE HAS TO BE A LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IF THERE'S ONE BIG THEME IN MARKETPLACES, WHETHER IT'S YOUR OFFICE, IT'S YOUR RETAIL, UM, SOON TO BE YOUR INDUSTRY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A DEMAND FOR FLEXIBILITY.
AND SO UBER AND LYFT ARE JUST RESPONSES TO THE
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MARKET TO BE QUITE FRANK.SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
HAVE A QUESTION ON TRIP TRANSPORTATION.
UM, IN ATTACHMENT A FOUR ON THE COMMONS, PUD UHHUH
TWO TRAVEL LANES AND A TURN LANE.
AND WHEN I LOOK IN HERE, I FIND THE DEFINITION OF FOREST RIDGE AS A COMPLETE CORRIDOR, A MINOR THOROUGHFARE WITH SPEEDS UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
AND THIS SEEMS TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT FOREST RIDGE IS GOING TO CONNECT.
IT'S GONNA CONNECT THE COMMONS, THE LIBRARY AND GENERATIONS PARK.
SO MY CONCERN IS FOREST RIDGE SEEMS TO BE, TO ME A VERY IMPORTANT CORRIDOR.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE MISDIAGNOSED IN THE WAY I'M READING IT.
CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
SO FOR ONE, AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT WE LOOK AT IT AS ADAPTATIONS BECAUSE, UH, ONE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE CAPACITY AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE DESIGN SPEEDS, RIGHT? SO, OR WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK TO THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED.
AND THAT'S THE BIG, THE BIG THING THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH ADAPT ADAPTATIONS IS BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
BUT ALSO TO DRIVE THOSE, THOSE ROADWAYS INTO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
THEY CAN HAVE EXACTLY THOSE SAME ROAD, UM, THOSE SAME LANES THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
BUT THE IMPORTANCE TO US IS THAT YOU USE THOSE AT 35 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE POST-IT'S SPEED.
CURRENTLY WE'RE POSTED 30, 30, THEN THAT'S PERFECT.
I THINK WHAT WE SAY IS A MAXIMUM UP TO A MAXIMUM OF, UM, AND WE DO THAT IN A COUPLE PLACES BECAUSE I THINK CENTRAL DRIVE IS, IT HAS A SPEED AT THE SPEED LIMIT CHANGES, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT FROM 35 TO 45 I BELIEVE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM THAT DO THAT.
SO WE TRY TO SAY UP TO IN THOSE CATEGORIES, BUT IF IT'S 30, THEN YOU WANT THE, THEN YOU WANT THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED TO BE 30 MILES AN HOUR.
BUT THE IDEA OF GOING AHEAD AND, AND INCLUDING THAT 12 FOOT LANE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR SHARED USE PATH, WHAT HAVE YOU, IS A GREAT IDEA.
IF YOU'VE GOT ROOM TO DO IT, I'D SAY DO IT ALL DAY LONG.
SO IT'S, AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT WE WANT TO CLEAR, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT EVEN THOSE CROSS SECTIONS IN HERE, THESE ARE CONCEPTS WE'VE LABELED EACH ONE OF THEM A CONCEPT.
BECAUSE EVERY SITUATION IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT.
AND EVEN WITHIN BROWN TRAIL, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOOD AT ONE SPOT'S GONNA BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FOR WHAT'S GOOD SOMEWHERE ELSE, UM, FOR THE AMOUNT OF CORRIDOR WIDTH YOU HAVE, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, SO YOUR POINT IS VERY WELL TAKEN.
IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE CONTEXT SENSITIVE.
AND SO, AND, AND THIS IS, WE'RE PUTTING THIS BACK UP HERE SIMPLY AGAIN TO REFRESH EVERYBODY, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THIS, I THINK AT THE OCTOBER, UH, 2023 MEETING WHERE WE SHOWED AGAIN, THE SAME TYPE OF THING, UM, THE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ADAPTATIONS FROM CHARACTER CORRIDORS, COMPLETE CORRIDORS, DESTINATIONS, EVENT STREETS, AND BIKE ED CONNECTIONS.
AND THEN GAVE SOME INFORMATION AS TO WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE ACTUALLY MEANS AND SOME PARAMETERS TO IT.
SO AGAIN, NOT CHANGING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OR MINOR THOROUGHFARE, BUT JUST SAYING IN CERTAIN AREAS, HAVE THEM FIT THIS TYPE OF CHARACTER.
AND SO THAT ALLOWS FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPONENTS WE'RE WANTING TO ACHIEVE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOUR CORRIDORS IS THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES YOU CAN IMPACT.
YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT PRIVATE PROPERTY UNTIL SOMEBODY COMES AROUND.
SO WE GET TO THE LAST PIECE, AND THAT'S YOUR POLICIES AND ACTIONS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE, WE PROVIDE YOUR POLICIES AND ACTIONS IN STRATEGIES THAT LEAD TO POLICIES AND ACTION STATEMENTS.
AND SO WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE POLICY AND ACTION HERE IN THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.
UM, BUT TO GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE, UM, WE DID HAVE THE 12 STRATEGIES LISTED.
SO THE 12 STRATEGIES, INCORPORATING DESTINATIONS, PLACEMAKING INTO BEDFORD DEVELOPMENT CODES, ESTABLISHING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SPACES, CREATING DESTINATIONS THAT ATTRACT PEOPLE, UM, BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF BEDFORD.
ENCOURAGING CREATION OF HIGHLY VISIBLE, WELL CONNECTED SOCIAL SPACES, COMMERCIAL NODES, PRIORITIZING, LANDSCAPING.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL THESE.
SO, UM, CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLACES BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BEDFORD.
THEN REDEFINING BEDFORD IS A HUB OF ARTS OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
ESTABLISHING PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE SECTOR IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUR
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PUBLIC, OF YOUR PLACES, ARTS, SOCIAL SPACES, UM, INTEGRATING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY.TACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION, UH, CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND COLLABORATING WITH AREA PARTNERS.
SO THOSE ARE THE, THE 12 DIFFERENT STRATEGIES RECOMMENDED.
AND THEN WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE YOU HAVE A SERIES OF POLICIES AND ACTIONS.
SO THE FIRST ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS, UM, IS HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT ALL THESE GRAND IDEAS? SO WE GIVE A SERIES OF POLICIES, WE POINTED OUT THIS ONE BECAUSE ITEM NUMBER ONE ONLY HAS ONE POLICY.
THE REST OF IT'S ALL ACTIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND WE GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WAYS YOU CAN SIMPLIFY YOUR BASE ZONING WAYS YOU CAN ADD THE NEW OVERLAY DISTRICTS IN.
UH, WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CHANGING YOUR SETBACKS, YOUR LOCK COVERAGES, ET CETERA.
WE'RE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THERE THAT HOW YOU CAN TWEAK YOUR CODES SO THAT IT CAN HELP IT CONFORM WITH THE IDEALS BEHIND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
HELP IT DEVELOP THE WAY WE WANT TO SEE IT DEVELOP BASICALLY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, YOU ARE RECOMMENDING THE COMMONS MEADOWS AND STONEGATE OVERLAY DISTRICTS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ITS OWN SPECIAL CODE IN THERE AND DESIGNATIONS FOR SPECIFICITY OF WHAT YOU WANNA SEE THERE.
UM, AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO, UM, SUGGESTING ELIMINATING THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OVERLAY.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, THE AREA THAT'S IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT IS LARGELY GOING TO BE TAKEN UP BY, WHAT IS THAT COMMONS DISTRICT EXPANDED.
SO THERE REALLY WASN'T POINT TO HAVE BOTH.
NO POINT IN HAVING ALL THESE OVERLAY DISTRICTS WITH, SO EXACTLY.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE TWO OVERLAYS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, PLUS A BASE ZONE THAT'S THREE LAYERS.
THREE LAYERS OF CODE THAT JUST COMPLICATES AND MUDDIES THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SUGGESTING ELIMINATING THAT ONE.
SO, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE.
WE ASK YOU, WE, WE SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PARKING STANDARDS.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE OVER PARKED, SO YOU CAN PROBABLY REDUCE THOSE, MAKE 'EM A LITTLE MORE COMPETITIVE.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THERE TO PAY ATTENTION TO, BUT WE WENT WAY DEEP INTO THE WEED WEEDS HERE.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ANY OF IT YOU WANT, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO NOT COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO THIS DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, THE LABELS, ARE THEY USED ANYWHERE ELSE OR IS THIS UNIQUE, YOU'RE CREATING THIS FOR BEDFORD? I MEAN, IS THIS OUR NEIGHBORS USE THIS OR ANYBODY? OR IS THIS SOMETHING IN HOUSTON THAT YOU USED DOWN IN, IN HOUSTON? OR WHERE IS THIS USED? NO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS MORE AND MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE STARTING TO GO TOWARDS USING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER, I DUNNO, WHAT'S THE NAME THAT THAT, UM, OH, WHAT DOES KIMLEY HORN CALL THEIRS? IT'S NOT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
IT'S, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TERM, BUT CHARACTER, EVERYONE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE.
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FUNCTION, RIGHT? SO THEY EVERY YEAH.
SO EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN WAY.
WE CALL IT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS BECAUSE IN OUR OPINION, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
UM, SO I SEE WE'RE RE RENAMING OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO SUBURBAN, MULTIFAMILY AND URBAN RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S STILL AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT SUBURBAN MULTIFAMILY IS REALLY EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? IT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IS GARDEN APARTMENTS.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE APARTMENT COMPLEX YOU DON'T, THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S NOT A GARDEN APARTMENT.
SO WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING THOUGH IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT EITHER LEND THEMSELVES FROM THE MARKETPLACE PERSPECTIVE OR THEY'RE READY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF HOPE THAT THEY GO AWAY.
WHAT WOULD YOU REPLACE 'EM WITH? WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT'S URBAN RESIDENTIAL THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE MORE INTENSE TOWN HOMES.
UM, THAT'S MORE SINGLE FAMILY.
SO HOW WE GIVE THEM, HOW DO WE GET THEM TO GIVE UP UNITS, APARTMENT UNITS.
SO I MEAN, TO REDUCE THEMSELVES IN SIZE, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR, THAT'S, I CAN'T SEE HOW WE WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
SO, AND THAT IS AN OUTSTANDING POINT BECAUSE AT THE SAME, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PERSON WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY THAT'S MAKING MONEY ON 36 UNITS AN ACRE, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD I CONSIDER RIPPING THEM DOWN? WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA RIP THEM DOWN UNTIL THE TIME IS RIGHT OR THE RIGHT INCENTIVES ARE THERE.
AND THEN THE NUMBERS STILL HAVE TO PENCIL.
RIGHT? AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU'RE GONNA TO LET ME BUILD, THE QUESTION IS DO $850,000 TOWN HOMES AND I'M MAKING UP THAT NUMBER, UM, AT 24 UNITS AN ACRE, DOES THAT MAKE ME MOVE THE NEEDLE? IS IT WORTHWHILE FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE DOWN AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? IT'S MEANT TO BE ASPIRATIONAL FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING APARTMENTS GO AWAY AS MUCH AS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE PRACTICAL ABOUT IT.
BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, IF THE OPPORTUNITY LENDS ITSELF THERE, YOU SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE DO IT THAT WAY.
IN BEDFORD COMMONS OVERLAY, YOU HAD WHERE, UM, INCREASE THE DENSITY MM-HMM.
SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE SUGGESTED IN THE COMMONS DISTRICT WAS 24 UNITS PER ACRE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
AND THE IDEA BEHIND THAT, THE 24 UNITS PER ACRE STILL WORKS WITHIN
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A TOWNHOUSE CONCEPT.UM, IT CAN ALSO WORK IN A, A LIVE WORK CONCEPT, ET CETERA.
24 UNITS AN ACRE DOESN'T WORK AS APARTMENTS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT DENSE ENOUGH.
SO WHAT WE TRIED TO DO THERE WAS SET YOU UP TO WHERE YOU COULD HAVE, AGAIN, A LEVEL OF DENSITY THAT COULD MAKE IT MARKETABLE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE COMMUNITY WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT YOU REALLY DON'T WANNA SEE APARTMENTS.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE WOULDN'T GO, WE WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 24.
UNLESS FOR SOME REASON SOMEBODY COMES IN AND JUST KNOCKS YOUR SOCKS OFF AND, AND SAYS, HEY, WE SEE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
BUT, AND, BUT THE BEAUTY IS THAT'S THE DECISION YOU GET TO MAKE BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS YOU'VE SAID IT AT 24, AND YOU CAN BE REALLY HAPPY AT 24, AND SOMEBODY COMES IN AND DOES SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND YOU DECIDE IT'S WORTH IT, THEN YOU AS A COMMUNITY GET TO DECIDE IT'S WORTH IT.
BUT WE LEAVE THAT DOOR OPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE STUCK IN CASE SOMEBODY DOES BRING SOMETHING THROUGH THAT'S, THAT'S PHENOMENAL AND NEEDS 28 UNITS AN ACRE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU THAT WIGGLE ROOM.
BUT WE WANTED TO SET A HARD STOP AT 24 SO THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS AT THE END OF THE DAY SAY, WELL, SORRY, IT SAYS 24.
UM, SO EITHER WAY YOU'RE COVERED.
THANK YOU, MR. YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
AND, AND THERE'S A RANGE THERE.
I KNOW IT SAID EIGHT TO 24 FOR THE ACTIVITY CENTER.
SO YOU'RE GIVING US SOME LEEWAY THERE TO EXACTLY.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN, BRANDON.
UM, I'M LOOKING UNDER NUMBER FOUR MM-HMM.
THE THINKING BEHIND THAT TO ME.
SO PART OF THE PROBLEM WE RUN INTO IS, IS THE, AGAIN, MOST TIMES WHEN WE HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEN IT'S IMMEDIATELY EQUATED TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES BECAUSE THAT'S THE EASY WAY TO SOLVE AFFORDABILITY IS TO BUILD APARTMENTS.
BUT THERE'S THIS PIECE THAT WE CALL THE MISSING MIDDLE.
AND THAT'S ALL THE THINGS IN BETWEEN THAT CAN GO FROM WHAT WE CALL ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
WHAT I USED TO CALL GRANNY FLATS, BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SAY THAT ANYMORE.
UM, BUT, UM, SO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, BUT THEN DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, QUADPLEXES, ET CETERA.
THERE'S THIS BROAD RANGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING THAT BETWEEN FINANCING AND ZONING, ET CETERA, THAT WE'VE ALL JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MOVED OUT OF EXISTENCE.
BUT ACCELERATE, UH, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS GIVE A LEVEL OF PERSONAL FREEDOM FROM THE ABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD THAT PIECE IN THE BACKYARD THAT ALLOWS FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN RENT IT OUT OR YOU CAN ALLOW FOR, AGAIN, A GRANNY FLAT OR THE CHILD THAT JUST WON'T GO AWAY.
