Mar 14, 2023 Planning and Zoning Commission Work Session

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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NOW IT IS 6:ONE NOW I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE WORKING SESSION TO ORDER WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH PETER SITTING IN.

[2A. Receive a presentation from the City project team with an update on Recode Rowlett and the Diagnostic Report prepared by Clarion Associates analyzing the current development codes and providing preliminary recommendations for the structure of the future development code.]

>> HELLO MY NAME IS JADE I WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. REALLY WHAT IT IS IS A PROGRESS UPDATE ON WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED.

YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK ON GENERAL DIRECTION FOR THE CODE CONSOLIDATION THAT IS GOING ON.

AND THAT I WILL ALSO GO OVER WHERE INPUT IS COMING AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND ALSO SPREAD WORD AMONG YOUR CIRCLES.

OKAY, JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON WHERE WE HAVE BEEN.

JUST SOME TIMELINES. THE PROJECTS KICKED OFF MID AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WITH CLARIION ASSOCIATES WHO IS OUR CONTRACTED CONSULTANT. THAT IS WHEN WE HAD A KICKOFF TRIP. THERE ARE TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO SIT ON THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP THAT ARE HEAVILY INFORMING THIS PROCESS OVERALL.

BUT PART OF THAT ALSO IS STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.

IN PREPARING AND MAKING THE COAST MORE USER-FRIENDLY CONSOLIDATING THEM INTO ONE. THEY WANTED TO HEAR FROM THOSE WHO ARE UTILIZING THE CODE ON A FREQUENT BASIS.

WHAT THE ISSUES ARE WITH IT. SO AS TO INFORM CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE. THAT WAS A HEAVY SLIP BACK IN MID AUGUST WHERE ESSENTIALLY FROM THAT IS WHERE THEY COMPILED A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAPPENED ON ONE-ON-ONE.

STAFF WAS NOT PRESENT THERE WAS FEEL - I DON'T KNOW. JUST FEEL - YOU COULD BE CANDID IN THOSE MINUTES. AND THE CONSULTANT WAS COMPELLED TO INTERVIEWS THERE WAS A SURVEY MADE AVAILABLE. AND THE CITY TEAM FEEDBACK. SIMILAR TO THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP THERE'S A CITY TEAM THAT IS MADE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE REGULARLY UTILIZING THE CODE. THEY TOOK ALL OF THAT AND BASICALLY FORMED WHAT IS A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT. OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL. SO THEY PRESENTED THAT TO US MID DECEMBER. THE CITY REVIEW TEAM GAVE US A CHANCE TO REALLY REVIEW RECOMMENDED DIRECTIONAL CHANGES TO THE CODE. AND THAT'S IT IN A WAY. AND GIVE US TIME TO CONSOLIDATE OUR COMMENTS ABOUT IF WE WOULD RECOMMEND DIRECTION. THAT IT REACHES A CONSENSUS AMONG STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE UTILIZING THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND SO THEN REALLY THE LAST MONTH HAS BEEN GETTING MORE SPECIFIC WITH DIRECTION. AS IT RELATES TO ZONING CHANGES. IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY THE CITY TEAM. AND WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN YOUR PACKET FOR TODAY WAS THAT DOCUMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

WHICH I THINK HAS CONSOLIDATED ZONING CHANGES. THAT WILL BE A BIG FOCUS COMING UP SOON. AND THEN WE MET WITH THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP. THIS EXACT PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN TO THEM JUST AN UPDATE APOLOGIES IF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE BUT WE PUSH ON. A COUPLE INPUT SESSIONS COMING UP. CLARION WILL BE IN ROWLETT THE 21ST OF THIS MONTH AND THEY WILL DO A MORE IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION OVER THE DIAGNOSTIC. WE WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL AND WORK SESSION. SIMILAR TO TODAY THEY WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME GENERAL FEEDBACK ON THE DIRECTION FOR CODE CHANGES. AND THEN ON THE NEXT DATE WE ARE HOSTING A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE. THIS IS WHERE WE ANTICIPATE A SELECT CROWD TO SHOW UP TO THIS TYPE OF THING AND BE INTERESTED

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VISUALIZED AND THEN SUPPORTED WITH ESSENTIALLY WHAT ZONING DISTRICTS ARE ALLOWED IN. AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGES. THE THIRD ONE IS ZONING DISTRICT THEMSELVES. AGAIN THE DOCUMENT THAT IS IN THE PACKET. CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THOSE, EDITING, GETTING RID OF UNNECESSARY OR REDUNDANT THINGS.

