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 good morning my name is Marty Rivers I chair the economic development

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 partnership board and I will call this meeting to order at 1103 a.m. and before

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 we get to our agenda items today I would be remiss if I didn't bring up

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 Caroline first meeting without her line I'm sorry I know she meant a lot to the

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 staff and all the people on the board and if we could have a moment of silence

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 I think that would be appropriate thank you

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 all right on a lighter note we have a new guest here Erica Pangburn is the new

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 president of the Chamber of Commerce and I hate that stores if I can't make that

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 segue any better than that but I wanted to make sure everybody had a chance to

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 meet Erica I think you'll find out she'll be very delightful and exciting

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 we're glad to have her here so you like to say a few words again thank you for

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 inviting me into your community I am excited to be here I am in week two of

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 my Denton world tour total immersion I just congratulations on everything that

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 you're doing here I've been a tourist in your community since 2003 and watching

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 the exciting things you're doing and experiencing that from without having

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 skin in the game was a different kind of fun but I really appreciate you guys

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 welcoming me into your community and into your circle congratulations on all

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 of the intense work that you're doing and the progress that you're making here

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 I'm excited to be a part of it please come see us at the chamber if you need

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 anything if you want to talk about what the chamber is doing or where we're

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 going and where we're planning to go I would love to share that with you I have

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 cards please contact me anytime thanks Erica all right our first item before we

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 get started we're going a little bit backwards today you probably noticed on

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 your agenda that we do have a closed session item to talk to you because it's

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 closed session we'll do that at the end of our agenda so we're gonna look at our

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 first item is EDP 19 - 0 1 4 to consider approval of the minutes from our

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 February 13th meeting so I'll take a motion if anybody is so inclined

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 approval as previously distributed to the board motion and a second all those

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 in favor say aye aye any opposed all right I asked earlier and I hate to keep

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 skipping staff reports we do have a long agenda on the city staff reporters or

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 anything that that we must talk about or we need to bring up I don't want to miss

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 anything if there's something on there but all the information is in your file

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 to take a look at it's really good information so hopefully everybody's had

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 a chance to look at that Adam same thing do you have anything you'd like to bring

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 up any questions on the report anybody have any questions on any any of the

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 reports that you thoroughly read thank you staff I know you're doing a lot of

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 work and I hate to keep skipping that but we do have a long agenda all right our

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 first item we're going to get to talk about is to receive a report hold

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 discussion and give staff direction on our economic development partnership

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 business award nomination nominations and selection process that's item EDP 19 -

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 11 and looks like Michelle is up to visit with us about that thank you it's

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 deja vu all over again to quote Yogi Berra each year the economic development

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 partnership board has selected a company to recognize at the annual mayor council

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 business breakfast award and they have looked at the company's public private

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 partnerships and very much a focus on the growth and success of the company

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 as a result of this over time the EDP board has recognized predominantly

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 larger businesses and I think most of our our stellar we're lucky that we have

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 so many wonderful businesses in Denton and a great number of them have been

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 recognized however last August the EDP board had expressed their interest in

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 developing some criteria that would allow the board to present maybe a second

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 or an instead of type of recognition to smaller business and in looking at that

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 we wanted to make sure that we were not replicating the efforts of the Denton

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 Chamber of Commerce because for years the Chamber of Commerce has also

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 provided a small business award so the difference between those would be that

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 the typically for the chamber they look at the company having been a chamber

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 member in good standing with greater than you know at least or greater than

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 two years of business within Denton and in good standing they look at their

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 business history and their overall management and their work environment and

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 a lot of times whether they've had to overcome hardship or not as a course of

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 their business operations and how they've managed to that so that has been

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 a great deal of that focus I know this board has been very interested and always

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 asks what the company is going to do for the community when you've looked at

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 incentives and things along those lines and I think that the prior criteria

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 which are included here in your backup and exhibit to these are the criteria

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 that you've used for the larger businesses and what we've attempted to

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 do is to adhere to those as closely as possible but make them much more

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 flexible so that they could encompass some things that were more typical of

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 private or in smaller companies so if you look at exhibit three these are the

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 proposed criterion for considering smaller business and I'm sorry exhibit

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 three oh I'm sorry page 33 thank you and just ask you we will have the Mayor

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 Council business breakfast award either the first or second week of September

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 again and so we'll be coming back to you and asking you for nominations in June

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 for businesses that you would like to consider once again staff will put

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 together to make the matrix for you to do comparisons within the criteria for

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 large and for small business if that's what you decide so that you can make a

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 determination in August July or August if he'd like to award in in September so

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 that's kind of the time frame for this but if you take a look at exhibit three

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 those were the the aspects that we thought would be of interest to you and

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 we just ask you for feedback on those or if those look good to you so Michelle

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 who decides whether they meet their criterion or not well within the

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 category they the company has researched and that material is put in that matrix

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 so anything that they have accomplished or or done goes in that matrix for you

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 to compare side-by-side it's been a big spreadsheet in the past and that's

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 provided to you ahead of time Jill jester I didn't see a definition and

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 maybe I just missed it when I reviewed the packet earlier of the definition of

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 a small business has that been established it not really and that's

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 great it's established different ways with the small business administration a

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 lot of times it depends on what type of business that you're in whether it's a

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 small business or not I think that what's been the stumbling block here is

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 that the criterion for comparison previously had very much focused on the

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 number of jobs and the investment the tax investment in the community and so

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 quite typically everyone who has been awarded in the past has had over a

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 hundred employees and often well over a hundred employees so I would say that a