I'VE GOT ONE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE WANT TO MOVE, BUT HE'S NOT READY TO MOVE.
SO THERE'S ALL SORTS OF REASONS TO HAVE THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS ADDRESSES AFFORDABILITY IN A HOU IN, IN A COMMUNITY WITHOUT NECESSARILY NEEDING TO BUILD A BUNCH OF APARTMENTS TO DO IT.
UM, AND IT ALLOWS FOR, IT ALLOWS FOR, UM, YOUR PROPERTY OWNERS IF THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, FIND ANOTHER INCOME STREAM, FOR EXAMPLE.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT IN A REASONABLE WAY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY, UM, INTRUDE ON, ON THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.
SO IT HAS TO BE DONE PROPERLY, BUT ONCE IT'S DONE RIGHT, IT CAN DO AMAZING THINGS.
AND WE HAD THEM FOREVER UNTIL, SORRY, WE, WE DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT THAT THOUGH.
IT WAS OUR PROFESSION'S FAULT WE'RE THE ONES THAT DECIDED THAT THEY SHOULDN'T EXIST ANYMORE.
SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT DENSITY? YOU HAVE ALL THESE, THESE STANDARDS FOR DENSITY.
AND THEN IF YOU ALLOW THAT MM-HMM.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY ONLY SO MANY PLACES THAT THOSE CAN FIT.
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE ENOUGH, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE ENOUGH SPACE ON YOUR PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO PUT ONE IN AND TO BEGIN WITH.
SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING, AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS THE VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT ONE SPOT.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO DO THAT IN AN AREA THAT'S TRANSITIONING.
LET'S GIVE IT OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.
IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE AN AMAZING SUCCESS, YOU CAN DO IT IN OTHER AREAS, BUT IT'S AN EXPERIMENT IN AN AREA TO SEE IF THAT AREA, IF IT WORKS IN THAT AREA.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST TRYING TO BUILD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MARKET TO HAVE ITS WAY IN, IN ONE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO, AND IT ADDRESSES A NEED WITHOUT NECESSARILY BUILDING 36 UNITS PER ACRE.
AND IS THAT ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES WHERE THAT'S MENTIONED THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FOR THAT DESIGNATION? I THINK I HAD IT IN A COUPLE OF OTHER SPOTS, AND I THINK THEY DISAPPEARED.
UH, BECAUSE THAT, THAT WAS, THAT'S A LOT OF OUR CONCERNS I THINK AS YOU KNOW, IS DENSITY AND, AND IF SOMEBODY WERE TO RENT THOSE OUT AND IN DIFFERENT SPOTS AND SO, RIGHT.
SO YEAH, I KNOW THAT, UM, P AND Z, UH, HAS TAKEN OUT A LOT OF THOSE, UM, YEAH.
SO, UM, GOOD TO SEE THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS DONE.
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SURE.ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PART? ALRIGHT.
SO THE, THE NEXT TWO PAGES OF THIS ARE BASICALLY JUST SHOWING AGAIN, HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THESE ACTION STATEMENTS.
AND HERE AGAIN, SHOWING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SOME GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN EACH ONE OF THESE OVERLAYS FOR THE COMMONS, THE MEADOWS AND STONEGATE.
UM, THE SAME THING, UM, ADDITIONAL, JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL IN ALL 12 OF THE ACTION OR ALL 12 OF THE STRATEGIES.
UM, WE BRING UP ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE THAT WE WANTED TO SHOW, BUT PRIMARILY TO SHOW THAT HERE, WHEN ESTABLISHING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SPACES, ET CETERA, IT'S VERY POLICY HEAVY.
THERE'S MORE POLICIES THAN THERE ARE ACTION STATEMENTS.
THE REASON BEING IS THAT HERE WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE POLICIES THAT PUSH A CERTAIN DIRECTION, BUT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY PLACING THOSE INTO LAW.
YOU'RE SAYING, IF WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS, THESE ARE SOME GUIDES WE CAN FOLLOW TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS THAT FOLLOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT THOU SHOUT.
UM, WE DO PROPOSE AMENDING YOUR CORRIDOR DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE ADAPTATIONS AS NEEDED.
UM, SOME DESIGN CRITERIA FOR CITY OWNED FACILITIES, ET CETERA.
BUT YOU CAN SEE, SO WE GET INTO SOME ACTION STATEMENTS, BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE THAT'S VERY POLICY DRIVEN, UM, MORE THAN ACTION DRIVEN.
SO, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT CHANGES WITH EACH ONE OF THE STRATEGIES BASED ON WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEST TO, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THAT STRATEGY.
BUT THE BEAUTY OF THIS, AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, EACH ONE OF THESE POLICIES OR ACTION STATEMENTS, IF YOU ASK YOURSELF, WHY WOULD WE DO THIS? YOU CAN THEN GO BACK TO THE STRATEGY, WHICH LINKS TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE, WHICH LINKS TO THE VISION STATEMENT.
SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT BASE FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU GOT THERE AND HOW YOU'RE USING YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT.
SO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF WE DID, AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS FOR A WHILE, SO WE WANTED TO ONE, CONGRATULATE YOU, EVEN IF YOU TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT, YOU'VE WORKED HARD AND YOU DESERVE IT.
UM, AND THEN TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WELL, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, LIKE WE MENTIONED FOR A LONG TIME, COMING TO GET TO THIS POINT, AND IT WAS, IT'S A VERY DENSE DOCUMENT AND, AND, AND READING, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY VALUABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS, UH, WE HAVE THIS VISION GOING FORWARD, WHAT WE WANNA SEE BEDFORD DEVELOP AND WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE IN OUR FUTURE SO THAT WHEN ALL OF US HERE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, WENT, WENT AWAY AND WE'VE DONE OTHER THINGS IN OUR LIVES AND THERE'S A NEW CITY COUNCIL HERE AND, AND NEW, UH, NEW, UH, MAYOR AND UM, AND MANAGEMENT THAT, HEY, WE STILL HAVE THIS DOCUMENT TO FALL BACK ON.
IT'S STILL OUR VISION STILL, UM, WHAT WE WANNA SEE, UH, HAPPEN WITHIN OUR CITY.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF, SOME DISCUSSION ON SOME OF THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND THE MAP AND, AND SOME OF THOSE OTHERS.
UM, 'CAUSE I DID HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I BEFORE, UH, WHAT YOU MENTIONED ON THE, UM, POLICIES, OR SORRY, THE ACTIONS MM-HMM.
AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS ESTABLISH AN EASEMENT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR CITY MAINTENANCE OFFENSES AS INTENDED STANDARDS FOR DESIGN.
S SO FENCES ARE ALWAYS A TOUCHY ISSUE.
UM, I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A CITY WHERE FENCES WERE NOT A TOUCHY ISSUE.
UM, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE NOT PERFECTLY MATCHED AND ONE STARTS TO LEAN, ANOTHER ONE DOESN'T.
ONE IS BRICK, ONE'S STONE, ONE IS WOOD.
UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
UM, THAT'S, IT'S THE SAME THING AS HAVING A TREE THAT GOES OVER SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, RIGHT? SO, BUT FOR A COMMUNITY THAT'S TRYING TO IMPROVE ITS, UM, ITS APPEARANCE ALONG ITS CORRIDORS, IT CAN BE A PRETTY CRITICAL PIECE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AFTER A WHILE AS FENCES AGE AND NOT EVERYBODY TAKES CARE OF THEIR FENCE IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY OTHER PEOPLE DO, THEN HOW DO YOU DO THAT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST IMPACTING THEM AS PROPERTY OWNERS, IT'S IMPACTING YOUR CORRIDOR AND THE IMPRESSION THAT IT'S MAKING ON EVERY SINGLE DRIVER THAT'S GOING THROUGH THERE.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.
THERE'S NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION HERE.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PERFECT SOLUTION.
UM, SO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, LET'S SEE, I'M TRYING TO FIND IT AGAIN.
UM, I THINK IT WAS, UH, IT'S THE NUMBER SIX.
IT IS NUMBER SIX, BUT IT'S ON THE OTHER.
OH, DID I GO TOO FAR? I THINK YOU WENT TOO FAR.
OH WAIT, I THINK IT WAS THERE.
DID I MISS IT? YEAH, I THINK IT'S FOR, UM, NUMBER TWO.
AND I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEM IN HERE, AND THAT MAY BE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
SO, BUT I THINK WE, WE PROVIDED TWO DIFFERENT, UM, OPTIONS FOR THAT.
UM, SO THE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS ALLOWED YOU TO DO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE, YOU CAN CREATE AN EASEMENT PROGRAM WHERE ESSENTIALLY
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THE CITY COMES IN AND BASICALLY IS GRANTED AN EASEMENT WHERE IT ESSENTIALLY TAKES OVER AND MAINTAINS OVER ALL OF THOSE FENCES.SO I, THAT'S WHY I, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I FOUND THAT VERY INTERESTING.
AND, AND I HAVE SEEN COMMUNITIES DO THESE SAME TYPES OF THINGS IN DOWNTOWNS.
THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL DO WHAT'S CALLED FACADE EASEMENTS, WHERE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE PARTICULAR DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS.
THE CITY WILL PUT IN AN EASEMENT WHERE IT MAINTAINS THE DOWNTOWN STRUCTURES, UM, THE FRONT FACADES.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU AN OPTION.
WE'RE NOT SAYING GO OUT AND DO THIS VERY EXPENSIVE THING AS MUCH AS WE'RE SAYING, HEY, IF YOU, THIS IS A TOOL AND THE TOOL BELT, RIGHT? IT'S A TOOL THAT YEAH.
YOU CAN LOOK AT AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE, OR MAYBE YOU'RE VERY SELECTIVE, MAYBE YOU START IN A SINGLE STREET THAT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL AND TRY IT THERE.
SO ALL OF THESE ARE BASICALLY DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO ABOUT SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT WERE RAISED, EITHER AS WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OR STAFF OR Y'ALL OR SOMEBODY HAS RAISED TO US AND SAID, HEY, CAN YOU ADDRESS THIS THING? IT'S LIKE, YEAH, SO, SO HERE'S A SOLUTION FOR IT.
UM, THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO EASY SOLUTION AND THERE'S CERTAINLY NO WAY TO MAKE FRIENDS WHEN IT BECOMES TIME TO ADDRESS FENCES.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL QUESTIONS OVER THIS DENSE DOCUMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, STEVES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL IT UP, BUT IT'S ON PAGE 93.
I'M GONNA PULL UP, IT'S NOT GONNA BE IN THERE.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS.
IT SAYS, UM, I'M SORRY, 92 MM-HMM.
AND THEN ON THE PAGE BEFORE THAT, IT SAYS, ALLOW FOR THE REDUCTION OF GENERAL LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
SO YEAH, IT KIND SOUNDS LIKE A DICHOTOMY, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND IS, UM, SO YOU ARE WANTING TO DO TWO THINGS.
FOR ONE, YOU DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE MORE GREEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, BUILD FLEXIBILITY INTO YOUR CODES BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHAT ARE WE WANTING TO ACHIEVE? SO IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND SAYS, WELL, WE WERE HOPING TO DO PLAZA SPACE, WE WANTED TO DO FOLLOW YOUR GREEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, WE DON'T HAVE SPACE TO DO BOTH.
SO THEN THAT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY, OKAY, WELL IN THIS CASE, THE PLAZA REALLY MATTERS MORE.
AND AS LONG AS YOU CAN CREATIVELY INTEGRATE SOME THINGS IN, WE CAN REDUCE THE LANDSCAPING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IN EVERY INSTANCE IS TO GIVE YOU FLEXIBILITY SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE IDEALS OF THE CONFERENCE PLAN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT GIVES YOU FLEXIBILITY WITHIN YOUR CODE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IS THAT THE SAME IDEA BEHIND, UM, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE? BULLET 0.5 WHERE IT SAYS, UM, GET ENCO TO CONVERT EXISTING LIGHTS INTO LED MM-HMM.
I MEAN, LED IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF LIGHT POLLUTION, SO, RIGHT.
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AND, AND LIGHT POLLUTION'S A TOUGHY, RIGHT? BECAUSE DOES IT IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY? ABSOLUTELY, IT DOES.
UM, BUT THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.
SO AGAIN, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS PUT IN A LEVEL OF PRACTICALITY.
UM, I WOULD SAY YOUR LEDS PROBABLY MATTER MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE EFF THEY'RE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND THEY'RE COST SAVING.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN GET TO THE DARK SKY PRINCIPLES AFTERWARDS.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT SAYING GO OUT AND DO ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO NEW THINGS, THE BEAUTY IS TECHNOLOGY'S CHANGING ALL THE TIME.
AND SO BY CHALLENGING, CHALLENGING DEVELOPERS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT DOES BOTH, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
SO WOULD THOSE BE ALL SOMETHING WE WOULD PUT IN A OVERLAY? LIKE YEAH.
IN, IN THE DISTRICT WOULD BE IN THE RULES IN THE OVERLAY? YEAH.
IS THAT HOW THAT WOULD WORK? YEAH, YOU CAN.
AND, AND THERE ARE OTHER TIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTY OF BEING STAFF IS WHEN, WHEN THE DEVELOPER COMES IN AND SAYS, HEY, I WANNA DO A THING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH SAYING, CAN YOU DO IT THIS WAY? WHAT'S THE WORST THEY CAN SAY IS NO.
UM, SO, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOUR CODES, THAT MAKES IT OFFICIAL.
OTHERWISE, STAFF JUST KIND OF NUDGES.
WELL, SPEAKING OF CODES, SO THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND CODES ARE SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT OR WHENEVER IT'S APPROVED, THERE'S GONNA BE A GRAY TIMEFRAME IN BETWEEN.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING WITH? ARE WE GOING WITH THE, WE OBVIOUSLY GOTTA GO WITH THE CODES, THE ZONING RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? YEAH.
AND SO, BUT YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DO HAVE A GRAY AREA THAT HAS TO HAPPEN UNTIL YOU GET YOUR CODES UPDATED AND EVERY COMMUNITY DOES, UNLESS THEY'RE DOING THEM BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY AND USUALLY THAT'S COST PROHIBITIVE.
RIGHT? UM, SO WHAT WE RECOMMEND IS AS COMMUNITIES, THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS STAFF, AS AS LEADERSHIP TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT.
WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE DEVELOPERS COME IN AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO BE DOING, AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN HELP US
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DO THIS WHILE WE'RE GETTING OUR CODES CHANGED.UM, BUT THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE TO, TO SWALLOW A TOUGH PILL UNTIL YOU GET YOUR, YOUR CODES.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO OFFER INCENTIVES IN THE INTERIM FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND DO SOMETHING WHILE YOU'RE GETTING CODES CHANGED, MAKE IT WORTH THEIR WHILE TO FOLLOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN NUDGE AND, AND I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO, TO GET THOSE CODES, UH, READY TO GO.