FOURTH ONE IS SIMPLIFYING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. FOR EVERYONE USING THE CODE. I WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND LASTLY IS ENVIRONMENTAL. WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW WITH SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. PUBLIC WORKS, ENGINEERING, PARKS. AS IT RELATES TO ESSENTIALLY BETTER UTILIZING NATIONAL RESOURCES. AND ELIMINATING SOME OF THE UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP ON OUR WATER SYSTEMURAL RESOURCES. AND ELIMINATING SOME OF THE UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP ON OUR WATER SYSTEM. WITH THINGS WE CAN INTEGRATE INTO A DEVELOPMENT CODE. THERE'S A LOT OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AS IT RELATES TO GREEN WATER, THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. ACTUALLY, I WILL STOP THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A FULL HOUR. IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SO FAR BEFORE I GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. IF NOT, THAT

IS FINE TOO. >> BLAKE MARGOLIS, MAYOR: SHOW

US THE PICTURES. >> OKAY, BUILDING TYPE THIS IS AN IMAGE TAKING FROM MISSING NO HOUSING BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT CONCEPT. BUT ESSENTIALLY MIDDLE HOUSING IS A WAY OF PROMOTING A LIMITED SCALE DENSITY THAT IS DESIGNED TO LOOK AND BE WELL INTEGRATED AMONG TRADITIONALLY SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF ROWLETT IS. BUT IT ALLOWS FOR ESSENTIALLY HIGHER AFFORDABILITY PERIOD THE AVERAGE RESIDENT THAT WE ARE SEEING THE DEMAND FOR IN A ROWLETT. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF SOME NEW BUILDING TYPE THAT COULD BE ALLOWED IN THE NEW CODE.

>> WHAT IS ADU? >> AND ADU IS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. THEY COULD COME IN MANY FORMS.

>> A MOTHER-IN-LAW HOUSE. >> A STRUCTURE ON TOP OF THE

PROPERTY, SHARED. >> IT COULD BE THERE ARE ATTACHED ONES AND DETACHED ONES. IT COULD BE GARAGE APARTMENTS.

THEY BLEND IN SEAMLESSLY. WE WILL GET MORE INTO - NO, GO

AHEAD. >> NEIGHBORHOODS EITHER LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM. THAT IS WITH THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT ARE OKAY WITH THAT. SOMETIMES IT IS YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW SOMETIMES IT IS NOT. SOMETIMES IT IS A RENTER IN THERE AND THERE LIES THE CHALLENGE.

>> YES AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO GET SOME RESEARCH ON SPECIFICALLY WITH THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD. WITH THE DUS ANDADUS AND THE AARP TH FAMILY ACTION PLAN. TO SEE WHAT THE PULSE IS IN ROWLETT ON THAT TYPE OF BUILDING BUT GENERALLY, SO FAR IT HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE BUT THAT IS WHERE WE GET INTO SUBSTANTIVE LANGUAGE AND WE CAN

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>> IT IF I MAY YOU COULD ALSO WORK ON THE NUMBER FOR THE PROPERTY PRESENCE GO ALSO WE HAVE HOPEFULLY SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS. WE HAVE RENTAL REGULATIONS. SO THAT WILL PLAY A FACTOR IN MAKING SURE THEY S SERVE.

>> BLAKE MARGOLIS, MAYOR: AND THE PERMITS?

>> WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE. >> IF WE ARE LOOKING AT A MAP AND THERE IS A POLICY FOR ORDINANCE THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE. REGISTRATION, THAT WILL APPLY DO WE KNOW? ACROSS THAT

BRIDGE WHEN WE GET THERE? >> PAMELA BELL:

>> THEY ARE LIMITED WHAT THEY ARE A LOT WOULD REQUIRE A MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK WHEN IT GETS TO THAT POINT.

>> I THINK BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. SOMETHING IN THE CODE TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER GRANDFATHERED OR NOT. AND I THINK CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF LANGUAGE FOR GRANDFATHERING AND STORAGE UNITS. PRIOR TO GETTING THEM IN THE CODE. SO I THINK WE

NEED SOMETHING IN THERE. >> OF VIOLATION OF DAY ONE OF

THE NEW CODE. >> ANYTHING TO ADOPT THE CODE.

CURRENT LAND USES. BUT THEN EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT. DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO AMORTIZE THAT AND MAKE SURE YOU SEE THE NEW

CODE COME INTO PLAY? >> IF YOU WILL RENOVATE IT THAT IS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. IF IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY RENOVATED IT HAS TO COME UP TO THE NEW CODE BUT WHAT IS SUBSTANTIAL, 25

PERCENT OR GREATER. >> AS WE GET INTO THIS. THIS CODE, THE INTENT. HAS TO BE CLEARLY DEFINED. HOWEVER THE STAFF WANTS TO DO IT. BECAUSE I THINK YOU WANT TO WORD AS A WHOLE. AS A WHOLE IS HAVE THE HEAVY-HANDED APPROACH TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS BUT THAT IS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. AND THEN SEE THIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE. AND THEN HERE WE ARE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STRUCTURE. I THINK I MAY BE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS. BUT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ISSUE AS WE ALL KNOW IS NOT GOING AWAY THAT IS GOT TO BE DEALT WITH. THE ACCESSORY DWELLING, WHAT I THINK IS DRIVING THIS. DEPENDENT ON FAMILIES IF IT IS MOTHER-IN-LAW OR ANYTHING ELSE IS LACK OF AFFORDABILITY. AND

THERE IT IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION. >> THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELSEWHERE IS THE REASON WHY YOU WOULD BUILD SOMETHING.

ACCESSORY TOLLING BUT WE WOULD WANT IT BUILT TO CODE AND

CORRECT. >> FULLY AGREE.

>> I AM GLAD YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON IT ALREADY BECAUSE WE HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT. SO IF YOU ARE AWARE OF OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD HAVE THAT SHARED SENTIMENT PLEASE LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSE. BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A BOARD MOST LIKELY THAT TALKS ABOUT BUILDING TYPE AND WE WANT TO GET THOSE.