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 hundred employees and less and I know that Texas Workforce Solutions in their

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 grant composition has one structure for companies over a hundred employees and

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 another one for less than a hundred so really that would be up to you we're not

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 doing either or so it really could just be a business award that's up to you

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 whether you want to present two awards or one you could certainly present to a

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 larger business any smaller business and then that wouldn't more specific today

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 is not an action item this was just an idea it was not the board coming forward

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 and voting and saying this is what we wanted to do it was a discussion and

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 that's still where we are today correct with some more input that was asked from

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 the staff is that correct yes so I think this is great and of course this is

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 something that that I brought up a while ago and I'm glad that we're having this

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 conversation I I would like to keep it to separate awards because I think it's

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 different criteria and I that's where I'm coming from and I think we have

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 plenty of businesses to fill both of those categories that need to be

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 recognized okay

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 any other comments or questions

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 do we need to at some point then decide if we're gonna do one or two and put

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 that on if we're gonna nominate folks we need to know what the criteria

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 difference with whether we want to as a group or not and or if we do move forward

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 we need to have some kind of correct I think you need to officially decide

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 whether you want to do one or two and certainly there's no reason you can't do

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 two I think that had been the prior discussion too and I need to have

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 specified in here stating what constitutes a large versus a smaller

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 business something that that would then be meets criteria as a smaller business

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 so I would be looking at probably a hundred or fewer employees as being a

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 small business if if that meets with the group's approval and certainly someone

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 has other criteria they want to use that would be something we need to vote on it

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 had to be on the future agenda yes so that we don't waste the staff's time does

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 everybody interested in moving forward with looking at a small and large

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 business or not comments I don't know that I'm against it I would say that you

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 know I just don't want to dilute the top you know what we do is business of the

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 year it does seem a little duplicative with the chamber doesn't give out a

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 large a small or I mean it's only a small business award so I don't know

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 that I'm seeing a large difference between the criteria in those two these

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 are just my thoughts it is noted in our backup though that that award has to go

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 to a chamber member and so there are some businesses that aren't necessarily

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 chamber members that I think should be recognized eventually

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 Erica so if this helps the first week of May every year is national small

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 business week so going forward in the chamber we hope to starting next year

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 really tout that and draw attention to small businesses during that week so I

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 don't know how this works on your schedule of offering that awards but if

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 you were going to offer to national small business week would be a good time

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 to celebrate all of our small businesses and offer something specifically for

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 them and then you could set your business of the year

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 my two cents are typically it's been larger businesses because they make a

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 bigger impact on it's easier to make a big impact on employment numbers and

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 those kind of things that being said we've got plenty of businesses to

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 recognize or a lot of them doing some good things I don't know what it would

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 hurt to have an additional business from from us do that all that does is spread

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 good cheer and and help recognize some some folks so I'd be for that

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 I don't know that we can I don't know that we can vote on an agenda item that

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 wasn't on I mean to create a new small business awards is it wasn't on the

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 agenda to vote on my name is Tony point down the chief financial officer I have

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 stepped in in an interim to run economic development what I'm hearing is some

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 consensus from you saying come back to the board with these two criteria and

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 applications we'll come back to you and it will entertain at that point we'll

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 make those action items and we'll have the criteria for you and you can then

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 debate on how you want to do that and if the if the committee doesn't want to do

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 the small business application prefers that we do something different as Eric

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 has suggested we can certainly discuss that at that point as well but I'm hearing

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 a consensus I think that'd be great okay thank you thanks Michelle all right we

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 have two recommendations from our downtown economic development task force

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 to consider today and the first one is item 19 - 16 to hold a report give

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 discussion on a grand amount of $10,000 for 111 Industrial Street Julie I do have

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 with me some copies of the scoring sheet this kind of came up at the last council

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 meeting if you would like to have these in your hands you can kind of see in a

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 large it's on this it's on here but in a larger format kind of what the scoring

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 is that might help you these projects are reviewed with the following

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 considerations in mind these are in the grant policy that the project increases

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 property valuation or increases the sales tax we it is looked at for

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 historical accuracy or design quality improves capacity of water waste water

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 or electric service so we have some confusion about that what that means is

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 you are going from a two inch water pipe to a four inch water pipe which might

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 help serve the entire area you're increasing from a phase two to a phase

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 three transformer which might benefit the entire area improvements to health

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 and safety results in significant increase in downtown population that is

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 foot traffic day or night or both and then the other impacts could include

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 partners with another business like shared parking is a target business like

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 a grocery store or pharmacy and promotes the development of arts and

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 entertainment downtown so now and we have recently changed this this may be

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 the first one you're seeing with the new criteria these first few are were in the

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 old one the facade rehabilitation and building renovation awnings and signage

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 impact fee reimbursement utility upgrades which falls under what I just

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 talked about the increases and then we added after the fire at the mini mall

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 last year we added interior and code improvements which includes as space to

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 asbestos removal lead paint removal and the addition of fire suppression systems

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 so we have discovered that's an important thing so this is the sheet

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 that I just handed out to you it's not very readable right here but you can see

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 it in your hands the recommendations up there you can see the score 25 to 30 is

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 up to 25,000 20 to 24 is up to 10,000 recommendation 15 to 19 up to 5 and

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 then under 15 does not qualify so this is 111 industrial street this is the

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 Steve's current location at 219 is East Hickory I'm sure none of you have ever

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 been there this is a map showing that location where it is just so you get a

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 feeling it is right there what we in the heart of what we call our entertainment