SO I THINK THEY'VE BEEN WORKING IN LOCKSTEP, ANTICIPATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THAT VERY SOON, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE BEFORE TO COUNCIL.
SO WE SHOULDN'T BE IN THAT GRAY AREA FOR, FOR TOO LONG.
UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I MEAN, HONESTLY THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR PLANNING STAFF ALREADY DOES ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW, OUR CODES ARE A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED AND OBVIOUSLY OUR MASTER PLAN IS OUTDATED.
UM, AND SO WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPT TO ASK THE QUESTION.
UM, AND, UH, EVEN, YOU KNOW, VERY RECENTLY WE HAD A SIGNED SITUATION WHERE WE WERE, UH, WE WERE INTERESTED IN, IN MAKING, UH, SOME MODIFICATIONS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO AND OFFERING AN INCENTIVE, UM, TO GET THEM TO MOVE TOWARD, UH, WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE.
SO IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES AND, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO ADDRESS THE, UH, THE ZONING CODE TO FOLLOW BEHIND THIS.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THE DIFFERENT ONES.
UM, AND, AND THE LAND USE MAP.
UH, ONE OF THEM, UH, URBAN RESIDENTIAL, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY.
UM, ONE OF IT WAS ON, UH, SOUTH OF MONTEREY PARK, NORTH OF PIPELINE, UH, CURRENTLY THAT'S COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND THEN ON THE LAND USE MAP WE'RE SAYING URBAN RESIDENTIAL, OF COURSE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FUTURE, RIGHT, EXACTLY.
BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY PART THAT I SAW WHERE WE'RE TAKING A COMMERCIAL ELEMENT AND PERHAPS FUTURES MAKING THAT RESIDENTIAL.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN MORE WHY WE THOUGHT THAT THAT LOCATION WAS PRIME MET? YEAH.
UM, PARTLY BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE AREAS ARE, ARE TRANSITIONAL AREAS ALREADY.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMETHING NEW TO HAPPEN.
THAT JUST HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
AND SO IF THEY'RE, SO WE WERE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO, AND, AND THE BEAUTY OF URBAN RESIDENTIAL IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, AND I'LL SAY IT'S A SMALL AREA, IT'S NOT VERY BIG, BUT YEAH.
SO, AND IF SOMEBODY BRINGS SOMETHING TO YOU THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY, THAT'S A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT THAT YOU LIKE BETTER GO WITH THAT.
JUST BECAUSE WE PUT IT UP HERE AND, AND COLORED IT BLUE AND TITLED IT YOU ARE.
SO IF YEAH, WE DON'T LIKE IT, THEN YEAH, GO AHEAD.
IF, YEAH, YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THE PLAN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AND, AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS, AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO ONE OF YOUR, YOUR PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS BEFORE THIS, IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT AT THE BUBBLES AND THEN IF YOU LOOK REALLY, REALLY CLOSE, YOU CAN START TO SEE, WELL, THAT ONE PARCEL YEAH.
IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS.
AND SO, YEAH, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY IN BETWEEN WHAT WE CONSIDER YOUR FUTURE LAND USE VERSUS WHAT'S A BETTER DEAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT YOU LEAN ON WHEN YOU LEAN ON THE DOCUMENT.
YOU DON'T JUST LEAN ON THE MAPS, YOU LEAN ON YOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND YOU LEAN ON YOUR VISION STATEMENTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS IF, IF FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY COMES IN AND SAYS, ROCKSTAR COMMERCIAL RIGHT HERE, UM, DOES IT MAKE SENSE? YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR POLICIES AND YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND YOUR VISION STATEMENT, AND IF THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THOSE IS YES, THEN YOU MAY HAVE A WINNER.
UM, ALSO ON THE MAP THERE, I SEE FLEX SPACE.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT FLEX SPACE IS? AND IT'S ONLY THERE ON INDUSTRIAL, UM, YEAH.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT FLEX SPACE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND MAYBE A EXAMPLE THAT SOME OF US MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH? SURE.
SO FLEX SPACE, THE NICE THING IN FLEX SPACE IS, AND, AND WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF IT IN THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY, BUT FLEX SPACE SIMPLY JUST ALLOWS FOR, QUITE FRANKLY, IT ALLOWS FOR A RANGE OF THINGS BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME IT'S, IT'S WAREHOUSE TYPE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR SOME LEVELS OF ASSEMBLY, INDUSTRIAL ASSEMBLY, LOW LEVEL TYPES OF INDUSTRY.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE MANUFACTURING ANYTHING OR THERE'S NO SMOKE STACKS OR ANY KINDS OF POLLUTANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S DANCE STUDIOS, IT'S IT'S LITTLE OFFICES WHERE SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FOR A LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY.
THE CONCEPT OF FLEX SPACE IS THAT I CAN RIP DOWN A WALL AND I CAN MOVE IT 10 FEET AND, YOU KNOW, FOR A NEW TENANT THAT COMES IN, IT'S FLEXIBLE.
DOES ANYTHING COME TO MIND THAT WE COULD POINT TO AROUND THE AREA WHERE, UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW OF ANY THAT Y'ALL HAVE HERE, BUT THAT'S SIMPLY IGNORANCE ON MY PART, JUST TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS SOME IDEA OF WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT CONCEPT IS.
IF I CAN TELL YOU ALMOST EVERY DANCE STUDIO THAT I EVER SENT MY DAUGHTER TO GOTCHA.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS THERE ALONG RELIANCE THAT HAVE SMALLER, KIND SMALLER SUBDIVIDED AREAS.
AND AGAIN, THAT CAN GO FROM A OFFICE TO A SMALL, YOU KNOW, ASSEMBLY AREA.
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UM, THE BEAUTY OF THAT AS WELL FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE BEDFORD IS, UM, WE ARE, UH, VERY RESIDENTIAL HEAVY.AND SO MAKING SURE WE'VE IDENTIFIED AN AREA WHERE WE CAN INCREASE OUR DIVERSITY, UH, WITHIN THOSE DIFFERENT SECTORS IS, IS IDEAL FOR US.
UM, I NOTICED, UH, THE WALMART CENTER BASICALLY IS A BIG BOX.
AND IT'S GONNA REMAIN BIG BOX YES.
SO, AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR ASSUMPTION IS.
SO EVEN IF WALMART SOMEDAY SHOULD ABANDON SHIP AND GO SOMEPLACE ELSE, IT WOULD STILL REMAIN BIG BOX.
OR THERE'S ANY ASPIRATIONS TO, 'CAUSE I COULD SEE THAT PROPERTY.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN WHERE, RIGHT.
SO THE BIG BOXES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GREAT TO HAVE.
UM, WALMART DOES A BEAUTIFUL NON-COMPETE CLAUSE IN, IN EVERY ONE OF THEIRS, THEIR PLACES.
SO IF, IF THEY DECIDE TO VACATE, TARGET DOESN'T GET TO COME IN.
UM, OR ANYTHING THAT SELLS, IF IT SELLS GROCERIES OR IT SELLS ANYTHING THAT WALMART SELLS CAN'T HAVE IT.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT YOU SEE, SEE BIG BOXES START TO BECOME GYMS OR, YOU KNOW, SERVICE CENTERS, OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY'RE THERE UNTIL SOMEBODY TEARS IT DOWN.
UM, DOES WALMART MOVE? YES, BUT PART OF THE REASON WALMART MOVES WALMART, WHEN THEY DO THEIR MODEL, THEY HAVE THIS ENORMOUS CAPTURE CONE.
RIGHT? AND SO WHEN THEY RUN THEIR MODELS, THEY LOOK AT THE IDEA OF WHERE THE MARKET IS.
THE MARKET'S STARTING TO MOVE THIS WAY.
AND IF SO, CAN WE MOVE THIS TWO BLOCKS DOWN AND STILL CAPTURE THE MAJORITY OF OUR MARKET? AND IF THEY CAN, THERE'S A CHANCE THEY'RE GONNA DO IT.
UM, SO PART OF THE REASON WE DESIGN THINGS THE WAY WE DO IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT THAT IF WALMART IS THERE, HOW DO YOU BUILD THE TYPES OF BUYING POWER, ET CETERA INTO YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IT KEEPS THAT CONE RIGHT WHERE IT IS.
AND SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM MOVING IN A 15 YEAR CYCLE.
SO WE CAN'T PREVENT IT, BUT WE CAN TRY TO KEEP THAT CONE WHERE IT IS AND SO TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
BUT YEAH, AS FROM FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A BOX THAT'S GONNA STAY THERE UNTIL SOMEBODY BRINGS SOMETHING AND KNOCKS IT DOWN ONCE THEY'VE LEFT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
BECAUSE IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN THAT YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU AMEND THE MAP.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT REGARDING THE PLAN THAT DOESN'T LOOK ANY? YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY AND KEPT US, UM, SOME GUIDANCE, UH, GOING FORWARD.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE AS WELL AS YOU, AS WE ALLUDED TO.
'CAUSE WE TOOK OUT SOME OF THOSE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE WES UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THEN.
YOUR TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB GUIDING US THROUGH THIS.
I KNOW IT WAS A LONG PROCESS TO GET US HERE AND, AND VERY DENSE, BUT IT'S, IT GIVES US, GIVES US THAT NORTH STAR, SO TO SPEAK, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS HAS BEEN, IT'S A BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ALL OF Y'ALL, SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
NOW WES, THAT BEING SAID, WE DO, WE, WE PRETTY MUCH DID OUR OWN PLAN, RIGHT? WE TOOK EVERYTHING THAT
UM, NO, THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH, UH, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION HAS REALLY BEEN IN THE DEEP WEEDS OF THIS.
UM, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SMALL LITTLE UPDATES, UH, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGER CHANGES THAT, UH, WERE MADE AT ONE OF THE LAST PLANNING GA ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE, UM, WAS THE LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL OR, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE'VE THROWN AROUND, UH, IS EVEN RENAMING THAT A LITTLE BIT JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S, THERE'S NO CONFUSION BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW.
UM, YEAH, BECAUSE WE, WE, YOUR TWO, YOU TOOK OUT A LOT FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE FOR LIFE RESIDE LIFESTYLE, RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND THEN SO WHAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS, I KNOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO IT, SO NO, THAT'S GREAT.
I, LET ME, LET ME GET TO IT AND I WILL KIND OF, SO REALLY CURRENTLY THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT, UM, IN LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL COURSE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT'S THE ONLY IN THE MEADOWS PARK DISTRICT, UM, THAT WAS THERE.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING ALL THE, A LOT, THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES MADE.
UM, THERE WAS A RED DESIGNATION OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE CALLED.
WE, YOU KNOW, IT STARTED OUT WITH LIFESTYLE RESIDENTS JUST LIKE TONY EXPLAINED BECAUSE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND UH, AND KIND OF THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE, IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT WE WANTED SOME TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT COULD HANDLE ALL TYPES OF LIFESTYLES.
AND THAT'S WHERE THAT NAME CAME FROM.
UM, UH, WHAT WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT AMONG STAFF IS, IS LOOKING AT MAYBE RENAMING THAT TO A, A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, VILLAGE.
UM, AND, UH, BUT JUST TO KIND OF FOCUS
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ON IT BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS SAID, AS TONY TALKED ABOUT IN THE, UM, IN ONE OF THE, UH, PLACE FOCUSED AREAS, WE'VE GOT THE COMMERCIAL SIDE THERE.UM, WHILE THERE MAY BE VERY SMALL MINOR COMMERCIAL THAT MAY MAKE SENSE ALONG HARWOOD OR THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THERE, MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL'S GONNA BE OFF TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE REDEVELOPED.
SO THE, ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES THAT WE TOOK OUT, A COUPLE OF BIG CHANGES JUST RUNNING THROUGH IT REAL QUICKLY.
UM, WE, WE TOOK OUT THE, THE MENTION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT, THAT RAISED A LOT OF CONCERNS AMONG THE PUBLIC.
AND SO WE, WE HEARD THAT AND WE TOOK THAT OUT.
UM, WE ALSO, THE BIG THING IS WE TALKED ABOUT DENSITY, UM, AT THE LAST PLANNING ZONING, COMMISSION MEETING.
AND UH, I THINK WE, SO IN THERE IT SAYS THAT, GO AHEAD.
LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL, IT WAS FOUR TO 10 UNITS PER ACRE.
SO WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE DROPPED THAT DOWN, RIGHT.
BECAUSE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS.
AND WE TOOK THAT FROM THE, UH, THAT'S THE SAME, UH, DENSITY REQUIREMENTS THAT IS IN THE, JUST A SECOND.
WE TOOK THAT OUTTA THE VILLAGE CENTER, UH, DENSITY RANGE, UM, AND WHAT P AND Z WANTED TO DO.
AND THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT HERE, SO IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, Y'ALL PLEASE CORRECT ME.
UM, THE, UH, WHAT THEY WANNA DO IS TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING MATCH AND KEEP IT EQUAL.
UM, ACROSS THE BOARD WE TALK ABOUT DENSITIES.
SO THAT WAS, THAT'S WHERE THAT FOUR TO, UH, 10 UNITS PER ACRE CAME FROM.
UM, WE ALSO, WE DID BUILD IN THERE, KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT TONY WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH SOME OF THE OTHERS.
WE DID BUILD IN AN, AN OPTION TO GIVE, UH, BOTH P AND Z AND COUNCIL THE, THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LARGER IN THAT DENSITY RANGE, BUT ONLY IF THEY COME IN REALLY IF, IF THEY COME IN AND GIVE US SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SPECTACULAR.
IT'S, IT'S JUST ANOTHER, IT'S ANOTHER OUT ESSENTIALLY.
BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS P AND Z AND COUNCIL'S DECISION AS TO WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
SO THE MAIN THING THAT WAS TAKEN OUT WAS JUST THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UM, YES, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, LIVE WORK UNITS, BUT THAT WAS, UH, I GOT THE IMPRESSION FROM PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO KEEP THAT FLEXIBILITY IN THERE, UM, FOR SOME LIVE WORK UNITS, AGAIN, ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
SO IT WAS LIMITED JUST TO HARVARD BASICALLY.
ANY OTHER CHANGES FOR THAT? UH, NO, NOT THAT I'M, UM, NOT THAT I'M MISSING UNLESS I'M MISSING.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR, FOR THAT? DID WES DO A GOOD JOB? TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED AND WHATEVER.
MAKE SURE NOTHING'S MISSED THERE.
UM, SO NOW, NOW COMES THE FUN PART.
SO WE, WE DID THAT, UM, AND WE WENT THROUGH THE PLAN.
IS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DONNA, BRANDON, TELL ME WHAT A LIVE WORK UNIT IS.