SO THAT THE CONSULTANT IS AWARE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE THAT THAT WILL BE A HEAVIER LEFT ONE LOOKING INTO CODE SPECIFICS.

>> AND BEFORE YOU GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE. DIAGNOSTICS SAID WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND TEXAS LEGISLATURE. AND ADOPTED THERE.

IT COULD HAVE IMPLICATION TALKING ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO PERHAPS ZONING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP A PULSE ON THAT. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT TO YOUR SONS AS WELL.

>> TO A LOT OF CARDBOARD IN IT, WHAT HUNDRED PERCENT LEGAL.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ALSO. WHAT TYPE OF REGULATIONS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES?

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>> I WILL ANSWER THAT REALLY QUICKLY.

FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RENTALS THOSE HAVE TO BE REGISTERED ANNUALLY.

AND THEN WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED, CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS FROM A PERMITTING PROCESS. AND THEN I NO WE VEERED OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT A VERY HEALTHY CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION.

THIS IS ANSWERING SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS.

>> AND THERE IS MORE DISCUSSION ON ADU'S AND I'M GLAD YOU POINTED OUT IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED FURTHER. IN RELATION TO THE LAYOUT. HAVING THIS STRUCTURED BY BUILDING TYPE. A LOT OF OTHER CODES IN THE METROPLEX THAT ARE ADAPTING TO THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF HOUSING DEMAND ARE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION. IT IS A LOT EASIER TO VISUALIZE THE LOT LAYOUT THIS WAY. RATHER THAN JUST HAVING A TABLE OF TEXT.

WITH SUPPLEMENTAL IMAGERY SECRECY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT OF COURSE WE WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE INVEST IN THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TEAM. THERE WILL BE PUBLIC INPUT THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE WHO WOULD VISIT THE ROWLETT WEBSITE YOURSELF, CITY COUNCIL BIT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER VISUAL PRESENTATION WE PUT IN HERE IS WHAT WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY WANT TO INCENTIVIZE EITHER WAY. BENEFITS THE CHARACTER OF ROWLETT, WHERE WE ARE HEADED. SO IF THESE COLORS SEEM CRAZY DON'T BE SCARED OF THAT. IT DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL LOOK EXACTLY LIKE

THAT. BUT BASICALLY -. >> YOU CAN'T DICTATE COLOR.

>> STATE LAW AND ALL OF THAT BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR IS PICTURES FIRST. AND STANDARDS UNDERNEATH. WHEN IT GETS TO SPECIFIC CODE STANDARDS THAT IS WHERE WE WILL COME BACK AND HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK. THE BIG ONES WE WILL WANT TO TALK THROUGH IS HOW DOES THIS CONFIGURE ON THE SITE, DENSITY, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND ROWLETT AFTER THE 21ST YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE COMMENTS INTO A SURVEY. SO THE CONSULTANT CAN SEE IT. BUT BASICALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS A LOT OF CONSOLIDATION. SO THIS IS IN FOUR CATEGORIES. WHAT WILL REMAIN OR IS PROPOSED TO REMAIN AGAIN THESE ARE PRELIMINARY. BUT A LOT OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICTS. BUT JUST CHANGING THEM TO BE CLEARLY INDICATED AS RESIDENTIAL. SO WHAT IS PROPOSED AS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY AND WHAT IS COMMERCIAL WOULD BE JUST C. THAT IS HOW MOST ZONING CODES DO IT SO IT IS EASIER FOR THE USER. IN THEORY. AND THEN REFINING.

ESSENTIALLY REMOVING THESE DISTRICTS AND INCORPORATING WHATEVER IS DESIRABLE FROM THEM INTO DISTRICTS THAT WILL BE REMAINING. OR NEW DISTRICTS BEEN CREATED. AND THERE IS A MAP ONLINE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THAT YOU CAN SEARCH VIA ZONING DISTRICT AND SEE WHERE THESE ARE DEVELOPED IN. SO WE USE THAT TO SEE THESE ARE NOT BEING USED. AND THEN JUST STAFF KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS NOT BEING USED FOR IT OR NOT BEING USED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. AGAIN, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SUGGESTION OF THINGS

TO REMOVE. >> BLAKE MARGOLIS, MAYOR: IS SUB UNDER REMOVED AND THE STANDARDS REMAINING? OR WOULD THAT STILL BE A SUPPLEMENT? IT WOULD BE CL WITH SUP..

>> ALL IT IS DOING IT IS LISTED AS A ZONING DISTRICT AND A PERMIT. IT WOULD STILL BE A PROCESS THAT REMAINS PRETTY MUCH AS IS. BUT THERE ARE ALMOST NEVER LISTED AS A ZONING DISTRICT IN MOST MUNICIPALITIES. IT IS STILL A PROCESS THAT WOULD

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>> WHY REMOVE SF-7? >> SF-7 HAS NOTHING DEVELOPED IN IT THERE ARE 0 PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED SF-7 SO WE FIGURED THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET RID OF. WE HAVE IN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT THAT YOU WILL SEE. THERE IS A CHART THAT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY THAT IS ZONED FOR EACH DISTRICT.

>> THE ZONE DIRECTION. >> RIGHT NOW IT IS ZONED.

>> WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY WANT TO BREAK IT UP. HOW DO YOU FIT IT IN? DO WE WANT 7000 FT. THAT IS A BIG LOT. HOW WOULD THAT WORK IF SOMEONE CAME FORWARD ON AN SF-SEVEN?

>> YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LESS. >> YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE 8000

FT. INSTEAD OF SEVEN. >> YOU ALWAYS HAVE A MECHANISM.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THE POTENTIAL. AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXIST. SO YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE HISTORY WE HAV SEEN YOU HAVE SEEN SF-FIVE CONTINUOUSLY BUT RARELY HISTORICAL USING ANYTHING WITH SF-SEVEN.

>> WE TRY. >> WE DON'T WANT ANY SEVEN THEN

AS F7. >> WHY DID THEY WANT TO HAVE THE

TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT? >> FOUND ANOTHER ONE THERE ARE 0

PROPERTIES ZONED. TOWNHOUSE. >> I THOUGHT WE HAD.

>> THEY MIGHT BE FUTURE USE TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT.

>> IT CAME AS A PD? >> NEXT TO THE VILLAGE APARTMENTS NEXT DOOR. THE NEW APARTMENTS THAT REALLY AREN'T APARTMENTS THEY ARE TOWNHOMES. THAT SEEMED TO BE A GOOD FIT.

BECAUSE REMEMBER IT WAS EVEN AN OPTION FOR MIXED USE IN THAT.

AND ALLOW IT IF IT IS VILLAGE PRAYED IS THAT WHERE WE ARE

GOING? >> IN A WAY. SOME OF THE DISTRICTS TO BE CREATED TO INCLUDE THAT BUILDING TYPE. THE IDEA IS EVERY BUILDING TYPE THAT IS DEVELOPED WOULD HAVE A PLACE WHERE IT IS PERMITTED IN A NEW OR REMAINING DISTRICT. SO WHERE WE HAVE THE VISUAL LIKE THIS. THERE WOULD BE ONE BUILDING TYPE THAT WOULD DESCRIBE A TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT. AND WE WOULD LOOK AT ESSENTIALLY EVERY YPE OF DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING THE PD THAT MAKE THE DISTRICT TO SEE HOW TO CREATE STANDARDS, CREATE A BUILDING TYPE THAT FITS. AND SO THAT COULD BE ONE OPTION. IS TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO A MIXED USE DISTRICT. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF DEMAND FOR A LIMITED SCALE MIXED USE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

SO, IT IS TO BE DETERMINED. >> IT IS NOT LIKE WE ARE DOING AWAY WITH TOWNHOUSES. WE ARE JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE THE PD OF A TOWNHOUSE IT WILL BE ELS ELSEWHERE.

>> SO THE ZONING DISTRICT IT IS RECOMMENDED. THE DISTRICT ITSELF IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. THE ZONING DISTRICT. EACH ZONING DISTRICT HAS ITS OWN USES AND PARAMETERS.

>> DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION?

>> I THINK SO. >> ALSO YOU HAVE TIME TO

MARINATE ON IT. >> IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO

FIGURE IT OUT. >> SOME OF THE ONES PROPOSED TO BE CREATED ARE OVERLAYS. IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF AN OVERLAY ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE A BASE ZONING DISTRICT WHICH HAS ALL OF YOUR STANDARDS.

DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, DENSITY HEIGHT, SETBACKS. SOMETIMES YOU

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WHAT IS PROPOSED THERE IS ESSENTIALLY AREAS OF HISTORICAL RELEVANCE. SO, IF WE SEE THOSE NEEDING TO BE CREATED WE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION. WE ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE IN MIND THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGH OTHER CITY PROJECTS. WHERE YOU MAY WANT TO ENCOURAGE - MAYBE LIVE WORK UNITS. SO, SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS TYPE OF PRACTICES THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND CREATING A BUILDING TYPE THAT SUPPORTS THAT ON A LIMITED SCALE. DO TO DISTRICT RELEVANCY CRATING A DISTRICT WHERE IF WE WANT TO UTILIZE THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN. AND THEN THE BIGGEST NEW ONE IS MIXED USE MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS ONE - THERE IS MORE DETAIL IN HERE WORTH LOOKING AT. FOR THIS DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THIS IS RESPONSIVE TO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT TRENDS. THAT ARE EMERGING. AND ADU'S ARE RELEVANT TO THIS CONVERSATION HERE. I AM TRYING TO FIND IT.

WHAT IS PROPOSED IS ESSENTIALLY INCORPORATE SOME OF THE DESIRABLE STANDARDS THAT ARE MORE FORM BASED IN NATURE. BUT INCLUDING THE ALLOWANCE OF A ADU'S. BASICALLY UP TO SI SIXPLEXES, THIS IS LIMITED WE HAVE LOOKED ACROSS THE CITY. IT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE IS SOME OF THE FORM-BASED NEW NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THAT TRANSITION HAPPEN. BUT ALSO, WE VISIT MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DENSITIES IN HERE. IF YOU GO ABOUT THE MAXIMUM DENSITY YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SUP PROCESS AND BEING SENSITIVE TO THE MULTIFAMILY CONCERNS KEEPING THAT LIMITED SCALE BUT BASICALLY, WHAT IT WOULD DO IS REQUIRE OR ALLOW BY WRITE A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES. THAT LIMITED DENSITY. IT WOULD INCORPORATE THAT VILLAGE CONCEPT IT SO YOU HAVE CONNECTED OPEN SPACES. AND THEN ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER.