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 district and this is the this was the front it doesn't look like this right

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 now this was the front of seniors in motion this is the area that they're

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 going to move into this will about double their space and give them an

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 opportunity to have a patio and a real stage area right now they have music

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 several nights a week but as you walk in the musicians are immediately to your

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 left and so they have noticed that some people oh there's people playing we

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 shouldn't go in you know under so they're gonna have a real stage at another

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 location not by the front door they'll have a nice patio in the back as well

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 this is kind of a layout of the interior this is also in your backup if you need

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 to see it a little closer so they're going to have a private tasting room an

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 office humidor as well this will also give them an opportunity for their

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 cigar smokers to go out on the patio and enjoy their cigars stage will be over

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 here and the bar is right about there so their eligible expenses are

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 improvements to the facade are 20,000 awnings are 10,000 signs 13,000 the

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 impact fees is an estimate it's probably a low estimate of 5,000 utility upgrades

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 are 20,000 for a total of 68,000 we estimate that project is probably

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 already above that amount the total cost is always above the amount when they

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 first turn it in they are requesting $25,000 Steve severance the owner and I'm

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 sorry Roger I Roger Anderson I looked over there and thought it was Tim baby

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 from a distance so I need my glasses checked they are here to answer any

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 questions if you have questions of them the previous review back in September

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 the downtown task force looked at this and recommended $10,000 that was a

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 unanimous vote their average score was 24 so that score of 20 to 24 gives them

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 a recommendation of up to $10,000 so we are seeking a recommendation to pass on

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 to City Council regarding this when we changed the grant back in October we are

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 now taking every grant to City Council and that will be going forward as

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 well because of the TIF board being involved I will tell you right now this

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 money is still in general fund right this moment in that fund there's a

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 hundred and eight thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars we do have five

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 grants that are in process if all five of those grants go through at the amount

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 that they've been recommended that will leave that balance at thirty eight

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 thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars including today's including today's

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 including the two today so they would you like to say anything Steve you can

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 get up and say anything he has a question I'm sorry well yeah I'm glad

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 that you asked that I wanted to clarify if that included these two as well and

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 so just for more clarity this is not into the TIF just yet these funds are

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 still from what we have left right these are still in the general fund from the

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 previous balance that we had before the council said use this fund first then

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 once this fund is gone we will go to the hundred thousand in the TIF fund and

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 designated especially for this purpose right and and state law is pretty pretty

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 stringent about the TIF district and what can be done so any anything that

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 receives a grant out of the TIF fund has got to be located in the TIF map in the

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 district just so you know Steve if you want to say something you'll have to

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 come to the microphones our large studio audience can can hear what you'd like to

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 say and thank you for allowing us to come in and speak to you I love the

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 Yogi Berra reference at the beginning one of the things that I always heard is

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 one of the stories I heard is Yogi Berra was asked about his favorite Italian

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 restaurant out in New York and he goes I don't know nobody goes there anymore

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 because it's too busy and that's the way we feel you know we have as Julie had

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 mentioned we have people walk by the front door they look in they go my gosh

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 I can't fit in there there's no place to sit and so I'm amazed and just you know

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 two and a half years we've approached that and I'm so pleased of the support

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:37.040
 that the city's given us and I hope that today we'll get a little extra support

00:22:37.040 --> 00:22:42.200
 financially but as Julie implied we have pretty much blown through that 68,000 and

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:48.240
 have a lot of fun things going on there Roger Anderson has been a big help on

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:53.840
 moving the project forward TAVC has been an interesting organization to work with

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:58.800
 once again but overall you know we're moving forward our plan right now is if

00:22:58.800 --> 00:23:04.560
 at all possible to get our CEO this month and get ready to move in assuming

00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:09.680
 TAVC issues my dual license in May so sometime mid-may we'll get there so

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:15.320
 we're really close we're really excited and look forward to making that move so

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:23.960
 any questions for me will you be doing any kind of I guess insulation for sound

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:29.640
 for separating the businesses so I know there's another location just at the end

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:35.280
 that does live-blog music yep are you yes we're not we're not we're not doing

00:23:35.280 --> 00:23:40.760
 a whole significant build out of a sound system or repression system in there

00:23:40.760 --> 00:23:46.760
 right now because we do jazz we're not bringing in rock bands we're not doing

00:23:46.760 --> 00:23:53.080
 all the you know the big heavy stuff so it tends to be more acoustical and so we

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:58.200
 didn't do any type of sound evaluation to see if we would impact primarily

00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:02.640
 text office who you know where the sound is going to be coming from the the

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:06.560
 stage is essentially on the wall with text office we have not done any sound

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:11.560
 testing to see if that would impact their business but initially based on

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:15.000
 what we experienced over in our current place I don't think it will be in a

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:24.000
 dramatic impact and if it is we'll take care of that. Anybody else? Thanks Steve.

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:32.640
 All right thank you. There's no more comments or questions on this item feel

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:42.440
 free to make a motion. I'll make a motion to approve the full request and

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:49.000
 just say congrats on growing so quickly that's pretty great.

00:24:49.000 --> 00:25:09.000
 Somebody like to second that? All right we have a motion and a second. Any

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:16.040
 further discussion? All those in favor say aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.