IT, IT, AND, AND I MAY HAVE HERE BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT 'CAUSE I WAS FEELING STUPID.
NO, IT'S A, ESSENTIALLY IT IS WHERE SOMEBODY LIKE IT CAN BE A, A SPLIT.
LIKE YOU HAVE A RETAIL SPACE UP FRONT AND MAYBE SOMEONE LIVES IN THE BACK AND THEY, IT'S A, SOME PEOPLE ARE LIVING ABOVE THE COMPANY STORE.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL.
TONY, DO YOU HAVE A BETTER EXPLANATION? NO, I THINK, I THINK YOU HIT IT.
IT CAN BE, IT CAN EITHER BE FRONT BACK OR IT CAN BE TOP AND BOTTOM.
SO YOU CAN HAVE, SAY SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO AN ARTIST GALLERY AT THE BASE AND THEN THEY WANNA PUT, BUT THEY WANNA LIVE UP ABOVE IT OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE.
HONESTLY, IT BECAME A REAL BIG RETRE, UM, DURING PROBABLY THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS, I THINK THIS IS AGAIN WHERE THE MARKET HAD, HEY, FLAVOR OF THE MONTH, LET'S DO THIS THING.
UM, AND THEN IT CAME BACK TO PRACTICALITY.
AND SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT MOST PEOPLE THAT BUILD THESE, BUILD THEM IN A SMALL, YOU KNOW, BUILD.
YOU CAN'T DO TOO MANY OF THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THEN YOU JUST POLLUTE THE MARKET.
SO YOU MAY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE OF 'EM TOGETHER THAT COME UP AND YOU HAVE A WORKSPACE BELOW, AND THEN YOU HAVE A LIVE UNIT ABOVE.
IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE INSURANCE, IT CAN BE A CANDY STORE, AS WEST WAS SAYING, IT CAN BE WHATEVER IT WANTS TO BE, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S WHATEVER THE OWNER OF THAT BUSINESS IS AND THEY'RE LIVING ABOVE IT.
SO, BUT DO THEY HAVE A GARAGE? YEAH, THEY'LL HAVE A GARAGE.
THEY'LL HAVE A GARAGE IN THE BACK.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT QUITE FRANKLY IS, IS TOWNHOUSE STYLE DESIGN.
IT JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE A, A COMMERCIAL UNIT AT THE BASE.
SO, UM, I GUESS WITH, WITH THIS, UM, WE HAVE TO KIND OF DECIDE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ME, LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT'S, UM, THAT
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WAS BEING PROPOSED AND ALL THE HARD WORK YOU ALL PUT IN ON, ON A LOT OF THIS, UM, BY AND LARGE, FOR THE MOST PART I THINK I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST AS MYSELF AM IN AGREEMENT WITH A LOT THAT'S THERE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OF MEADOW PARK IN PARTICULAR.I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE HAMMERED OUT HERE.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, AS THE AUDIENCE, AND I KNOW I'M JUST GOING TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, UM,
AND, AND BY THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR STAYING AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE GETTING TO PUBLIC HEARING MOMENTARILY, BUT, UH, I'D WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE DOCUMENT IS.
BECAUSE, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY SELL THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST GONNA HAPPEN CURRENTLY.
IT'S ZONED R 15, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, ALRIGHT, SO R 15, WE HAVE THAT ZONED THAT'S, THAT'S THE LEAST DENSE IT COULD BE.
IS THAT PRACTICAL IN A SENSE? LIKE WHY CAN'T I JUST SAY IN HERE, WHY COULDN'T WE JUST PUT, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE WANT IT, YOU KNOW, VERY LARGE HOMES, WE WANT IT AS LESS DENSE AS POSSIBLE.
WHY COULDN'T I DO THAT? OR WHY SHOULDN'T I? THAT'S THE QUESTION I WOULD SAY AND IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, THROW SOMETHING AT ME.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, BASED ON PAST APPLICATIONS WE'VE RECEIVED, EVEN THE THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY, UM, LOOK AT THE PAST APPLICATIONS THAT YOU'VE CONSIDERED.
UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT HAVE GONE FROM R 15 TO R 75, UM, OR R 65, UH, WHICH IS 15 IS MINIMUM, 15,000 IS MINIMUM SQUARE FOOT LOT R 75, 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT.
I THINK IT'S JUST THE WAY THE MARKET'S GOING TODAY IS THAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT NOT PRACTICAL.
AND, AND I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER TWO WOULD SIGN OFF ON IT.
WELL, I MEAN THE ZONING IS WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
AND IF I CAN ADD TO THAT REAL QUICK, IT'S VERY, AND I, WE KIND OF WENT BACK AND DID A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING TO FIND OUT HOW LONG THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN R 15 MM-HMM.
UM, BECAUSE R 15 IS OUR MOST DENSE, OUR MOST RESTRICTIVE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, UM, OR AT LEAST DENSE, MOST RESTRICTIVE, UM, ZONING DISTRICT IF WE DON'T HAVE AN AG ZONING.
BUT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU BRING PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OR YOU REZONE PROPERTY, OR FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PROPERTY'S EVER ZONED, YOU ZONE IT TO THAT MOST RESTRICTIVE ZONING.
AND SO WHILE WE DON'T HAVE AG, R 15 IS OUR EQUIVALENT TO AG.
UM, AG MEANING AGRICULTURE, RIGHT? AGRICULTURE.
AND UM, AND SO BEST WE CAN TELL THAT PROPERTY'S ALWAYS BEEN ZONED R 15.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS BECAUSE THE IDEA IS THAT WHEN A DEVELOPER DOES COME IN AND DEVELOP IT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR THAT ZONING.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK THE PROPERTY WAS EVER INTENDED TO DEVELOP HIS R 15 YEAH.
UM, CONSIDERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT R 15.
JU JUDGING BY THAT, THAT REGARD.
AND SO THE PROCESS OF COURSE FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE, 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW, IS THAT WHENEVER THE DISTRICT DOES, IT'S GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA PUT OUT A BID.
AND THEN AFTER THE BID PROCESS, UM, WHOEVER OBVIOUSLY BIDS THE MOST FOR THAT PROPERTY, THE DEVELOPER, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL GO WITH THEM.
AND AT THAT POINT, UH, BEFORE ANY MONIES TRANSFERRED OR ANYTHING ELSE, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH US TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
AND IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? YES.
TYPICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, WHATEVER THE BID AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN THE PURCHASER AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE'LL BE A CONTINGENT PERIOD.
AND DURING THAT CONTINGENT PERIOD WHERE WE HAMMER OUT EVERYTHING WHEN THE DEVELOPER WILL APPROACH THE CITY OF OUT ZONING.
UM, AND, UH, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, WE ALREADY KNOW IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA COME IN AS OUR 15.
THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND AT THAT POINT, THAT IS WHEN P AND Z WILL HEAR THE CASE.
AND THEN, THEN AFTER THAT, UM, THEN COUNSEL RESPECTIVELY.
BUT AGAIN, THIS COULD BE, THIS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, YEARS AWAY RIGHT.
WHENEVER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECIDES THAT WHAT THEY WANNA DO WITH THAT PROPERTY.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, UM, WITH THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, WITH LIFE, WELL, I'M SORRY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE THAT WE'RE CALLING IT, UM, THE DENSITY WE HAVE IS FOUR TO 10.
UM, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IS THREE TO EIGHT.
UM, I KNOW, TO ME, I, I DUNNO THAT DENSITY OF FOUR TO 10 WAS A LITTLE BIT MUCH IN MY, FROM MY APPETITE, UM, IN MY, NOW I MAY BE THE ONLY ONE UP HERE.
UM, BUT TO ME I FEEL LIKE
SO, UM, TO ME I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DROP THAT DOWN A A BIT, A BIT MORE, UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MUCH MATTER OF FACT.
THE, UH, THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, UM, WHAT WAS THE DEN? DO WE KNOW WHAT THE DENSITY ON THAT WAS? THE DENSITY NOT KNOWING EXACTLY.
'CAUSE YES, THERE WAS SOME TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENTS IN THERE THAT YES.
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KNOW THAT PART, BUT I DID A REAL QUICK CALCULATION.THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PART AND THE TOWN HOMES ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS WERE AT, UM, 2.3 ROUGHLY SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE LET'S RATHER TO ABOUT THREE, THREE UNITS PER ACRE.
AND THAT'S, AND QUITE HONESTLY, THAT'S LIKE THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ABOUT THREE.
SO, SO FOR ME THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT YES.
CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN EMORY, SO TO GO BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY IN THE 11 TIMES THAT PLANNING AND ZONING HAS LOOKED AT THIS, ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S FOUR TO 10 IS THAT WES MENTIONED THAT WE DID LOOK TO HAVE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN ZONES THAT HAD SIMILAR TYPE OF HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.
THE OTHER THING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE LOOKED AT, THINK ABOUT CAMPUS WEST, THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S ON 1 57, THIS PROPERTY BORDERS HARWOOD, WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE BORDER AGAINST HARWOOD, IF YOU REDUCE THE DENSITY BELOW 10 MM-HMM.
UH, SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD FIT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
THAT IF THIS WAS AN INBOUND LANDLOCKED PIECE OF LAND, THEN A LESSER DENSITY WOULD MAKE SENSE.
BUT BEING ON THAT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, REDUCING THE DENSITY TO THAT SIZE LIMITS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE A VERY PRACTICAL, USEFUL ENTRYWAY INTO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
MUCH LIKE THE, THE WAY THE PLAT IS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF CAMPUS WEST.
SO WE REALLY ALL COLLECTIVELY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME CONSISTENCY AND TO FURTHER RESTRICT THIS, YOU KNOW, GOES AWAY FROM THE DENSITY THAT WE DEVELOPED FOR THE CANCEL CAMPUS WEST.
SO IN THAT REGARD, THAT'S HOW I WOULD ADDRESS THAT.
IT WOULD, THAT DENSITY WOULDN'T OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GO ALL THROUGH THE PROPERTY OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IF YOU MAKE IT TOO RESTRICTIVE, TOO RESTRICTIVE, THEN YOU CAN'T GET THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT YOU WANT ON THE FRONT SIDE.
UM, SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THOUGH, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S FOUR TO 10, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DROP IT TO, TO THREE OR THREE TO 10 OR WHATEVER.
UM, THAT WAY, THAT WAY IT GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY IN A LOW AND THE LOWER END OF THE DENSITY SPECTRUM ON AN INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S, I'M SAYING BUT NOT IN THE, NOT IN THE MASTER PLAN.
I WOULDN'T DROP IT IN THE MASTER PLAN.
'CAUSE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPTION TO GO UP WITHOUT A LOT OF ADDITIONAL EFFORT.
SO EVEN, EVEN REDUCING, SO MY QUESTION IS FOR THE, THE RANGE, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S THREE TO 10 DROPPING THAT, THAT BOTTOM RANGE FROM THREE TO, I'M SORRY, FROM FOUR TO 10 DROPPING IT TO THREE.
I THINK IF I CAN UNDER MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY.
WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS TO NOT CHANGE THE 10 BUT TO LOWER.
NOT 10 TO 10, BUT THE LOWER TO LOWER THE LOWER AMOUNT.
SO THE RANGE WOULD BE THREE TO 10 THE RANGE.
INSTEAD OF IT BEING FOUR, THAT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY.
SO WHEN, IF AND WHEN AN APPLICATION DOES COME IN, WE CAN HOLD 'EM TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE IMPORTANT PART AND I, I, ANDREA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY, THIS, WE'RE JUST SETTING THE BASE.
SO NO MATTER WHAT COMES IN, IF IT'S NOT SPECIAL.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT IN THIS AREA OR THE DESIGN WE WANT, YOU STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY NO.
UM, BUT YOU, MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT WE CREATE SOMETHING, UH, WE TALK ABOUT LIVING, YOU KNOW, LIVE WORK UNITS AND, AND BEFORE IT WAS ACCESSORY DWELLING WOUND, SO I'M GLAD WE TOOK THAT OUT.
BUT THEN AN APPLICATION DOES COME IN, IT MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME THINGS ON THERE, THERE WHERE WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I, I DON'T REALLY LIKE THIS.
I DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT UP.
WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND DENY IT AT THAT POINT.
YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN STILL DENY THAT.
YEAH, BECAUSE WHAT THE LAST THING I WANT IS, IS THE DEVELOP POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS SAY, HEY, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
YOU SAID YOU WANTED THIS, WE GAVE YOU THIS, AND NOW YOU'RE DENYING IT.
AND THEN WE END UP IN A LAWSUIT.
BE BECAUSE IT, IT REQUIRES A FULL REZONING.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF THERE ARE LEGITIMATE REASONS AS TO WHY WE HAVE CONCERNS WITH A PLAN, EVEN THOUGH IT GENERALLY MEETS THIS DEFINITION, WE ALL, WE HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TOO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT.
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER COMPONENTS TO THAT.
YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE FULL AUTHORITY.
THE THE ZONING IS DISCRETIONARY.
THEY'VE GOTTA PROVE THEIR CASE UP TO YOU.
SO, YEAH, AND JUST WHILE I HAVE THE MIC, PLEASE, PLEASE, I'VE, I'VE GOTTA JUMP IN.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ON THIS PROPERTY THAT I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THE DISTRICT AND TO THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY ULTIMATELY CHOOSE, IS THERE ARE A LOT OF TREES ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THIS, THE WHOLE REASON WE'VE CHANGED OUR TREE PRESERVATION PLAN IS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE.
SO THERE ARE GROUPINGS OF TREES OUT
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THERE THAT, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEBODY COME IN AND PRESERVE A COUPLE AREAS OF THAT, WHICH WOULD THEN REQUIRE THEM TO KIND OF INCREASE DENSITY IN ANOTHER PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.BUT IF THAT'S WHAT CREATES KIND OF YOUR COOL AND NEAT, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, FULL OF CHARACTER NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO IF WE CAN PRESERVE SOMETHING OVER HERE AND LET THEM INCREASE IN DENSITY IN ANOTHER PART, WE'RE KEEPING THOSE THINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE AND PROVIDE SOME CHARACTER ON THAT PROPERTY INSTEAD OF A CLEAR CUT, YOU KNOW, STRAIGHT OUT DEVELOPMENT.
SO YEAH, COOKIE CUTTER, GRIDED, YEAH.
SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF MY 2 CENTS ON, ON MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN SOME FLEXIBILITY SO THAT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE IF THEY'RE GONNA PRESERVE SOMETHING OVER HERE, I DON'T THINK MANY OF US WOULD HAVE ISSUES IF THEY CAN INCREASE DENSITY.
ANOTHER PIECE, CREATE OPEN SPACE AND CREATE GREEN SPACE, SOME PUBLIC GREEN SPACE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO, UM, YEAH, THE MAIN ISSUE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE AND, AND MEAN, LOOK, LOOKING AT THIS, IS MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY, UM, IN THIS.