YES? >> IS THERE SOME REASON WE PUT SIX PLEXES INSTEAD OF FOU FOUR-PLEXES.

. >> I DO HAVE THAT NOTE AND I WAS GOING TO GO OVER THAT. BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO DROP IT DOWN TO FOUR. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW SUP IS REQUIRED FOR MULTIFAMILY WHETHER INDIVIDUAL ARE INCORPORATED AS PART OF A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT, IN A WAY, IS PROPOSED TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRICT WOULD WOULD BE A LIMITED APPLICATION. WHERE UNDER SIX IS ALLOWED BY WRITE SIX UNITS IN ONE BUILDING. THAT IS T. ANYTHING ABOUT THAT YOU GET AN SEP. THAT IS ALLOWED BY FREIGHT. AND TAKING COMMENTS ON THAT BECAUSE THERE IS SENSITIVITY TOWARD THAT. NOT JUST REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT. THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

LESLIE -. >> A STILL PHOTO FOR FOUR PLEX.

. >> I SECOND.

>> LASTLY, THE PROPOSITION HERE IS PRESERVE TWO DISTRICTS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER BECAUSE THEY ARE CONDOS. THE IDEA IS TWO PROPERTIES FOR THE ZONING DISTRICTS APPLY. YOU COMBINE THEM AND RESERVE THEM YOU CAN REQUEST IN THE FUTURE.

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ZONING MAP? >> NO. JUST BECAUSE IT IS PRELIMINARY ONCE WE GET THE FINAL LIST THAT IS WHERE WE ARE PLANNING TO INTEGRATE THE GIS TEAM TO MAKE THOSE.

>> WHY WOULD YOU DELETE THE BAYSIDE DISTRICT?

>> BAYSIDE DISTRICT IS ESSENTIALLY BEING REFINED. WE PUT THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE APPLICABLE. SAPPHIRE BAY, AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.

>> SO THEY ARE NOT DELETED JUST RENAMED?

>> YES BED. >> THIS SAYS THE DISTRICT WILL BE REZONED TO THE MMUB DISTRICT.

>> WHAT IS PROPOSED IS ESSENTIALLY THE FORM BASED BAYSIDE. A LOT OF THOSE STANDARDS OVERLAP WITH URBAN VILLAGE BEEN SO YOU CAN REZONE IT INTO SOMETHING WE ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP. JUST THE NAME BAYSIDE WOULD BE REMOVED. SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL OUTLYING STANDARDS WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO AN OVERLAY. IF YOU AWAITED TO PERMIT WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. THE FORM-BASED, BAYSIDE IS NOT USED ANYWHERE EXCEPT WHERE IT ALREADY EXISTS. AND ALL IN BAYSIDE.

>> DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS. THE ONE PRESENTING THIS TO THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP WE DID HAVE SOME HELPFUL FEEDBACK. ON, KIND OF, THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS YOU WANT TO DEVELOP IT IN HOW CUMBERSOME IT CAN BE TO DETERMINE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF MAKING YOUR FINAL DECISION. FOR THAT. THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A BETTER CHART THAT SHOWCASES WHO HAS FINAL AUTHORITY ON CASE TYPE FOR ALL CASES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OUR OFFICES. WHO HAS ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL. THE RECOMMENDING AND FINAL APPROVAL. AND LINKED TO SEE FEE SCHEDULE.

AND THE OTHER THING I HEARD FROM THE KICKOFF FROM THE FORM-BASED PROCESS. THE IDEA WOULD BE TO MAKE THAT ONE PROCESS. THE VARIANCE. THE SPECIAL USE P PERMIT, AGAIN THIS WOULD BE CHANGING. TO REQUEST SUP FOR A CERTAIN FAMILY OR NUMBER OF UNITS. ORIGINALLY PROPOSING SIX, FOUR OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND ALSO PROPOSING SUP REQUIRED FOR HIGHER DENSITY IN SOME AREAS. WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE ESSENTIALLY THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. M1 AND M2 MAKING THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PIT BUT IF YOU WANT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL GET AN SUP.

AND WHATEVER ELSE IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU WANT EXTRA OVERSIGHT ON IT. THAT IS THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR SUB. IN TERMS OF PD, ROWLETT HAS ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF ITS DEVELOPED LAND IN PD'S.

AND THOSE REGULATIONS, THAT OPTION IS SUPPOSED TO BE RESERVED FOR INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT NEEDS - IT IMPROVES THE CHARACTER. IT DOES NOT FIT ZONING REGULATIONS THAT ARE STANDARD. BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE AMOUNT OF PD'S HAVE INDICATED THE ZONE IS NOT WORKING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING CHANGES TO IT SO FREQUENTLY. TO REQUEST PD'S TO WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY TO BE. AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF REQUEST FROM PD'S AND REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE LOAD ON EVERYONE

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HERE. >> I DON'T KNOW YOU WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PD'S BUT YOU WANT THEM PROPOSED FOR WHAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. IS MAKE IT DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS NICER THAN THE STANDARD CODE REQUIREMENT.