00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:26.840
 Step two of three. Thank you. All right our next agenda item is 19-17 and it

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:34.120
 is for a grant request on 101 West Hickory and you may know that as the

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:40.200
 former Abby Ian. So this the Steve's was originally on the March agenda so this

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:43.760
 I'm just going to go through these slides really quickly because we just

00:25:43.760 --> 00:25:46.800
 covered them so I just had two presentations because they were originally

00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:55.040
 on separate agendas. So 101 West Hickory and here's the map again located right

00:25:55.040 --> 00:26:00.160
 there at the corner of Hickory and Locust right across from Wells Fargo

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:06.760
 Bank. So this is how it looked a couple of months ago it does not look like this

00:26:06.760 --> 00:26:10.320
 right now it's got scaffolding all over it and they're busy making changes.

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:16.480
 They're also doing the facade on more fun comics so it won't match. I would

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:20.960
 tell you that they're going to I guess they're covering up the tilt wall

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:25.000
 building that's what we call it tilt wall aggregate stone that's on there at

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:30.800
 this point. It's actually kind of a it's a it's on the side is more that tilt

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:34.240
 wall the front's been plastered I think but they are going to use a brick

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:38.600
 veneer. They have looked at historic photos of this building from the 1940s

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:43.760
 and earlier and decided it needed some decoration on the top. There will be

00:26:43.760 --> 00:26:51.700
 windows added on the side and this is kind of a side view and if this is the

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:55.960
 top is the side view the bottom is the front view which kind of separates these

00:26:55.960 --> 00:27:03.360
 two storefronts a little bit gives them their own distinctive look. And just

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:08.800
 another elevation here this is the backside and what used to be known as

00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:16.600
 the Abbey Underground down there to the bottom left. So their

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:23.480
 eligible expenses are $144,165 for facade and $15,000 for awnings which

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:29.020
 gives them an allowable expense of $159. Total cost of the project I'm sure is

00:27:29.020 --> 00:27:33.840
 more than this right now too because we've discovered this is like HDTV show

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:37.880
 once you get into it you find other things. So the original total cost of the

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:42.800
 project was estimated at $500,000. They're asking for $25,000. Alex Payne

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:48.000
 who is one of the partners in this is here today to answer any questions you

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:52.960
 might have. Valentine's Day downtown task force looked at this and unanimously

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:58.720
 recommended a $25,000 grant. Their average score was 27.57 which was

00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:06.040
 rounded to 28 and that gave them a grant recommendation up to $25,000. So again

00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:10.760
 we are seeking a recommendation to City Council to move forward with this and if

00:28:10.760 --> 00:28:14.800
 you have any questions we can get Alex up to answer if we need. I have a

00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:18.240
 question about the two separate buildings more fun comic because I saw

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:20.400
 that I was like what's happening I thought they were going out of business

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:26.720
 and then I so we're making them look the same is it I guess it's the same owner

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:31.920
 and just originally one of the elevations that was shown previously the

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:37.360
 last one was was the original I guess construction when it was redone back in

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:41.640
 2007 but this was the old white furnitures building which was from my

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:46.240
 memory enough people refer to as Cravens and so it was built in the 70s one big

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:53.360
 tilt wall building it was one one storefront entry and in 2007 or six and

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:57.000
 seven I was actually part of a group that that bought it and renovated it and

00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:01.560
 can it created what appears to be two storefronts here but if you really it's

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:07.920
 really just a facade that made it look like two storefronts so you know this

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:12.120
 again was an earlier project for us and we I'm not I never was real happy and

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:15.600
 thrilled with how the way it turned out that was kind of cheap looking the brick

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:20.260
 the fake brick veneer and so when we actually bought this back from Tim at

00:29:20.260 --> 00:29:24.680
 the Abbey Inn and hired an architect I said I wanted to make it actually look

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:30.520
 more historic historically accurate so what we're doing is is like there's

00:29:30.520 --> 00:29:34.980
 other examples of buildings on other corners of the square like the caddy

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:41.000
 cornered from us at where the tattoo place is for instance and I can't

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:46.360
 remember who's right next door I believe that's this yeah but I'm just I guess

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:50.880
 what I'm saying is it was an original building and it looks like one building

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:54.040
 but there's two separate storefront entries so that's kind of what we're

00:29:54.040 --> 00:29:58.480
 doing in this case where it's gonna say every the same brick it'll have slightly

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:05.280
 a different and it's not pink so the brick that's on more fun is what you're

00:30:05.280 --> 00:30:10.120
 saying will be on the whole just be moving just continuing the same

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:23.080
 architecture across it'll have a slightly different you know look at the top of

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:27.920
 the building but it'll be the same brick we're you know again their signage will

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:32.280
 go back up they're not going anywhere in fact what isn't represented here or part

00:30:32.280 --> 00:30:36.040
 of the request is their interior modifications the tenant that signed the

00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:39.680
 lease for the former Abbey is making quite a few interior renovations to the

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:44.040
 space I'm gonna reopen it's the lion and crown pub they've got two other three

00:30:44.040 --> 00:30:52.180
 other locations in DFW and then again we expanded part of the back for for more

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:55.120
 fun to give them more room in the back there are that's already done and they've

00:30:55.120 --> 00:31:01.200
 they've opened that portion of the space the we felt like it needed windows and

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:06.160
 cut you know cut windows in the side of the building that's done now adding you

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:11.880
 know there's read the old version was was kind of a fake a fake brick and then

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:17.680
 like EFIS throughout what we're going we're actually going over from here

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:22.440
 forward with an actual thin brick it is I mean it's real bricks that are just

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:28.440
 cut down real thin and so that's being applied to the existing surface kind of

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:31.200
 hard you can peek in there if you walk by but it's really good-looking it's

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:36.200
 gonna be more of a more of a maroon brownish color than than what's shown