SO THAT, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE ALL, TO BE HONEST, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE OF HOW WE WANNA SEE THIS DEVELOP.
I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS, UM, PUBLIC GREEN SPACE.
WE WANNA PRESERVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE RESIDENTIAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS LOW AS WE CAN MAKE IT FOR DENSITY WISE, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPTION OF PUTTING IT THERE IN HARDWOOD, BUT THAT, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S GONNA BE THE CASE, NOR DOES IT MEAN THAT A DEVELOPER WILL EVEN WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE WHY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING IT THIS WAY SO THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, FLEXIBLE FOR ANY KIND OF DEVELOPER THAT DOES COME IN.
UM, I DO THINK THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO, TO WIDEN THAT RANGE WITH DENSITY FROM FOUR TO, UM, MAYBE DROP THAT DOWN TO THREE TO MATCH THE, THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD ROUNDED, WHICH I THINK IS THREE, JUST TO WIDEN THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO THERE'S A WATERWAY THROUGH THERE TOO, AND WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY ANALYSIS OF THAT, SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH OF, IT'D BE KIND OF LIKE THE PROPERTY IN THE COMMONS WHERE IT'S PRETTY CREAKY CREAKY.
AND SO THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT.
SO IT WILL PROBABLY BE A GOOD EXAMPLE THERE ALSO.
AND WHEN ANY ZONING CHANGE COMES IN, THEY'LL, THEY'LL PROVIDE THEIR LAYOUT TO US.
UM, AND, AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, THEY'LL DO A PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE AND, UH, UTILITY PLAN FOR US AND THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS.
WE WILL, WE'LL DIVE INTO THE, THE WEEDS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
ANY DISCUSSION ON LIVE WORK UNITS? COUNCILMAN SAYING, BUT YOU SAID NO, I DON'T GET THAT.
QUITE FRANKLY, I, I DON'T LIKE IT.
I DON'T, IT KIND OF REMINDS ME, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M GONNA SAY WHAT, IT REMINDS ME
SO YEAH, TO ME I FEEL LIKE THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY TAKE THAT OUT.
THAT'S JUST MY, THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION.
LET'S TAKE OUT THE LIVE WORK UNITS.
THAT'S MY, I I DON'T GET IT NECESSARILY.
UM, COMMISSIONER STEIN, WE GOT A MIC.
UM, I GUESS I WOULD SAY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE LIVE WORK, JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE CHARACTERS AND, AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THIS TYPE OF STUFF ALREADY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST BRING UP THE EXAMPLE OF UPTOWN JUST 'CAUSE IT'S UP THERE, BUT YOU HAVE A BUSINESS WHERE IT'S YOU, YOUR PSYCHIATRIST, IT STILL LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE HAVING A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC AND STUFF GOING BACK AND FORTH.
AND SO IT STILL GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE, UM, AND CREATE CHARACTER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING THROUGH AND STILL BECOMING A DESTINATION, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE OFFICE BUSINESS.
SO IN THE CASE OF TRYING TO ATTRACT UNIQUE BUSINESSES OR CREATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THAT GIVES PEOPLE THAT PLATFORM TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET TO THAT LEVEL WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A WHOLE OTHER SIDE BUSINESS IN A DIFFERENT OFFICE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY CONSENSUS ON LIVE WORK UNIT, SO I THINK WE'RE, I THINK THAT CONVERSATION MAY BE DEAD SINCE NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, SO I GUESS THERE'S NO, NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO DISCUSS IT, SO WE'LL KEEP THAT.
UH, UM, BUT YEAH, UH, LIKE TO SEE COUNCIL'S PULSE ON DROPPING IT DOWN TO THE FROM FOUR, UH, FROM FOUR TO 10.
ARE WE ALL GOOD WITH THREE TO 10 ON THAT? THREE TO 10? THREE TO 10? FINE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT ON THAT ONE.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR US? SO DO YOU I, WHO WANTS TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? IT DOESN'T MATTER OR, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SAY THE SAME THING.
UM, SO I THINK, UH, SO THE AGENDA, THE WAY IT'S WORDED TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, UM, AFTER THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
IF, IF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS READY TO, TO MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THEY WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES TO Y'ALL FROM THEM.
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THAT TONIGHT, COUNSEL, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO ADOPT THIS BY ORDINANCE.YOU COULD NOT ADOPT THE PLAN TONIGHT.
SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS P AND Z COULD MAKE AN ACTION, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN, UM, AT A NEXT, A FUTURE MEETING FOR COUNCIL, YOU COULD APPROVE THE ORDINANCE IF YOU SEE SO FIT.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO, UH, NOT EVERYBODY RUSHED TO THE MICROPHONE ALL AT ONCE WAY.
UM, BUT, UH, UM, SO, UH, MICHAEL, YOU NEED EVERYONE TO SAY NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
SO WHEN YOU COME TO MIKE, IF YOU MIND DOING NAME AND ADDRESS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MELODY FARAR CHANG.
I RESIDE AT 1628 BEDFORD OAKS DRIVE.
I'M IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ADJACENT TO MEADOW PARK.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I I'D LIKE TO ASK BEFORE I PROCEED, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT? YES.
UM, I HAVE HEARD, AND I WANNA BE CORRECTED IF I'M WRONG, AS PART OF THE SCHOOL BOND ISSUE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SELL THAT LAND.
I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, THEY'RE NOT SELL IT, BUT I THINK, I THINK THERE WAS ASSUMPTIONS MADE THAT BECAUSE OF THE QUANTITY AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING A BILLION DOLLARS, THAT OKAY.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY 'CAUSE THAT'S A RUMOR YEAH.
AND I, I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT LAND USE TRANSLATES TO CODE AND, UM, I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL TRANSLATES TO, BUT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME TO NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE AND WE'VE CHANGED THE DENSITY
NO, I WANNA THANK, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK P AND Z FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE IN, IN BACKING OUT A LOT OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE THAT WAS QUITE FRANKLY KIND OF SCARY, UH, BEFOREHAND.
UM, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION WITH THE MIXED USE STILL.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE, WE'RE REDUCING THE DENSITY AND WE HAVE SOME, SOME MIXED USE WAS ALLOWING FOR SOME HIGHER DENSITY IN SOME AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO TURN INTO ALLOW OUR CITY MANAGERS, THIS IS HER EXPERTISE HERE.
SO IT, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES FORWARD, JUST GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROJECT, THAT IT WILL LIKELY BE A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I THINK WE ALL KNOW ULTIMATELY BECOMES, UM, TYPICALLY A BASE ZONING AND THEN SOME CUSTOMIZED ZONING THAT GOES WITH THAT.
SO AGAIN, STILL A FULL REZONING FROM R 15, SO ANYTHING THAT COMES FORWARD PERIOD IS GONNA REQUIRE REZONING.
BUT THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY, IF IT IS ULTIMATELY A-P-U-D-A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD BE A REZONING FROM R 15 TO THAT.
AND ESSENTIALLY THEIR PLAN AS APPROVED AND REVIEWED BY, BY US IN A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BECOME THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME.
AND THERE'S NO CHANCE THAT THE ZONING COULD OCCUR PRIOR TO A DEVELOPER COMING BEFORE YOU? NO.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.
UM, SO MY STATEMENT BASICALLY TONIGHT, I MEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE CLARIFIED AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT I'M FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
UM,
ON AUGUST THE 21ST, WE HELD A MEETING AND WE HAD IN EXCESS OF 35, UH, NEIGHBORS SHOW UP AT THE MEETING.
AND WE, UM, GAVE THEM THESE LITTLE GRID SHEETS TO, UH, TELL US WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN A MEADOW PARK DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THESE DRAWINGS AND THE, AND, AND, UM, SOME OF THIS COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND STUFF, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONCEPTUALIZE AND, AND BRING IT FORWARD IN FUTURE TO, TO SHOW WHAT THE, UM, WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING.
I DO HAVE, UM, COPIES FOR YOU ALL INFORMATION THAT WAS GLEANED FROM MEETING AND, UM, PURPOSE THE MEETING WAS TO COMMUNICATE AND CLARIFY THE CURRENT STATUS OF METAL PARK.
YOU PROBABLY SHOULD SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE OR I'M SORRY.
AND MICHAEL WILL PASS THOSE OUT TO US.
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SO FROM FROM THE SHEETS I TOOK THE CHARACTERISTICS AND COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE WROTE ON THEM AND CREATED, UH, THE, THE GRAPH YOU SEE THERE.AND IT JUST SHOWS WHAT TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO SEE IN DEVELOPING MEADOW PARK.
ADDITIONALLY, NOT EVERYBODY COULD ATTEND THAT MEETING, SO I PUT A SURVEYMONKEY UP ON OUR, UM, WEBSITE AND NOW SURVEYMONKEY, IF YOU USE THE FREE SURVEY MONKEY, THEY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSES YOU CAN GET.
SO WE ONLY GOT 36 RESPONSES BEFORE THEY WERE CUT OFF.
BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER, I CAN GIVE THESE, THIS SHOWS, UM, SHOWS WHO ANSWERED THE SURVEY, WHETHER THEY WERE HOMEOWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY OR IN EXCESS IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE JUST A BEDFORD RESIDENCE THAT WAS NOT A HOMEOWNER.
THERE, THERE WAS, UH, A FEW OF THOSE THAT ANSWERED.
UM, IT SHOWS WHAT TYPE OF, UH, CLASSIFICATION OF LAND USE THAT, THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT OR THAT THEY WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH ALSO, UM, IS JUST A FOUR QUESTION SURVEY.
AND, UM, I ALSO ASKED THEM TO RANK WHAT WERE THE MOST, WHAT WERE THEIR PRIORITIES TO PICK THE TOP FIVE.
AND THAT WAS BASED ON THAT FIRST MEETING ON AUGUST THE 21ST.
I LISTED, UH, A BUNCH OF THOSE PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT AT THAT MEETING.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THINKING AND, UH, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE OTHER, THE RESIDENTS HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK 'CAUSE THERE'S ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL CONCERNS, UH, THAT, THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I JUST WANT IT NOTED THAT I, I AM IN FAVOR OF SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE IS SOUNDING BETTER
AND SO YOU WOULD JUST HAVE A, A GRIDDED NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO, UM, IN LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, THEY, THEY WANT GREEN SPACE AS, AS DO I, AND I THINK AS IS EVERYONE UP HERE ON COUNCIL.
SO, SO IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, I THINK IT LIMITS US.
AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON ANY OF THAT, I'M SEEING HEAD SHAKING THAT, THAT IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, IF WE WERE TO ZONE IT JUST THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD LIMIT US AND NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC GREEN SPACE SO OTHER ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES COULD USE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S MY HESITATION THERE.
I, NOT THAT I, NOT THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU IN PRINCIPLE, UH, AS TO LOWER DENSITY MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT SHOULD BE A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT, AND AND THAT'S WHAT LIKE TONIGHT'S THE FIRST NIGHT I'VE HEARD NEIGHBORHOOD YEAH.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT SOUNDS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE
AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR, UH, FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
I LIVE AT 30 32 OKA VALLEY DRIVE.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND ONE OF THE LARGE SELLING POINTS FOR THE PROPERTY IS THAT I BACK UP TO MEADOW PARK.
UM, I HAD NO IDEA AT THAT TIME THAT THIS WAS EVEN AN OPPOSITION THAT IT COULD BE SOLD.
UM, I LIKE TO THINK WE'RE THE YOUNG PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE BROUGHT 15 PEOPLE TO THE FIREWORKS ON 4TH OF JULY FROM OUT OF TOWN.
UM, WE, WE LOVE WHERE WE WILL BE AT BEATS AND NEEDS THIS WEEKEND.
ONE OF THE BIG SELLING POINTS FOR US WAS THAT THERE WAS STUFF TO DO REALLY CLOSE, BUT WE STILL HAD THAT SMALL TOWN, PHIL.
AND I THINK THAT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS QUITE FRANKLY, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU'RE GONNA AFFECT MY PROPERTY VALUE.
UM, BUT HOW DO WE KEEP THAT SMALL TOWN FILL? AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING, OH, WELL THREE TO 10 NOW, UM, BUT YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER.
AND, UM, WHEN, WHEN THEY PEOPLE MAKE THE DECISIONS AND THEY START SEEING THE DOLLAR SIGNS FOR, OH, WHAT IF WE PUT 10 UNITS PER ACRE EVERYWHERE, UM, WE MOVED HERE FROM NORTH DALLAS, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD.
MAY, MAY I ASK YOU, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YEAR YOU MOVED HERE? LAST YEAR.
UM, SO, SO WHAT I WILL SAY THIS IS
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THAT THIS CITY HAS A HISTORY, UH, WITH DENSITY, UH, AND FIGHTING DENSITY FOR THAT, FOR THAT REGARD.UM, AND SO YEARS AGO WE, UH, THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS A GROUP THAT WAS FORMED FIGHTING DENSITY, HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT APARTMENTS.
UH, WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE LIMITING THAT DENSITY WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, YOU GO ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, YOUR CONCERNS ARE VALID.
AND SO I I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WHETHER I'M UP HERE OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S GONNA BE SITTING IN THIS CHAIR IN THE FUTURE, OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS.
I MEAN, WE ARE THE MOST DENSE CITY.
I THINK WE'RE SECOND DENSE WITHIN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, AND SO BECAUSE OF OUR APARTMENTS, BECAUSE OF ALL THE HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S TOO MUCH AND WE NEED TO LIMIT IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THAT'S ON THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYONE'S MIND.
AND I, AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT GOING FORWARD, WHETHER I'M HERE, ANYBODY ELSE IS HERE, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE FOREFRONT THEIR MINDS AS WELL TOO.
MY NAME'S KATHY W****R AND I LIVE AT 1732 SAXON DRIVE.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE CONCERNS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, SAXON BECOMING A THROUGH STREET.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A DEAD END STREET.
MY MOTHER BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 1984.
SO 40 YEARS AGO SHE BOUGHT THE HOUSE WHEN, UH, SHE INQUIRED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE GOING IN NEXT DOOR.
SHE WAS ASSURED THAT IT WOULD BE EITHER A SCHOOL OR IT IS ALSO ZONED FOR HOUSING, BUT THE HOUSES WOULD BE ON A PAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEY WOULD BE EVEN NICER.
SO THAT WAS, SHE FELT COMFORTABLE IN PURCHASING HER HOME THAT WAY.
I NOW LIVE IN THE HOUSE 'CAUSE MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY, BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING A THROUGH STREET BECAUSE WE'VE HAD, IT'S BEEN QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET FOR ALL THIS TIME.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PLANS THERE ARE FOR THAT.
AND, UM, ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS, UM, HOW CLOSE IS THAT DEVELOPMENT GOING TO BE TO MY HOME? MM-HMM.