>> YES. >> WHAT WE ARE SEEING OUR PEOPLE ARE MANIPULATING THAT TO GET MORE HOMES AND SMALLER, HIGHER DENSITY AND MORE TREES AND SAVE LOOK AT THAT. WHEN IN ALL ACTUALITY THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS FOR.

>> IDEALLY THOSE NICE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD FIT INTO THE NEW STANDARDS WE CREATE. AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF WHAT WILL THEY BE. AND THAT IS THE NEXT HERE FOR THIS PROJECT. IT IS ABOUT TO KICK OFF THE END OF

THIS MONTH. >> WHERE IS THE PROPOSED LEGACY

DISTRICT? >> THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT - THAT IS DIFFERENT VERBIAGE BUT THAT IS PRESERVED. THERE ARE TWO DISTRICTS. SO THEY WOULD JUST REMAIN IN PLACE. YOU CANNOT

REQUEST THEM IN THE FUTURE. >> I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK. ABOUT HOW MUCH OF ROWLETT'S DEVELOPMENT

LAND IS LEFT UNDEVELOPED? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD BED.

>> IF YOU CAN FOLLOW UP IN THE CAVEAT OF THE FOLLOW-UP OF THAT.

OF THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF A PERCENTAGE IS RESIDENTIAL IN ZONING. AND HOW MUCH IS COMMERCIAL.

AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS OTHER. I THINK THAT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.

>> WE HAVE SOME THAT IS SLIGHTLY DATED BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU A

BALLPARK. >> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT FITS IN WITH THE PLAN. AND THE REASON I AM ASKING. FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION IS THAT IT IS REALLY - IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE TAX BASE OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL IS NOT GOING TO DO IT. THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL PROPORTIONALLY AND NOT VERY MUCH COMMERCIAL. AND EVERY TIME WE LOSE A CHUNK OF LAND TO RESIDENTIAL THAT HITS OUR TAX BASE AND PULL INCREMENTALLY. AND WE NEED TOCONSCIENTIOUS OF THAT INCREMENTALLY. AND WE NEED TO

BE. >> QUICK THAT WAS A THEME DURING THE KICKOFF. WHAT DOES MIXED-USE LOOK LIKE BASED ON WHAT IS BEING DEVELOPED? KIND OF WHERE THEY FORM-BASED STANDARDS CATER TO THAT CONCERN. REQUIRING COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TO BE DEVELOPED TOGETHER. WE ARE SEEING THAT WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DEVELOPED IS RESIDENTIAL FIRST TO GET DENSITY UP TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL USES BUT I THINK THAT IS A KEY COMPONENT TO THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE LOOK AT STRATEGICALLY MIXED USE AREAS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY COMMERCIAL AREAS. WHERE WILL

THEY GO? >> I WOULD ALMOST SAY, JACOB, THAT ARGUMENTS FALLS ON ITS FACE BUT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IF WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THEIR CAPACITY OR WHAT IS THE OCCUPANCY RATE OF ALL OF OUR APARTMENT UNITS RIGHT NOW AND/OR ABILITY. I THINK WE FIND OUT IT IS IN THE 96TH PERCENTILE. OR

SOMEWHERE. >> RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT 90.

>> REALLY I PUT THE COMMERCIAL SITE DOES NOT COME ANYWHERE. SO WE HAVE GOT THE DENSITY, WHERE IS THE COMMERCIAL FOLLOWING?

>> REALLY GOOD POINT. >> IS IT A ZONING ISSUE? I AM JUST CURIOUS WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THAT?

>> WE DON'T SMILE ENOUGH. >> YOU SABOTAGED THAT.

>> I WAS A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS PERSONALLY INVITED TO JOIN THE OPEN HOUSE. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE KEY INSIGHTS TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE CHAMBER, OF COURSE. TO TAKE PART IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SEE WHERE IS OUR DEMAND PRINT AND HOW MUCH AVAILABLE GREEN BELTS DO WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT AND HOW MUCH INFILL WILL BE BE LOOKING AT? IN WHICH STANDARD SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED? SPECIFICALLY. RIGHT NOW WE ARE THINKING IT IS INFILL BASED ON THE VACANT LAND THAT IS NOT SUPER AVAILABLE. BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.

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>> JUST LIKE THE NORTH SHORE IS ONE LARGE CONTIGUOUS POINT OF REAL ESTATE. WHICH WE WERE A DEVELOPMENT MEETING THREE YEARS AGO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN IRVINE.

AND A GROUP OF DEVELOPERS WERE SAYING THAT ANYTHING GREATER THAN 100 ACRES NOW IS HIGHLY PRIZED.

BECAUSE COMPANIES ARE LOOKING FOR SITES LIKE THAT THAT CAN'T FIND THEM. AND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT WE COULD HAVE A RAILHEAD NEXT TO THAT.

THAT WOULD JUST BE PERFECT. AND STILL HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.

>> LIKE MOST MARKET ANALYSIS HAVE SHOWN A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING ONLINE FOR THE BIG BOX RETAIL APPROACHES FIRST.

PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. THAT IS WHAT A LOT OF CITIZENS ARE FINDING. AND THAT IS WHY.

IT IS LARGER TYPE OPPORTUNITIES. >> YOU ALL BRING UP GOOD POINTS.