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:41.280
 here in this in this scan we're actually adding some of the some of the features

00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:45.840
 that you see there are are using that EFIS product but actually along the base

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:53.160
 here I was fearful because EFIS can get kicked or punched or hit and like you'll

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:56.640
 you'll see it you know you'll see the styrofoam and so we actually ended up

00:31:56.640 --> 00:32:02.560
 going and using an actual cast stone at the base of the building a lot of detail

00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:07.820
 the architect we hired is that I think highly qualified in historic architecture

00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:12.680
 and I met him because he did the architecture at Parker Square and in park

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:16.720
 in Flower Mound and did the newest Midwestern State University campus

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:21.020
 there and if you haven't been by there again very good job of it like creating

00:32:21.020 --> 00:32:29.440
 new buildings that look historically accurate. So on the grant it's per

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:34.680
 building right so are we is the the 25 that's being asked for I guess more or

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:39.120
 less is going to be used in for two or which one does it apply to you it'll

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:43.320
 just apply to the one building it's one it is one building it's just an interior

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:48.000
 demising wall that separates we get this task force confused a lot to me it's

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:54.440
 it's one our number you know a tax ID number it has two two physical addresses

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:58.580
 just because it has two storefronts and that postal company gives it two

00:32:58.580 --> 00:33:05.880
 different addresses 101 and 103 Hickory but it's it's one building okay I'm just

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:09.680
 curious because there's a certain amount that each building is allowed to go up

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:17.000
 to and I didn't know if it was so I could have asked for 50 take it yeah but

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:26.000
 thank you for that clarification the other questions or comments when do we

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:33.080
 expect the line and crown to open against my good wishes they intend to

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:36.120
 open the basement level first and I think they're gonna try and do that

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:42.160
 within probably a week or two and enter from the back but we actually think we'll

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:46.000
 be out of the out of the scaffolding me down and everything be done by the end

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:50.680
 of the month so the upstairs probably won't open to me they they've got some

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:54.480
 more construction to do upstairs but yep the downstairs I walked through

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:59.000
 yesterday it's actually looking really good what they did inside just FYI is I

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:04.040
 always felt like with the last tenant you you might have known there was a

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:07.580
 downstairs but there was no good way to get there you either went down this

00:34:07.580 --> 00:34:11.520
 fire escape or you went outside to the alley you went in and it wasn't a very

00:34:11.520 --> 00:34:16.920
 inviting entrance so they've actually taken and blown out the wall where that

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:21.080
 fire exit stair was and then proved that making it where you when you're upstairs

00:34:21.080 --> 00:34:25.280
 you see downstairs and then you get downstairs you're they've opened it up

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:29.480
 and built out of space that had never been finished and now it's much more I

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:33.000
 guess inviting environment better lighting it doesn't feel like a dungeon

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:36.800
 down there anymore and so but that's that's still going to be a stage area

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:41.520
 it'll have like pool and darts and that kind of stuff like you might expect in a

00:34:41.520 --> 00:34:47.280
 pub upstairs will still be mostly just a restaurant so are you guys reworking the

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:54.760
 back wall also painting it to kind of mimic the the color of the brick and tie

00:34:54.760 --> 00:35:02.920
 in and then here some remnants of the yeah there'll still be some remnants

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:07.520
 because I can do it here so that's the this is the current and so that that was

00:35:07.520 --> 00:35:18.880
 the the tilt wall panels and then so here we're adding adding some some some

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:24.880
 brick and an ethos bands to just kind of break it up and give it some character

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:28.760
 along the top and then painting some of the existing panels not adding windows

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:32.880
 so that's actually in the kitchen but kind of giving us so much where a window

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:40.160
 might be but and then the back facing facing walnut I guess is is just going to

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:44.520
 be painted and then replacing and fixing awnings the awning up front was

00:35:44.520 --> 00:35:49.880
 completely rotted out so replacing the metal panel putting new roofing material

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:57.340
 on it we have already replaced the roof but yeah it's exterior exterior related

00:35:57.340 --> 00:36:01.400
 cost we are pushing that five hundred thousand dollar number and then interior

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:04.280
 I don't know exactly what the tenants spending on their portion but we have

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:13.560
 spent quite a bit more on that expanding the comic book store yes ma'am do you

00:36:13.560 --> 00:36:23.680
 know is this a contributing building any other comments or questions anybody you

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:34.760
 like to make a motion party Tony Clark I'll make a motion to approve we have a

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:43.920
 motion and the second any further discussion all those in favor say aye

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:50.800
 opposed all right thank you good questions and really good projects we

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:56.680
 are also fortunate enough today to have some of our planning and zoning staff

00:36:56.680 --> 00:37:03.240
 here today to give us a report item number 19 - 12 and they're here to talk

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:10.080
 about the didn't development code update and draft zoning map

00:37:10.080 --> 00:37:27.640
 make sure and ask about your letters make sure ask about your letters sir give me

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:36.440
 two seconds here to pull up our PowerPoint presentation yes ma'am

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:41.160
 I just thought I would let the board know that in the past I've spoken and as

00:37:41.160 --> 00:37:45.120
 representative of the downtown task force as chair of that for the past year

00:37:45.120 --> 00:37:49.760
 and a half or so of which Alex is vice chair however due to some additional

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:57.400
 community commitments I have resigned and they are voting a new chairperson in

00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:03.960
 the next meeting just wanted to let you know we're gonna I'm gonna make a

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:08.920
 request for our next economic development board meeting that we discussed the

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:13.800
 downtown task force and the chair and how all that's gonna work going forward