THE, AND, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS, UM, THIS IS COMING, THIS IS WAY BEFORE ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HASN'T EVEN SOLD THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND, AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT IT COULD BE.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A LARGE AREA.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU COULD PIECE THAT PIE TOGETHER AND, AND HOW DOES IT'S A PUZZLE PIECE, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAYS WILL, WILL IT FIT TOGETHER? UM, AND SO, SO THE REASON YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IS BECAUSE YOU, YOU WE'RE WAY BEFORE THAT, BEFORE GOING THAT DIRECTION.
UM, THOUGH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THESE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS BECAUSE THAT WAY ONCE IT GOES TO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY CAN PUT THAT IN THE BACK OF, THEY CAN FILE IT BACK IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND.
SO, HEY, YOU KNOW, TH THIRD STREETS ON SAXON, WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS THERE? AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR BUFFER ZONES FOR MM-HMM.
SO IT, IT GIVES US SOMETHING TO GO OFF.
SO I'M GLAD YOU YOU'RE BRINGING THAT, BUT AGAIN, WE COULD BE TALKING THIS, THIS COULD COME BEFORE P AND Z IN NINE MONTHS.
WELL, UM, YES, THE THING IS, IS MY PROPERTY IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIELD RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
AND, UH, I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TREES BECAUSE WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SAY THOSE OLD GROWTH TREES AND NOT JUST THAT PEOPLE WOULD BUILD SOMETHING AROUND IT.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD KILL THE ROOTS, THAT WOULD KILL THE TREES.
IT HAS TO BE ENOUGH SPACE TO WHERE IT, IT CAN GROW AND IT CAN LIVE.
AND, UM, THERE WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I DIDN'T TAKE NOTES.
SO ANYWAYS, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL YOUR TIME.
UM, THIS IS ALL UP IN THE AIR STILL WITH THE DISTRICT, BUT THE DISTRICT APPROACHED US A WHILE AGO AND SAID, COULD WE COME UP WITH SOME STANDARDS FOR HOMES THAT CAME INTO THERE? COULD WE, COULD WE FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO GET A DEVELOPER TO DO ALL BRICK HOMES? NO, UH, ALL BRICK, UH, FIREPLACES.
SO IT'S A, A HIGH VALUE HOME THAT COULD COME IN THERE.
COULD WE DO SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT IT OUT THERE TO SELL? SO IT WAS A VERY NICE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY DIDN'T WANT COOKIE CUTTER HOMES.
THEY DIDN'T WANT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T GONNA LOOK GOOD 10 YEARS LATER.
THEY WANTED TO DO A NICE DEVELOPMENT.
WE SAID, YES, YOU, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
IT'S BEEN DONE IN OTHER CITIES.
NOTHING HAS BEEN SET IN STONE.
THEY STILL HAVE, WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
I I, WE HAVE A TRAIL THROUGH THERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD HA CHANGE BECAUSE THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S ALONG THE UTILITY LINE, BUT THESE ARE ALL JUST THEORY RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS VERY INTERESTED IN
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QUALITY HOMES IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.IF THEY SELL IT, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR APARTMENTS, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY, THEY, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME ZERO LOT IF WE HAVE TO DO THINGS TO KEEP TREES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL RIGHT NOW.
IT'S COULD WE DO IT? THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT.
AND WE'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS WITH THAT.
NOTHING IS SET IN STONE TO DO IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY LIKE, THEY WANT THE MOST BANG FOR THEIR BUCK.
IT'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS BOUGHT FOR A THIRD HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR A THIRD HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, WITH THE BOND ELECTION, THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA DEVELOP IT.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING THIS AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT, BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY THEIR DECISION TO DO SO.
WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY DECISIONS YET.
I KNOW, LIKE THE MAYOR SAYS, AND IT'S ALL ALL IN THEORY, BUT THEY WERE KIND OF THINKING SOMETHING LIKE HOMETOWN TYPE TYPE RESIDENTIAL WHERE WITHOUT APARTMENTS, NO, THEY DON'T WANT APARTMENTS.
THEY WANT THE MOST BANG FOR THEIR BUCK SO THEY CAN GET THEIR TAX REVENUE OFF OF IT AND THEY CAN HELP DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THINGS HAVE GONE.
NOTHING IS DONE YET, BUT WE DON'T OWN THE PARK.
WE DON'T OWN THE DOG PARK, WE DON'T OWN THE BALL FIELDS.
I KNOW PEOPLE WANT THOSE TO STAY.
IT'S ALL THE UP TO WHAT THEY DECIDE AND PUT IT OUT THERE AND WHAT THE DEVELOPER DOES.
AND I WILL JUST ADD THAT, UM, WHEN TALKING TO DR. HARRINGTON, HE WENT, HE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT HE WANTS THOSE HOME VALUES, UH, TO BE AN UPWARDS OF $800,000, $2 MILLION HOMES.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS HIS DIRECT QUOTE TO ME.
UM, TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
BUT I WANNA ADD THAT, THAT STATEMENT TO IT.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE AT 1728 SAXON DRIVE.
UM, WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN DECEMBER OF 2021 AND HAVE LIVED THERE VERY HAPPILY AT THE END OF THE DEAD END STREET NEXT TO KATHY.
UM, AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED FOR A FEW REASONS THAT WE PURCHASED THIS HOME.
IT WAS ON A DEAD END STREET AND I COULD PICTURE, UM, WE NOW HAVE A DAUGHTER, UM, RIDING HER BIKE UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND THAT BE PROTECTED AREA.
I USED TO TELL MY HUSBAND THE ONLY THING BETTER, OR THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN A DEAD END STREET IS A CUL-DE-SAC.
AND I'M VERY CONTENT WITH THE DEAD END STREET.
UM, WE WERE ALSO VERY PLEASED WITH THE LARGE, UM, FIELD NEXT DOOR.
UM, AND FUNNY ENOUGH, SOME NEIGHBORS HAD TOLD US THAT THE SCHOOL OWNED THE LAND.
AND SO IT WOULD NEVER BE ANYTHING BUT A LAND, BUT A FIELD.
I'M A YOUNG ADULT AND APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH AND THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY.
UM, BUT I JUST HAVE A FEW, UM, COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IF THAT'S OKAY.
I WAS TOLD TO COME ON RECORD AND SAY WHAT I THOUGHT.
UM, SO, UH, THERE'S A FEW REASONS THAT I AM, I'M NERVOUS AGAINST HIGHER DENSITY.
I DON'T WANNA SAY HIGH DENSITY.
'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BIG CONVERSATION GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CITY OF BEDFORD ABOUT WHAT DOES DENSITY MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS IT FOUR TO 10? IS IT THREE TO 10? UM, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT DENSITY IF WE SAY THREE TO 10 OR FOUR TO 10, AND IT STILL ENDS UP AT 10.
UM, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH HAVING THESE VAGUE DEFINITIONS AND SPECIFIC LAND USE THAT'S STILL PRETTY BROAD, MEANS THAT WE, DEVELOPERS CAN COME IN AND SAY, I WILL PAY THIS AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND IT, WE WOULD DEVELOP IT ACCORDING TO WHATEVER WOULD PAY THE MOST.
SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS ABOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
UM, HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS TYPICALLY BRING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND THEY LEAD TO POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND CAN AFFECT COMMUTE TIMES NOISE POPULATION AND AIR POPULATION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE RECEIVED THESE, UM, ORANGE ALERTS RECENTLY FOR ALL THE AIR POP AIR POLLUTION THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITIES.
AND I'M NERVOUS TO, UM, CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
UH, THERE'S A STRAIN ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS CAN PUT A SIGNIFICANT STRAIN ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS ROADS, WATER SUPPLY, SEWAGE SYSTEMS, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION POTENTIALLY REQUIRING COSTLY UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, AND I WANT, I WANNA KNOW IF BEDFORD HAS EVALUATED THE POTENTIAL STRAIN ON OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
IS IT, UM, IS IT SUITABLE TO SUPPORT A HIGHER DENSITY, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA? UM, OR WOULD IT COST MORE TO DEVELOP SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND MAKE CHANGES TO OUR, UM, OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE? UH, THE LOSS OF GREEN SPRAY, GREEN SPACE, UM, AN EMPTY FIELD OFTEN SERVES AS A VALUABLE GREEN SPACE PROVIDING ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS LIKE AIR PURIFICATION, TEMPERATURE REGULATION AND HABITATS FOR WILDLIFE DEVELOPING.
IT COULD MEAN THE LOSS OF THESE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, UM, AND CAN, UM, IMPEDE THE, UM, WILDLIFE THAT LIVE IN THE FIELD.
THERE IS AN IMPACT ON THE LOCAL ECO ECOSYSTEM.
FIELDS MAY HOST LOCAL WILDLIFE PLANTS AND OTHER ECOSYSTEMS THAT COULD BE DISRUPTED OR DESTROYED BY DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO A LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND POSSIBLE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, JUST AN ANECDOTE, UH, MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK OUR LITTLE DAUGHTER OUT INTO THE FIELD AND IT WAS FILLED WITH WILD FLOWERS THIS LAST SPRING, AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL POSITIVE MEMORY.
AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE LAND NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT IT'S
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IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN SOME SORT OF GREEN SPACE, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A POCKET OF GREEN SPACE.I THINK SOMETIMES WE, WE SAY IF WE PUT A FEW NEW TREES IN AND A FEW BUSHES AND SAY, OKAY, WELL NOW WE'VE GOT SOME, UM, WILDLIFE THAT'S GONNA BE OKAY, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THOSE MATURE TREES.
UM, WE MOVE FROM DALLAS AND THOSE, THE, THE MATURE TREES ARE JUST ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT OUR AREA.
UM, A DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES.
I KNOW THIS WAS DISCUSSED ALREADY, UM, BUT NEARBY HOMEOWNERS, UH, CAN WORRY THAT HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD COULD LEAD TO A DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES, ESPECIALLY IF THE DEVELOPMENT CHANGES THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA OR LEADS TO ISSUES LIKE OVERCROWDING AND NOISE.
UM, I, I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THEY WANT TO PUT IN HIGH QUALITY HOMES IN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT DENSITY IS CONTRIBUTES TO, UM, MORE NOISE AND OVERCROWDING.
UM, HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS CAN SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THE CHARACTER OF A NEIGHBORHOOD POTENTIALLY CLASHING WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE CULTURE AND COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE OF THE EXISTING AREA.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S BEEN R 15 FOR AS LONG AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE CAN PUT ON HOME, IF WE CAN BUILD HOMES THAT AGREE WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF R 15, THEN I WOULD WANT TO PURSUE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND STUDY IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IF, SEE IF IT WAS AN OPTION AND THEN UNTIL WE CAN ULTIMATELY FOR SURE, RULE IT OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME TO BEFORD AGAIN.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE SO MANY NEW, NEW RESIDENTS COMING IN AND GETTING INVOLVED.
THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD THING.
AND I, I DO WANNA ACTUALLY SAY TOO, MY SISTER, I HAVE A TWIN SISTER AND HER AND HER HUSBAND ALSO MOVED ONTO OUR STREET ON SAXON DRIVE UP AT THE VERY TOP OF THE STREET.
UM, WE JUST RAVED ABOUT BEDFORD AND HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS AND HOW GREAT SAXON DRIVE WAS SPECIFICALLY.
AND, AND SO THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF OUR STREET.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A PLACE THAT OTHER YOUNG FAMILIES CAN KEEP MOVING IN.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS FOR THE, UH, THE R 15.
UM, ALSO I, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, WITH THE ZONING, IF YOU, UH, IF YOU LIMIT IT TO, TO THOSE DIFFERENT ONES WITH R 15 OR UM, SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT YOU TAKE AWAY IS, IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT GREEN SPACE.
SO HAVING, I THINK THE, THE NAME OF THE GAME FOR THIS IS MAKING IT AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN CREATE MORE GREEN SPACE, PRESERVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, UM, SEEING, YOU KNOW, THE R 15 BEING AS LEAST DENSE AS IT IS, UM, SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.
MAYOR, CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK? PLEASE? GO AHEAD PLEASE.
I JUST, I I DON'T WANNA GET TOO FAR AWAY FROM I KNOW THE SPEAKER AND KIND OF FORGET, UM, YEAH, PLEASE TO KIND OF JUMP IN ON SOME OF THIS.
AND I THINK, AGAIN, IF ONE PERSON HAS THAT QUESTION, I'M GUESSING OTHERS OTHERS DO TOO.
UM, I JUST WANNA TOUCH ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, STATEMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AGAIN, THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY BE ADDRESSED WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES IN.
THEY WILL HAVE TO DO THE STUDIES AND SEE IF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS CAPABLE, UM, OF HANDLING WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND AGAIN, THAT ITSELF MAY END UP LIMITING WHAT CAN HAPPEN ON THERE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A FULL STUDY ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY UPGRADE, WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE JUST SO FAR IN FRONT OF THAT RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
AND THEN ALSO ABOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
GIVEN THE, UM, GIVEN THE SIZE AND MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROJECT, UM, WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WHERE THEY WOULD REALLY HAVE TO DIVE IN AND SEE HOW THIS IS IMPACTING THINGS.
AND AT THAT POINT THEN WE WOULD, UM, LOOK AT ACCESS IN AND OUT AND HOW IT, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTS OR COMPLIMENTS, UM, THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SO AGAIN, THAT STUDY WILL ABSOLUTELY BE DONE AT THE TIME THAT THAT ZONING IS DONE AND A DEVELOPER COMES IN.
SO, I'M SORRY, I JUST DIDN'T WANNA GET TOO FAR AWAY FROM THOSE.
AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR THOSE DIFFERENT POINTS.
MY NAME IS SUE ELLEN LOVE, AND I LIVE AT 26 0 5 SHADY TURF COURT IN BEDFORD.
UM, I'M SO HAPPY THERE'S BEEN SOME, UH, PEOPLES TALKING ABOUT PRESERVING THIS EVENING.
AND I WAS HERE 90 DAYS AGO AND I SPOKE ABOUT THE FIRE STATION AT 1816 BEDFORD ROAD THAT WILL BE, UH, BEING REPLACED WITH A NEW FACILITY ELSEWHERE.
AND I MADE THE WONDERFUL SUGGESTION THAT IT BECOME A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND, UH, IT'S GOT PLENTY OF, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE, 12,600 TO, FOR A, A MODIFIED SIZE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND SEVERAL OF YOU GAVE ME SOME NODS AND I WAS QUESTIONING YOU AND I, I SAW THAT THERE WAS SOME INTEREST AND EVEN THE MAYOR, UH, INDICATED SOME INTEREST.