ONE THING TO BE REMINDED THE LAST TIME ROWLETT BROUGHT UP CODE. NOT UPDATED WHEN IT WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED WAS 2006. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE MADE MINOR AMENDMENTS IN ADOPTIONS. AN UPDATE BUT TO DO A FULL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT BROUGHT UP A VALID POINT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE AND THE ZONING DISTRICT. WHAT ELSE DO YOU SEE IN THE CITY TO CONDUCT ZONING? AND WHAT - HOW DO YOU WANT TO APPROACH THAT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY NEED

SOLUTION. >> AGREEING WITH YOU.

I KEEP LOOKING AT THE WORD HEIGHT DENSITY.

SOME OF THE AREAS WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE NORTH SHORE. HOW MUCH MORE HIGH DENSITY DO WE WANT? WE HAVE HAD TO SHOOT DOWN A COUPLE PROPOSALS. BUT I THINK JUST LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CITY AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE. UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH ROUTE 30 AND A TON OF TRAFFIC MOVING. BUT AS MORE PEOPLE MOVE OUT OUR WAY THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADWAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WITHIN OUR CITY READY TO HANDLE THIS HIGH DENSITY AMOUNT? AND HE GETS BACK TO THAT IS WHY WE NEED MORE

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. >> AND IF IT IS NOT CONDUCIVE WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES, YOU ARE RIGHT. TO -- US WELCOMING THOSE ENTITIES INTO OUR CITY. IF IT IS NOT.

>> YOU GET INTO, THAT IS A GOOD POINT.

>> YOU GET INTO A PHILOSOPHY. A LOT OF RESIDENTS LOOKING I MEAN LOOK AT RICHARDSON'S. RICHARDSON DAYTIME POPULATION IS 400,000.

THEY PERMIT RESIDENTS IS UNDER 40,000 BUT BUT FOR YEARS IT WAS A PASTURE COMMUNITY PEOPLE JUST PASSED THROUGH THEM THEY CHANGED IT. TO A DESTINATION PEOPLE WOULD GO TO RICHARDSON FOR DIFFERENT SORTS OF THINGS. IF WE HAVE THIS IMAGE OR THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE COME BECAUSE IT IS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY NOT A BIG COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY. A PART OF THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO COME HERE. LET'S BE VERY CLEAR. THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES I COMMERCIAL, HIGH ENTERTAINMENT, I THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE NOT ATTRACTIVE. WITH THAT SAID WITH THE DENSITY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS STRETCHED.

THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO US. YOU GO ANYWHERE IN NORTH TEXAS.

>> IT IS ABLE TO MANAGE IT CORRECTLY.

>> CORRECT. >> FIRST, I WILL SAY THOSE ARE INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS BUT SECONDLY I WILL SAY THERE ARE WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF ZONING. I THINK RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE AT PROPOSING DISTRICTS WITH THESE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR DENSITIES COULD APPLY. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS. THEY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A CITY INITIATED REZONING AND STRATEGIC LOCATIONS. SO IF WE LOOK AT THE CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC AND THOSE WHO ARE LIVING HERE. AND ARE WANTING TO PRESERVE SOME OF THAT BEDROOM COMMUNITY CHARACTER IN DEALING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE STRETCHED THIN. THEN MAYBE THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT REZONING GETS DELAYED A BIT. UNTIL AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EFFORT WHERE

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I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO ALLOW THAT DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN. WHETHER THAT IS AT AN INDIVIDUALIZED SCALE OR A MORE REGIONAL SCALE LIKE NORTH SHORE. BUT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN CONCERNS OF INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT AND WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO CREATE A SITUATION LIKE I WILL SAY, AUSTIN. WHERE THEY DEVELOPED SUPER QUICKLY AND DID NOT HAVE THE ROAD NETWORK TO SUPPORT THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS. IT IS NOTED.

>> WE ARE ALREADY THERE. ONE LAST COMMENT FOR ME, AT LEAST BUT IF WE COULD GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING AND THE ADU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ADU, THE D IN ADU IS EMPHASIZED.

IT IS NOT AN AUXILIARY COMMERCIAL UNIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT IS STRICTLY DWELLING, CORRECT? AND RESIDENTIAL?

>> YES. YES. >> WHERE IS A MULTIFAMILY LEGACY

DISTRICT? >> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ONE.

IT SHOULD JUST BE THOSE TWO. THE LEGACY DISTRICT THOSE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALIZED PROPERTIES WHERE THERE ARE CONDOS. SO THOSE WOULD JUST BE RESERVED BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE USED AGAIN IN THE FUTURE THEY WOULD JUST BE ALLOWED TO EXIST INDEFINITELY.

>> UNTIL THAT LAND IS DEVELOP IT.

>> PHYSICALLY WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? I WOULD HAVE TO PULL UP

THE MAP I SENT THE LINK. >> WHAT IS OPPOSITE.

>> THE OTHER IS HERE OFF OF VIOLENT ROAD SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN.

IT DEVELOPMENT. >> I WOULD ARGUE, WHO CARES.