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:21.240
 so that may be I think Alex connect does and you did not know that so that's a

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:27.080
 future agenda agenda item but how it's gonna work so they meet is it next week

00:38:27.080 --> 00:38:31.080
 yeah and I'm out of town next week I won't be there but first thing on their

00:38:31.080 --> 00:38:38.680
 agenda is electing a new chairperson so there'll be someone at the home all right

00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:42.960
 good morning this is a little different I've never seen this set up but it's a

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:46.720
 little more daunting that you all are sitting at the table but my name is Ron

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:51.880
 Mingida I'm with development services a principal planner they're working on our

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:56.840
 update to the Denton development code and draft zoning map which I hope you've

00:38:56.840 --> 00:39:02.080
 heard about and we appreciate the opportunity to talk to you all we been

00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:05.760
 working on this for some time I know I've seen some of your faces in other

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:11.600
 meetings and in other events so hopefully these what you're gonna see

00:39:11.600 --> 00:39:16.480
 today is not new but for those that I have not been able to speak with again

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:19.040
 appreciate the opportunity and please let me know if you have any questions so

00:39:19.040 --> 00:39:24.280
 today is really just a summary of what we're doing we're gonna go over the

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:30.120
 schedule and we're pretty close to the to the end zone here we've got another

00:39:30.120 --> 00:39:34.440
 couple weeks till we get to City Council we're gonna talk a little bit about some

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:38.680
 highlights of what's being proposed as far as the update to the development

00:39:38.680 --> 00:39:42.480
 code and what our next steps are and then we can have a question and answer

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:49.120
 session after that so as far as the process we started this back in summer

00:39:49.120 --> 00:39:55.900
 of 2017 where there were several modules modules were broken into different

00:39:55.900 --> 00:40:01.080
 categories module one was the districts and uses the zoning districts and uses

00:40:01.080 --> 00:40:06.160
 module two was your administration and your procedure chapter and then three

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:12.080
 were your development standards we went through that through spring of 2018 and

00:40:12.080 --> 00:40:18.400
 then in spring I'm sorry winter of 2019 we consolidated that and presented a

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:23.960
 revised draft of the consolidated draft and through all this out throughout this

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:29.040
 process there was a number of public meetings on meeting with neighborhood

00:40:29.040 --> 00:40:34.360
 groups development community we met at the chamber a number of time with the

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:43.280
 DCDA group going over our proposed code so what's the path to adoption as I said

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:46.800
 earlier we we've been working on this for some time really with the

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:56.480
 consolidated draft here February of 2018 I'm sorry 2019 working through the

00:40:56.480 --> 00:41:02.800
 couple of iterations we've held a number of work sessions with the Planning

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:09.000
 Zoning Commission and City Council taking each chapter by chapter our hope

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:15.440
 is to get to the April 10th which is today the Planning Zoning Commission and

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:19.360
 making a presentation to them and getting their consideration or

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:23.440
 recommendation that they will then forward to that we will forward to City

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:29.600
 Council on April 23rd April 23rd is a couple weeks away from now and that is

00:41:29.600 --> 00:41:35.520
 when the city is going to be considering both the draft zoning code and the draft

00:41:35.520 --> 00:41:41.680
 zoning map so again I wanted to highlight that public outreach is still

00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:46.360
 available although we're at the April 10th and close to the April 23rd we

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:51.000
 still welcome comments we still welcome input from the public we still welcome

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:56.080
 comments from this board if you have not had the opportunity to review the draft

00:41:56.080 --> 00:42:04.680
 it is online in the own designated web page it's den code 2030 calm in there

00:42:04.680 --> 00:42:09.000
 you'll see the draft code and as well as the draft zoning map the draft zoning

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:12.800
 map is an interactive map where you can click on your parcel you can search your

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:17.600
 parcel your property or properties type in your property address it'll zoom

00:42:17.600 --> 00:42:22.240
 right into your parcel you click on the parcel it'll have your existing zoning

00:42:22.240 --> 00:42:28.960
 what's being proposed as well as links to what is proposed as far as new uses

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:32.720
 new standards and all of the other stuff that's that's part of the development

00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:40.200
 code so the project goal is really to implement the den plan 2030 I think most

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:44.800
 of you have been involved or have heard of the den plan 2030 one of the action

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:50.760
 items from that plan was to update our development code and as it relates to

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:54.720
 the development code also revisit our zoning map and so that's what we are

00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:58.760
 currently doing and again I'm not gonna read this list here but really is just

00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:04.760
 to implement our den plan 2030 so what that looks like is that we have a den

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:10.100
 plan 2030 with a future lane use map and it's my understanding that we are

00:43:10.100 --> 00:43:14.760
 scheduling another item for this board at a later time to talk about the future

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:20.760
 lane use map but that map as well as the entire develop I'm sorry the den plan

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:26.800
 2030 is informing what we're proposing with the development code update and the

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:30.040
 zoning map so you see the arrow pointing in that direction and that's

00:43:30.040 --> 00:43:39.160
 where we're getting our information the den plan 2030 has a number of chapters

00:43:39.160 --> 00:43:43.240
 and again just kind of restating some of the things that I've already stated that

00:43:43.240 --> 00:43:47.960
 these chapters are what we are looking at when we're looking at the development

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:54.280
 code from lane use to parks to mobility to housing all of which inform how we

00:43:54.280 --> 00:44:00.840
 craft and draft this code update so economic development is a big part of

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:05.240
 that as well the future lane use map informs you know where economic