SO YOU'VE HAD 90, I THINK I EVEN, I THINK WE HAD MENTIONED THAT IN A CAMPAIGN, DURING A CAMPAIGN,
SO IT'S BEEN 90 DAYS, SO YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I SUGGESTED
I, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT ARE THOUGHTS? UM, I THINK HERE'S THE THING THAT, UM, WITH THIS IS THAT, UM,
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IT'S, IT'S STILL THE, IT'S STILL, THE THOUGHTS ARE THE SAME.UM, THE, THE THING IS THAT WE HAD A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH, UM, MIDWAY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THEY'RE IN THEIR, THEIR PERIOD RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY, AND WE'VE MENTIONED TO THEM, HEY, WE HAVE OUR FIRE STATION.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW ONE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, TAKE OUR, UM, FIRE STATION OFF THAT BLUEPRINT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT BUILDING NOW.
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH IT? UM, SO SO THEY'RE LOOKING INTO IT.
THAT'S, THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THAT FOR THAT PLAN.
UM, IN ADDITION, SO THEY'RE SEEING WHAT'S GONNA WORK FOR BEDFORD COMMONS.
THEY'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THAT, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRETY OF BEDFORD COMMONS AND WHAT COULD GO THERE.
UM, AND, AND SO WE'RE SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS BUILDING HERE.
AND SO WE'RE WAITING YEAH, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK, UM, WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE GETTING THINGS TOGETHER AND WE SHOULD BE HEARING BACK FROM MIDWAY, UH, BEGINNING PART OF 2025, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO, SO, SO IT IS, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
I KNOW IT'S A LONG WAY, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT JUST KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND WE'RE ALL ANTICIPATING TO SEE WHAT THEY BRING BACK TO US.
AND THEN UPON CLOSING, MOISE CLOSING, UM, I JUST WANTED TO EVERYONE TO REALIZE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1987, SO IT'S A, A LEGACY OF OUR, OUR SMALL COMMUNITY HERE.
AND IT ALSO, UH, HOLDS THAT BEAUTIFUL MURAL THAT, UH, ADI POPE CREATED.
AND WE WANNA KEEP THINGS LIKE LEGACIES AND, YOU KNOW, NOT SMASH THEM DOWN AND IMPLODE THEM AND WHATNOT.
CAN YOU, YOU BEEN SPEAKING INTO THE MIC, PLEASE? OH, UH, WE WANNA, I'M SORRY.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA KEEP OUR LEGACIES, UH, IN MY OPINION.
MY NAME IS KELLY THURMAN AND I'M, UH, LIVE AT 2 3 0 8 RIDGEWOOD, AND THAT, I BELIEVE IT'S THE MEADOW PARK HOUSING AREA.
UM, AND SO MY HOUSE, I I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 19 99, 25 YEARS, AND MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO HARWOOD, SO I LIVE WITHIN THE 200 FEET OF THE PARK.
SO I'M DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PARK, LIKE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT AND ALL THE TREES FROM, FROM MY BACKYARD.
AND EVER SINCE I'VE LIVED THERE, I MEAN, THE TRAFFIC ON HARDWOOD, THE NOISE, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, IT'S JUST THERE.
DO I LIKE IT? NO, BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED.
I MEAN, THAT LOT HAS ALWAYS BEEN EMPTY.
AND I FOUND OUT A LONG TIME AGO THAT HI, THAT HEV, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNED IT, UM, WAS HOPING IT WOULD NEVER BE DEVELOPED.
BUT, UM, NOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HERE, UM, SO OBVIOUSLY MY CONCERN IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC, A LOT OF CONGESTION WITH A LOT WITH MORE DENSITY, MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT SPACE.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE WORK LIFE, WHATEVER THOSE BUILDINGS WERE, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE BACKING UP TO HARWOOD, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT FAVOR THAT AT ALL.
I WOULD, I WAS THINKING IF IT WAS RESIDENTIAL, THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF FENCE THERE, UH, FOR PRIVACY AND, UM, NOT FACING MY BACKYARD.
UM, WITH MORE TRAFFIC, MORE ENTRANCES AND EXITS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO THAT WOULD BE, I THINK SOMETHING THAT WOULD, MIGHT HELP AS FAR AS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS, I WAS ALSO THINKING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, LOWER DENSITY, UM, HOUSING, THE SUBURBAN, I MEAN THE RESIDENTIAL THREE, LIKE THREE HOUSES.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WOULD BE A TRADE OFF, UH, FOR GREEN SPACES.
BUT I THINK, AGAIN, THE OTHER ARGUMENT IS THAT YOU'RE TRADING HIGH DENSITY HOUSING OR MORE PEOPLE MORE CONGESTION, LESS YARD IN GREEN SPACE WITH ZERO LOT LINES AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT, AND YOU'RE TRADING THAT FOR MORE PUBLIC GREEN SPACE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FAIR TRADE OFF
THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S A FAIR CONCERN.
AND, AND, AND I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND AND THE THING IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, ANY POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA BRING BACK TO US.
I KNOW, BUT OF THIS, AND, AND SO I, I WOULDN'T KNOW.
UM, THE ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT IF WE WERE TO GO WITH A STRAIGHT ZONING, LIKE THAT SUBURBAN, UH, RESIDENTIAL THAT YOU'RE GONNA, YOU THERE, THERE WILL BE NO GREEN SPACE, PUBLIC GREEN SPACE.
BUT YOU AND YOU WILL HAVE THAT, UM, THE UTILITY EASEMENT AND ALL THAT EASEMENT THAT WILL NOT CHANGE.
THOSE WALKWAYS WILL STILL BE THERE AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME GREEN SPACE FROM THAT STILL TOO.
BUT YEAH, THAT WILL ALWAYS STAY.
THE EASEMENT IS GONNA BE THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
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EVEN MORE SINCE WE'RE LOSING, LOSING SOME, SOME OF THAT FROM THE BARK PARK, FROM, UM, THE BALL FIELDS.YOU KNOW, TO ME, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO MAKE, I I I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN THOUGH.
UM, AND I THINK, I THINK ONCE WE SEE WHAT'S PRESENTED IN FRONT OF US, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT AND GO ABSOLUTELY NOT CHANGE THIS OR PROCEED.
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE SEE YOU.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENCOURAGED TO COME OUT, AT LEAST LET YOU KNOW WHAT, AND I, WE LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THAT PARK, SO YEAH.
I'M VERY JUST LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE THINKING WE THAT AND WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT AN EYESORE ACROSS THE ROAD.
UM, I'LL MAKE MINE VERY BRIEF.
UM, MAYOR COUNSEL, THANK FOR LISTENING TO ME.
UH, DO YOU HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? BRIAN ICK.
I LIVE AT 1 6 1 7 WOODHILL LANE.
UM, ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE PARK.
UH, ALL MY KIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH H-E-B-I-S-D AS WELL AS MY WIFE'S PRETTY MUCH AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO A NATIVE FOR THIS AREA.
I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT GROWING UP IN DALLAS, I'VE WATCHED THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OVER THERE FROM OLD DALLAS.
WE MOVED TO FAR NORTH DALLAS AND WATCHED THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND BULLDOZERS TAKE EVERYTHING DOWN AND BUILD HOMES.
I REALIZE THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S COME UP MANY TIMES, BUT ONCE THAT GREEN SPACE IS GONE, WHICH THAT IS TRUE GREEN SPACE, NOT PARK SPACE, NOT EVENT CENTER LIKE IT IS AT THE BOYS RANCH.
IT IS A TRUE NATURE SORT OF TRAIL.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KEEPS THAT IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN BEATEN TO DEATH WITH THIS, BUT IT'S A SHAME THAT WE COULDN'T PRESERVE SOME OF THAT OR EVEN BUY THAT PROPERTY.
I REALIZE IT'S A, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, OR EVEN QUOTED AS SAY IT'S A A FINANCIAL IRRESPONSIBLE THING TO DO, BUT LOOK AT CENTRAL PARK.
I LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO, I HAD GOLDEN GATE PARK.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GONNA LOSE OUR CENTRAL PARK.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN PRESERVE SOME OF THAT.
I REALIZE THE CONCENTRATION HERE IS PEOPLE WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED INTO.
I'M THE HENRY, HENRY DAVID THOREAU WITH THE BUNCH WITH THE LONG AIR.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE GREEN SPACE.
I HOPE WE CAN KEEP SOME OF IT.
AND AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, I, WITH THAT PROPERTY, WHEN DR. HARRINGTON MENTIONED TO ME THAT THEY THINK THEY COULD GET $20 MILLION, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, $20 MILLION FOR THAT PROPERTY.
UM, THAT AT THAT POINT I REALIZED IT'S OUT OF BEDFORD'S BUDGET.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T RECOUP ON, UM, TO JUST FINANCIALLY SPEAKING FOR $20 MILLION, IT'S REALLY, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.
UM, THAT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN ALSO PARCELING IT OFF EITHER.
'CAUSE THEN THEY'RE GONNA LOSE MONEY.
IT'S ALREADY CHOPPED UP BY THE EASEMENT ANYWAYS.
AND TO CHOP IT OFF EVEN MORE SO THAT WE COULD BUY IT, UM, THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN THAT.
UM, SO, UM, SO IT IS UNFORTUNATE, I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF, IF I WERE POLL ANYBODY HERE AND IT SAID, WOULD YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A DEVELOPED OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO KEEP IT AS IS EVERYBODY HERE WOULD SAY KEEP IT AS IS.
UH, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WE DON'T, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT.
AND I WISH WE HAD THE, THE, THE DEEP POCKETS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BUY IT AND THEN, UM, AND THEN KEEP IT APART.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE PUT THIS THE CITY IN A REALLY DIRE STRAITS FINANCIALLY AND WE JUST RIGHT.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING TO IT.
I LIVE AT 33 6 OAK VALLEY DRIVE.
MY BACKYARD BACK'S RIGHT UP TO THIS.
WE'RE, I'M FULLY AWARE WE'RE GONNA LOSE IT.
IT'S GONNA TURN INTO SOMETHING I DON'T WANT IT TO BE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH, FROM THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE GOTTEN AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, I SEE THAT IT'S GOTTEN BETTER WITH Y'ALL'S HELP.
BUT BOY, I FEEL LIKE, UH, I FEEL LIKE THE, THE SPIRIT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY PEOPLE LIVE HERE AND MOVE HERE HAS KIND OF BEEN LOST.
'CAUSE THIS LIFESTYLE, RESIDENTIAL THINGS, I MEAN, THROWN OUT LIKE THAT.
IF I WANTED THAT, I'D HAVE MOVED TO GRAPEVINE.
I'D HAVE MOVED TO FLOWER MOUND OR OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT.
THAT'S BEEN, HAD THE FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACTUALLY TO PLAN AND DO THESE THINGS AND ANYTHING TO MAKE PEOPLE WANNA LIVE THERE FOR THOSE REASONS.
THAT'S NOT THE REASON WHY I MOVED HERE.
I MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT WAS QUIET AND IT'S SAFE.
AND I HAVE THIS AMAZING PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT I BOUGHT WITH THIS AMAZING VIEW THAT I'VE, IF WE'VE ENJOYED FOR ABOUT THE LAST DECADE.
AND PLEASE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WHOEVER THIS DEVELOPER IS, THEY PUT THE HOUSE RIGHT UP THE, THE BACK OF MY FENCE.
I I FEEL LIKE I'M A VALUABLE RESIDENT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S NO LONGER GONNA BE THE PLACE FOR ME NOT OR MY FAMILY.
SO JUST SO I JUST MAKE SURE SO I'M CLEAR YOUR, UH, CONCERN IS GONNA BE UM, JUST A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN YOUR ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, BUT THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO IS I'M ALSO LOOKING AT LIKE SOME
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OF THE STUFF THAT WHICH Y'ALL PROPOSED AND EVERYTHING, OF COURSE Y'ALL GLAD Y'ALL KIBO A LOT OF, SOME OF THE STUFF AND EVERYTHING.THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY ASININE IN MY OPINION.
BUT A LOT OF THE STUFF I'VE SEEN HAPPEN WHERE I CURRENTLY WORK AND SERVE IN, IN NORTH FORT WORTH.
AND IT'S NICE FOR FIVE TO 10 YEARS AND THEN IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT.
WE HAVE THAT, WE HAVE AN OVERABUNDANCE OF IT.
WE DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT IS GREEN SPACE, BUT THAT'S GOING AWAY, SO.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO LIVE HERE AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND GOING FORWARD, PLEASE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AND HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR US AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING SOME MEASURE OF CONTROL AND PRESERVING AT LEAST MAYBE JUST EVEN A PRIVACY OF THE HOMES WE ALREADY HAVE AND THE LIVES WE'VE ALREADY MADE.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SIT THERE AND WALK IN MY BACKYARD AND BE WATCHING TV AND BE LIKE, HMM, THERE'S A GUY ON HIS BALCONY LOOKING AT ME.
UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE, WE'VE MADE IT A POINT WHERE IF THERE IS A PROPOSAL OF A TWO STORY RIGHT NEXT TO A, TO A SINGLE STORY THAT WE DON'T, WE WE MAKE AN AGREEMENT AND SAY YOU'RE GONNA KNOCK THAT DOWN TO, TO ONE STORY, A ONE STORY DEVELOPMENT.
'CAUSE TO YOUR POINT, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE, IF WE, WE OWN HOMES HERE.
I DON'T, TO YOUR POINT, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY PEEKING IN MY BACKYARD KNOWING WHAT I'M DOING EITHER.
SO, SO DEFINITELY PRIVACY'S GONNA BE ON OUR, ON OUR FOREFRONT OF OUR MIND, SO APPRECIATE THAT.
HOW'S IT GOING? MY NAME'S, UH, JACOB QUICK, I'LL LEAVE AT, UH, 1728 SAXON DRIVE.
UM, QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL VERSUS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
I SAW THAT WE AMENDED LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL LIVE IN ACTION TWO, THREE TIMES DURING THIS MEETING.
WHY COULDN'T WE GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WITH SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND GET SOMETHING CLOSER TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS AROUND IT ACTUALLY WANT? RIGHT? WHERE YOU CAN ADD THE GREEN SPACE TO THAT INITIAL DEAL RATHER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, RE REDUCING THE NUMBER FROM THREE TO 10.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADD THAT TO THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD? I THINK NOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND I'M, I KNOW I SEE TONY BACK THERE, SO I MAY HAVE TO LEAN ON HIM AS TO WHY, BUT, UM, SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS ONE OF THOSE DESIGNATIONS THAT ALREADY EXISTED HERE.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, WE, WE DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING.
THOSE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S, THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITY IS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE REALLY IS NO FLEXIBILITY TO, TO CHANGE IT, SO TO SPEAK.
'CAUSE IT'S AN OLD DESIGNATION, WHICH IS ALREADY HERE.
SO, SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WITH THIS NEWS DESIGNATION, THAT'S THE FLEXIBILITY.