>> IT MAY OR MAY NOT MEET CURRENT STANDARDS OF THEIR

EXISTENCE. >> IT DOES NOT MATTER. IT IS NOT

NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. >> LAST SECTION - WHAT DID I TITLED THIS? ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT. THE STANDARD TERM IS UTILIZED AMONG STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS BUT ALSO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. THOSE TYPES. BUT IT IS INTEGRATED STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE STREET TERM I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THIS EFFORT AND INCORPORATING SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS. BASICALLY, WHAT IT DOES IS REDUCES THE STORMWATER RUNOFF REDUCES THE DEMAND ON THE WATER SYSTEM. BY INCREASING PERMEABLE AREAS. WHETHER IN PARKING, GARDENS, USING ESSENTIALLY DROUGHT TOLERANCE PLANTINGS AND MAKING THOSE REQUIRED AND THE NORM RATHER THAN ALLOWING BY RATE A LOT OF THOSE MORE MANICURED TYPES THAT HAVE A HUGE DEMAND ON WATER. BIO RETENTION FACILITIES WHERE YOU TREAT THE WATER BEFORE IT GOES OFF SITE. SO, IN THE AREAS IN THE CODE WHERE THERE WOULD BE OPEN SPACES. REQUIRED ESSENTIALLY AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT WE WILL LOOK AT MAKING THOSE STANDARD. SO, MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS THERE.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE IN TERMS OF THE TOP FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE FULL REPORT WILL BE ON R RECODEROWLETT.COM, WE ANTICIPATE IT BEING ONLINE BUT WE ANTICIPATE EDITS. ANY QUESTIONS? I NO WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THAT DURING.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. DIED I NEED TO ADDRESS A QUESTION AND COMMENT. I AM GLAD YOU ARE INCLUDING ECOLOGY AND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS OF THIS IN YOUR RECODE ROWLETT EXERCISE YOU BROUGHT UP. I FEEL SORRY FOR MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THEY HEAR ME GET ON THIS SOAPBOX ON A REGULAR BASIS BUT BUT IT IS JUST

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THAT WILL HELP TO REMOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE CLAY SEDIMENT THAT COMES OFF OF THE PROPERTY TO THE HYDROCARBONS, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF POLLUTANTS. AND JUST REGULAR TRASH, WATER BOTTLES AND JUST THE CRUD THAT NORMALLY WASHES OFF OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. MY POINT IS WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MECHANISMS - YOU AND THE STAFF HAVE TO HAVE THAT IS ONE OF YOUR TOOLS. AND WE AS A COMMISSION NEED TO HAVE THAT AS PART OF OUR CHECKLIST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LET THESE DEVELOPERS OFF THE HOOK. BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SAID SO MANY TIMES IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MECHANISM THAN THE DETENTION POND OR YOUR BIO RETENTION POND BECOME THE GREAT LAKE HUBBARD.

AND THE GUYS WHO KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH TROUBLE THEY GO THROUGH ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR TO GO OUT AND CLEAN THE LEG. WITH ALL THE TRASH THAT GETS DOWN THERE. WE'VE GOT TO GET MORE SOPHISTICATED ABOUT THE WAY WE REGULATE THE CREDIT BEFORE IT GOES OFF THE SITE WE NEED THAT COOL. WE AS A COMMISSION NEED IT THAT IS MY STORY.

>> THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS UP I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT FALLS IN. PRESERVATION OF OLD HOMES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY? WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY. BUT LAST YEAR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE WENT THROUGH LAW HACIENDA. AND DISCOVERED WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR WORKING WITH OLD HOMES AND RENOVATIONS BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SOME OF THAT IDENTITY OF OUR PAST. SOME OF OUR HI HISTORY. I JUST WANT TO SEE THEM TORN DOWN. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT

REALLY WORKS. >> PAMELA BELL: THE NAME OF THE

STREET? >> (INAUDIBLE).

>> WE DID NOT MOVE THEM? >> I KNOW THERE IS ONE THAT MAY BE RESTORED. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS. SOMEBODY OWNS THAT BUT GETTING SOME OF THAT RESTORED. WE ARE AT A TOUGH TIME WHEN INTEREST RATES ARE SO HIGH. AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAKE THE LONG WAY TO FIX THINGS UP EVERYBODY IS SITTING TIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN THE CITY PLANS.

>> WE HAVE NO HISTORIC PRESERVATION BID.

>> IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A HISTORIC DISTRICT WE WOULD NEED THE TOOLKIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT INCENTIVES. SO FROM FIRST ESTABLISHING FOR HISTORICAL LANDMARK IN, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT CAN DEFINITELY ESTABLISH HISTORICAL STATE STANDARDS. AND MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY STAYS AS IT IS. WE HAVE SOME PROPERTIES THAT CAN APPLY TO. WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH OR NAVIGATE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER.

SO LOTS TO THINK ABOUT. A GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE REMNANTS OF BANGKOK HIGHWAY OPPOSITE THE RCC. THE HIGHWAY WHICH IS A GREAT VALUE TO THE CITY. BUT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO THEN FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DEVELOP THAT ASPECT OF LAND USE?

>> WE DID WRITE IT INTO THE REPORT. ONCE THE FULL REPORT IS OUT WE WILL SEE THERE IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT FOR

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THEY CAN WE HAVE SOME CRITERIA FOR WHAT IS A HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND HAVE TRADITIONAL BUFFERING SO IT PROTECTS THE CHARACTER OF IT. OR YOU COULD INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS INTO THE URBAN INVESTMENT SOMEBODY THAT IS MEANT TO BE HISTORICALLY RELEVANT. BUT I THINK WE WILL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS

IT. >> NO FURTHER COMMENTS? JADE

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