00:44:05.240 --> 00:44:09.720
 development is suitable for future development and again in an upcoming

00:44:09.720 --> 00:44:14.800
 board meeting we will talk about that one in particular is the business

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:19.240
 innovation area and the industrial center that is west of town and that's

00:44:19.240 --> 00:44:24.680
 an important area and that's identified not only in the plan but also in the

00:44:24.680 --> 00:44:34.160
 future lane use map as a city we want to grow compactly meaning that we want to

00:44:34.160 --> 00:44:39.400
 make sure that we grow within our means grow with purpose grow our assets so

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:44.720
 what we have today we want to make sure we use them grow resourcefully grow with

00:44:44.720 --> 00:44:49.040
 character so any areas such as the downtown and such as any other areas that

00:44:49.040 --> 00:44:53.760
 have character the areas around the universities the neighborhoods all of

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:58.080
 which have character we want to make sure that we can continue that as well

00:44:58.080 --> 00:45:03.480
 as preserve and in encourage more of those types of developments and then grow

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:09.840
 with balance the future land use map is our tool we see residential in the areas

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:13.400
 we see commercial in the areas we see industrial and we see business in other

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:17.680
 so we want to make sure we we have a city that has balance and not just one

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:25.080
 particular land use so how have we taken that and improve our development code

00:45:25.080 --> 00:45:29.640
 update so one of the things that we're working on and have been working on is

00:45:29.640 --> 00:45:34.920
 making it more user-friendly using more charts using more graphics and making it

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:40.160
 just easier to understand and again I encourage you to look at your if you

00:45:40.160 --> 00:45:44.080
 have an opportunity to go online look at the draft code you'll see a lot of what

00:45:44.080 --> 00:45:50.200
 is shown here it's more concise more clear and then that's the goal we want

00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:54.520
 to make sure that as anyone that comes in and wants to develop in the city they

00:45:54.520 --> 00:46:01.240
 understand the code and they can go through it without confusion we

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:04.840
 understand that there's different sorry different development standards

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:08.720
 throughout the city we've got the the square area and I think you you guys

00:46:08.720 --> 00:46:12.720
 heard a little bit about what's going on with the previous item we also have

00:46:12.720 --> 00:46:18.600
 corridors the loop and brinker corridor areas that we we want to develop

00:46:18.600 --> 00:46:23.880
 standards for and i-35 specifically but we also have those character areas the

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:28.880
 the hickory and Welch and historic districts and other character areas we

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:33.840
 want also develop design stands for and also the industrial area the industrial

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:36.840
 park by the airport those are different as well so they should be treated

00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:41.280
 differently so we've got development standards that are tailored for those

00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:48.000
 particular areas again I want to just emphasize that we're trying to make it

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:51.840
 more user-friendly we've got additional charts that make it easier to follow

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:57.680
 this in particular this chart will be here list all of the different uses I'm

00:46:57.680 --> 00:47:03.720
 sorry applications it identifies what's required who makes the decision is it P&Z

00:47:03.720 --> 00:47:08.220
 is it City Council is it the zoning Board of Adjustment so again if anybody

00:47:08.220 --> 00:47:15.080
 wants to apply for an application they understand who reviews it who makes the

00:47:15.080 --> 00:47:20.840
 decision and what the process is so really really helpful and again try to

00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:26.520
 make this document a more user-friendly plan document okay I'm going to run

00:47:26.520 --> 00:47:32.600
 through these really quickly these are the key changes to the sub chapters and

00:47:32.600 --> 00:47:36.520
 I won't spend too much time on it but I just really want to share with you some

00:47:36.520 --> 00:47:43.220
 of the key changes chapter one again is our general standards just discusses our

00:47:43.220 --> 00:47:47.200
 nonconformities it talks about how we transition from the old code to the new

00:47:47.200 --> 00:47:52.440
 code talks about how it's organized in some of the enforcements that are part

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:58.840
 of the process chapter two I already talked a little bit about the chart it

00:47:58.840 --> 00:48:04.960
 has procedures that speak to common procedures that every application has to

00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:10.200
 follow but there's also specific procedures that are also applied to

00:48:10.200 --> 00:48:15.760
 specific application there is a section in this sub chapter that talks about

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:22.400
 citizen participation I think that's a City Council initiative or policy that

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:25.800
 we want to make sure that we have citizen participate in the process so

00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:31.000
 we've added this process to ensure that anybody that's wanting to know more and

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:35.760
 want to be involved in provide input they are able to so again try to make

00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:43.240
 this as user-friendly as possible PDs how many of y'all have heard of PDs

00:48:43.240 --> 00:48:50.200
 before I've been involved in PDs so you know in 2002 they were no longer allowed

00:48:50.200 --> 00:48:56.920
 we're bringing you back so with a little bit more criteria so it's not just apply

00:48:56.920 --> 00:49:00.240
 for a PD for whatever you want so there's going to be a criteria when you

00:49:00.240 --> 00:49:04.920
 are able to and that's spelled out in the code so PDs for those that don't

00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:09.560
 know is an ability for a property owner or developer to submit an application

00:49:09.560 --> 00:49:15.960
 apply for a PD and deviate from the code but at the same time providing more

00:49:15.960 --> 00:49:22.240
 enhancement so it's a give-and-take ropes and ranches a PD some of the

00:49:22.240 --> 00:49:26.840
 residential developments on the southeast portion of the city are PDs so

00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:30.800
 those those are what you are looking at as far as peace and those are coming

00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:37.280
 back as part of this PD if City Council approves this on April 23rd we're also