THAT'S THE ONE WHERE WE WANNA DO, WE WANT TO, TO WANNA WORK WITH.
AND THEY MAKE A MENTION IN REAL TIME, HEY, WE'RE TAKING THESE THINGS OUT.
RIGHT? SO THAT, THAT WAS THE MORE APPLICABLE WAY TO DO IT.
SO IS THERE A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE DISCONNECT IS, IS AT, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT FOUR TO 10 OR THREE TO 10.
REALISTICALLY, I, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE LIKE THE GREEN SPACE INITIALLY AND STILL DO.
SO WHY NOT REDUCE THE TOP, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY IT STAYS APART.
SO IF YOU REDUCE IT FROM 10 DOWN TO SEVEN AND THEN NOBODY EVER BIDS ON IT, THEN THERE YOU GO.
IT'S GONNA, SOMEBODY'S GONNA BID, SOMEBODY'S GONNA WANNA, IT'S THE ISSUE.
I THINK WHAT THE, THE ISSUE THERE GOES BACK TO THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU HAVE AREAS OF THE CITY AND OF THAT PROPERTY WHERE YOU COULD HAVE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE A DENSER AREA, WHICH WE SAID WE ARE LIMITING IT JUST TO THE HARWOOD SECTION.
UM, SO THAT IF THERE'S MORE DENSITY, WHERE'S IT GONNA BE? IT'S GONNA BE ALONG THE THOROUGHFARE SO THAT IT CAN ADD MORE SPACE FURTHER UP.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A GREEN SPACE, UM, LIMITING IT DOWN TO SEVEN OR EIGHT.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO, IT.
AND THEN YOU, YOU, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IS THE, IS A GRID.
YOU'RE GONNA GET A GRID NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT, THAT PUBLIC SPACE.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IF, AND SO I'M HEARING, I'M SEEING NODS.
SO, SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE THING.
IF WE WANNA PRESERVE THE GREEN SPACE, WE WANNA HAVE A PUBLIC PLACE SO THAT NEIGHBOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS COULD COME AND VISIT.
IT'S GONNA BE A GIVE AND TAKE.
IT'S GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DENSITY DOWN HERE, BUT WHAT DOES THAT DO? IT FREES IT UP UP HERE SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT SPACE THAT OTHER NEIGHBORING, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS COULD COME AND VISIT.
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PARK, IF YOU WILL.
IT'S A PUBLIC GREEN SPACE LIKE IT IS ALREADY.
I DON'T, I DON'T, YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I MEAN, THIS, IT IS, AGAIN, THIS IS HEB ISDS PROPERTY, AND, AND THERE'S, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO SAY ONLY THING THAT WE CAN DO IS WHEN THIS COMES BEFORE US DO THE RIGHT THING IN, IN RESPONSE TO A RESIDENCE, EVERYONE HERE I DO ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF YOUR CONCERNS, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES SELLING THE PROPERTY.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, AFTER THIS MEETING, UH, GOING FORWARD, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF ALL THESE CONCERNS.
UH, 'CAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO EITHER SELL IT OR NOT.
BUT YOU ALL CONTROL THE ZONING, BUT WE CONTROL THE ZONING INCORRECT.
BUT, BUT THE ABILITY IF FOR THIS TO PROCEED IS FOR THEM TO PARTNER WITH THE RIGHT DEVELOPER AND THEN TO WANT TO SELL
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THE LAND.UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S, THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT FIRST STEP BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING.
WE'RE, WE'RE BEING REACTIVE RIGHT NOW INTO ANTICIPATION OF WHAT THEY MAY DO AND TRYING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO WHEN THAT COMES ACROSS THOUGH, WHENEVER THAT APPLICATION DOES HIT HIT US, WE'RE GONNA BE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM SAYING, HEY, THIS IS A, THIS DOESN'T WORK.
HI, KRISTA JAIC, 1617 WOOD HILL LANE.
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF, WELL, WHEN WE LOSE THIS SPACE, IF THE CITY HAD ANOTHER PLAN FOR A DOG PARK.
SO, UM, WE, THERE IS SOME PROPERTY, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK AS TO EXACTLY WHERE THERE'S SOME ON, I KNOW ON ELDON DOTSON, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES OF THE PUZZLE WHERE WE CAN PUT PUT IT.
BUT, UM, EVER SINCE WE LEARNED THAT, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THINKING ABOUT SELLING THIS PROPERTY, UH, WE MADE IT A POINT TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THE DOG PARK.
WHERE CAN WE PUT IT? UM, AND THERE WE HAVE SOME IDEAS IN PLACE OF WHERE WE CAN, WHERE WE CAN PUT A DOG PARK.
WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT NOT HAVING A DOG PARK IS NOT AN OPTION.
SO, SO WE MADE, WE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.
ANYBODY ELSE? HELLO, MY NAME IS GARY MCDONALD.
I LIVE IN, UH, 1720 SAXON DRIVE IN BEAUTIFUL BEDFORD, TEXAS.
ALL MY KIDS HAVE BEEN TO SCHOOL HERE.
AND, UH, TO SEE THAT, UM, MEADOW PARK GOING WHERE IT'S GOING IS REALLY SAD.
UM, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THEM SELLING IT.
BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
AND UH, THE FIRST THING IS YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE OUR LINE OF DEFENSE.
AND, UH, WE ASKED THAT OF YOU.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT EVERYBODY HERE HAS ASKED FOR.
UM, LIVING ON SAXON, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT REMAIN A DEAD END.
UM, BUT MO MO MOST OF ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP BEDFORD BEAUTIFUL.
THERE'S A CERTAIN FLAVOR HERE.
THERE'S A CERTAIN LIFESTYLE HERE.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHY PEOPLE, YOU'VE HEARD THESE PEOPLE, THEY, THEY MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND, UH, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE, THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY, THEY, THEY DIDN'T BUY THAT LAND.
AND, AND, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A SAY ON WHAT HAPPENS THERE BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THAT LAND AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO WITH THE MONEY? WE DON'T HAVE A SAY SO IN THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE YOU WHO CAN HELP US KEEP THIS CITY WHY WE MOVED HERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THIS, UH, YOUNGER COUPLE WHO, WHO, WHO JUST, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT A YEAR, MOVED RIGHT UP FROM US.
YOU GO WALKING THROUGH THAT PARK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S POSSUMS, THERE'S FLOWERS, FOX, FOX, YOU GO THROUGH IN THE SPRING, YOU GET A CERTAIN TYPE OF BIRD THAT FLIES THROUGH THERE, YOU GO THERE IN THE FALL, THERE'S A CERTAIN TYPE OF BIRD THAT FLIES THROUGH.
THERE, THERE, THERE'S A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM THAT IS GONNA BE TORN DOWN.
AND, UM, I KNOW THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T CARE ABOUT IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING FROM, FROM THREE TO SEVEN OR THREE TO 10, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE IT DOWN TO SEVEN, ALL THE DEVELOPER DOES IS RAISE THE PRICE PER UNIT.
THEY WILL GET THEIR MONEY JUST BY CHARGING WHOEVER MOVES IN THERE AND BUYS MORE.
UM, THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA COME THROUGH HERE, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE SIDE EFFECT OF BUILDING THAT UP THROUGH THERE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET IN, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET OUT? AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS YEARS TO COME, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN THERE HAS TO BE A SAFE WAY FOR THEM TO GET INTO THEIR HOMES.
THERE HAS TO BE A SAFE WAY FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOMES, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN THAT AREA.
YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, MY DAUGHTER, UM, SHE WAS TELLING HER MOM, HER MOM, AND OTHER DAY, SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, MOM, DAD, WHEN YOU GUYS GET READY TO RETIRE AND YOU WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, I'M GONNA BUY YOUR HOUSE.
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DON'T PUT IT UP ON THE MARKET.THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO RAISE MY KIDS.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO SPEAK, I SEE A FEW MORE PEOPLE.
UH, MY NAME IS LANCE, UH, CHANG.
I LIVE AT 1628, UH, BEDFORD OAKS, UH, DRIVE.
AND, UM, I'M A RESIDENT AND A HOMEOWNER, UH, IN THE OAK VALLEY SUBDIVISION.
AND THAT'S, UH, ADJACENT TO, UH, MEADOW PARK.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD TODAY IN OPPOSITION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE P PLAN, UH, LAND USE OF, UH, LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL FOR MEADOW PARK.
UH, WHICH, UH, WHICH WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING OUT.
SO NO LONGER, IT'S NO LONGER APPLICABLE RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE CHANGED IT.
WE'VE TOOKEN A WHILE, THOSE SCARY THINGS, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND ALL THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S NO LONGER LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL.
IT, IT, YOU'RE LEANING MORE TOWARD A DIFFERENT DEFINITION, BUT IT STILL MEANS APARTMENTS AND RENTALS.
NO APARTMENTS, THAT DENSITY WOULD BE WAY HIGHER THAN 10 UNITS PER ACRE.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE LIKE 18 36, 36 UNITS AN ACRE.
UM, BUT IN ANY WAY, I, I WOULD SUPPORT, UH, LAND USE OF, OF A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND AS FAR AS METAL PARK GOES, AND, UH, UNDER THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN, UH, LAND USE METAL PARK ZONING COULD BE CHANGED FROM R ONE 15 OR R 15 TO, UH, WHICH ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, TO A MUCH HIGHER DENSITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
BUT, UM, I THINK R 75, WHICH IS 7,500 SQUARE FEET, UH, HOMES, IT'S, IT, IT IS A GOOD, IT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE.
AND, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE MARKETABILITY OF BEDFORD, AND UM, THAT'S KIND OF A STRANGE CONCEPT BECAUSE, UM, AS, AS 40 YEARS IN THE, UM, AS A REAL ESTATE LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF YOU BUILD IT, SOMEBODY'S GONNA BUY IT.
AND, UH, SO THERE'S NEVER A QUESTION OF MARKETABILITY.
IT'S ALWAYS JUST, JUST A QUESTION OF WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND, UH, I I THINK MY WIFE AND I, WE CHOSE BEDFORD AS A PLACE TO LIVE AND WE PURPOSELY CAME HERE TO LIVE IN BEDFORD.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE TO THE FACT WE'RE, IT'S NOT THE AREA THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS.
AND SO, UH, AND AS THE PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN EXPLAINED, YOU ARE OUR LINE OF DEFENSE AND WE'RE RELYING ON YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND, AND, AND WE DON'T TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY LIGHTLY.
I CAN SAY THAT FOR ALL OF US UP HERE.
DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE COMING UP TO THE MIC.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO NOW, UM, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT IN.
I SEE CHAIRMAN EMERY, REACHING FOR THE MIC.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT YOU, UH, I WILL SAY THIS, UH, PLANNING ZONING, AND YOU HAVE DISCUSSED THIS DOCUMENT AT NAUSEUM.
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AT LENGTH.
YOU ALL HAVE DONE AMAZING JOB, UM, UH, WORKING THROUGH THIS.
AND SO I, I GET THE FEELING THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY IN A POSITION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, APPROVE IT AND MOVE IT ON.
THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR YOUR APPRECIATION.
AND, AND COUNSEL, WE DO NEED TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
THERE'S, YES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, WHAT ARE THE WORDS WE'RE USING INSTEAD OF LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL? ARE WE CHANGING THAT WORDAGE? YEAH, IT'S WEST AND TONY, IT'S COMPLETELY CHANGED.
I GOT THE THREE TO 10 ACRE DENSITY ENTITY CHANGE.
BUT WHAT ARE WE CALLING THAT ZONE? SURE.
WHAT WE'VE, UH, WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE.
BUT WHILE WE HAVE SUCH AN AUDIENCE TONIGHT AND IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND THE HOMEWORK THEY'VE DONE ON THIS, UH, MASSIVE DOCUMENT.
WE, UH, WE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH IT GOING THROUGH.
WE HAD TO LEARN THAT THIS IS A OVERREACHING, YOU KNOW, 10,000
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FOOT LEVEL DOCUMENT.AND MANY OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF, ARE USED TO GETTING INTO THE DETAILS WORD BY WORD.
AND WE HAD TO REMIND OURSELVES OFTEN TO BACK OFF OF THIS IS AN OVERALL PLAN, WHEN WE BOIL IT DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL CASES AND ORDINANCES CODE CHANGES THAT PLANNING AND ZONING, WE'LL SEE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN BE MORE DETAILED.
SO THAT WAS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A, A GUIDE AND A PLAN AND A, IF YOU WILL, AN OUTLINE.
AND, UH, WE FOUGHT REAL HARD TO NOT GET INTO THE, GET INTO THE WEED DETAILS AND START NAMING PLANTS AND, YOU KNOW, MEASURING SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WITH THAT, AS CHAIRMAN, I'D TAKE THE PRIVILEGE OF MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW MASTER PLAN WITH THE AMENDMENT TO CALL THE CURRENT LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL NOW A NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE, AND TO CHANGE THE DENSITY WITHIN IT FROM THREE TO 10 UNITS PER ACRE.
I SECOND, I'LL SECOND ALL THOSE COMMISSIONS IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVES THIS AND SENDS IT TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR REC, YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR VOTE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN EMERY.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, LIKE, I I MENTIONED FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.
UM, SO NEXT STEPS IS, UM, THOSE CHANGES WILL BE MADE.
UM, IT GIVES COUNCIL A MOMENT TO GO THROUGH ONE LAST TIME, UH, BEFORE IT WILL BE, UH, COMING BEFORE US.
UM, CITY MANAGER, UH, ANDREA ROY.
WHEN, UH, WHEN WILL WE SEE THIS TENTATIVELY? UH, SEPTEMBER 24TH.
ALRIGHT, SO THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, CORRECT? THIS WILL COME BACK BEFORE US FOR FINAL APPROVAL? YES.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, WE'VE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAD OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I DO, UH, WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO IS HERE TODAY, UH, THAT CAME UP AND, AND SPOKE AND WAS ON THE RECORD, UM, TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS AND ABOUT METAL PARK IN GENERAL.
UM, JUST FOR THE MERE FACT THAT BECAUSE I MENTIONED BEFORE THIS COULD BE HAPPENING NINE MONTHS FROM NOW, THIS COULD BE HAPPENING FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
AND WHEN WE GO BACK TO THIS MEETING, YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE, WILL BE SECURED IN, IN THE MINUTES SO THAT, UM, ANY COUNSEL OR ANYBODY THAT'S UP HERE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, IF AND WHEN A PLAN COMES BEFORE US, WE CAN TAKE EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO I DO WANNA THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR BEING HEARD.
I KNOW IT WAS A LONG MEETING AND IT WAS VERY DENSE, BUT APPRECIATE YOUR TIME IN THAT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, COUNSEL, I WILL HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM COUNCILMEMBER.
BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN, BRANDON.
ALL THAT PASSES AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8 39.