00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:41.460
 building in more flexibility and relief procedures to again provide the

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:46.040
 development community and business owners the opportunity to develop in a

00:49:46.040 --> 00:49:52.360
 more flexible but at the same time with standards that come with it so we're not

00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:56.440
 just saying you can develop but there's going to be some flexibility in the form

00:49:56.440 --> 00:50:02.360
 of allowing them to not necessarily do this but you can do this so giving them

00:50:02.360 --> 00:50:07.840
 options is what we're saying okay zoning district this is probably one of the

00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:15.720
 biggest chapters what we did here we currently have 23 or 24 zoning districts

00:50:15.720 --> 00:50:23.360
 if you all can imagine that your dr1 dr2 our CR 1 all these zoning districts we

00:50:23.360 --> 00:50:28.640
 are combining those down to 14 this chart and you I apologize for the size

00:50:28.640 --> 00:50:31.280
 of this but you should have a copy of this in your handout or your

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:38.720
 presentation this one is a little bit updated but not not too much the middle

00:50:38.720 --> 00:50:45.800
 column is the existing zoning districts the farther right is the proposed zoning

00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:51.420
 district and you see that for the majority the single-family zoning

00:50:51.420 --> 00:50:56.400
 districts or residential zoning districts that is are going to transition from in

00:50:56.400 --> 00:51:02.280
 our to an R so for example in our one is going to go to our one not a

00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:06.420
 significant change the design standards are not going to be significantly

00:51:06.420 --> 00:51:11.160
 different the council committee that's helping with this process and Healy is

00:51:11.160 --> 00:51:17.200
 part of that committee basically said keep it as low impactful to the

00:51:17.200 --> 00:51:23.480
 residential districts as possible so the nr2 is going to be r2 the nr3 is going

00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:28.920
 to be our three but that doesn't apply to all of the zoners we we have other

00:51:28.920 --> 00:51:33.020
 zoning districts that we're going to consolidate and the ones that you see

00:51:33.020 --> 00:51:36.240
 there that are consolidated are the ones that have multiple zone districts that

00:51:36.240 --> 00:51:43.000
 are going into a single zoning district for example the dr1 dr2 our CR 1 in our

00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:48.880
 CR 2 are now going to be zoned as far as this chart of this chart on our seven so

00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:54.280
 if if a person a property owner owns a dr1 their zoning district is going to be

00:51:54.280 --> 00:52:03.240
 an r7 and but in similar with the other ones DCN and DCG will go to an MD RC our

00:52:03.240 --> 00:52:10.480
 and an RC our D I'm sorry our CCD will go to an MR and so on and so forth the

00:52:10.480 --> 00:52:18.040
 master plan communities the existing 15 or so PDs will transition to PDs they'll

00:52:18.040 --> 00:52:24.600
 just be called PDs those zoning cases that were approved by City Council that

00:52:24.600 --> 00:52:31.640
 have conditions that were approved with them will be called PDs because they're

00:52:31.640 --> 00:52:34.960
 treated differently because they're not going to be transitioned to a straight

00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:38.560
 zoning because they've got those conditions therefore we're calling them

00:52:38.560 --> 00:52:44.400
 PDs and they'll be identified on a map as PDs and when someone clicks on it or

00:52:44.400 --> 00:52:48.120
 refers to it there'll be an ordinance number so that they can refer to the

00:52:48.120 --> 00:52:53.120
 conditions that are signed to that particular property so does anybody have

00:52:53.120 --> 00:52:56.240
 any questions I know I've been rambling here for a bit I want to make sure I

00:52:56.240 --> 00:53:04.360
 answer anybody's questions I'm saving them up saving all of our hey I've got

00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:11.480
 Jim over here is gonna help me with those again graphics and charts I'm just

00:53:11.480 --> 00:53:17.280
 gonna skip through this one overlay districts these these overlay districts

00:53:17.280 --> 00:53:21.400
 are your fry Street overlay districts these are the oak Hickory historic

00:53:21.400 --> 00:53:26.600
 district your West Oak historic district nothing is going to change to those the

00:53:26.600 --> 00:53:33.560
 only point that I want to make here is that the razor ranch overlay district is

00:53:33.560 --> 00:53:39.520
 going to be carried forward as an appendix to the development code so it's

00:53:39.520 --> 00:53:42.880
 not going to go away it's just going to be an appendix to development code it's

00:53:42.880 --> 00:53:48.400
 just so large in in in number of pages so we're can we're just going to move it

00:53:48.400 --> 00:53:53.120
 from where it should have been or it's proposed to be in four as an appendix

00:53:53.120 --> 00:53:57.200
 but nothing's going to change to that overlay district it's going to remain

00:53:57.200 --> 00:54:00.640
 the same as well as the other overlay districts we're just we're just putting

00:54:00.640 --> 00:54:08.080
 it in a new subchapter use regulations this relates to the zoning map what that

00:54:08.080 --> 00:54:15.520
 zoning is allowed is based on this use chapter this use regulation subchapter

00:54:15.520 --> 00:54:23.880
 so when you flip over to the subchapter you have this table and as you can see

00:54:23.880 --> 00:54:29.760
 this is just one of I want to say six or seven pages starting with residential

00:54:29.760 --> 00:54:36.640
 it goes down to commercial it goes down to industrial and in other uses you can

00:54:36.640 --> 00:54:42.280
 see that looking at the column here single family and the P stands for

00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:48.080
 permitted it's permitted in all of the residential zoning district is also

00:54:48.080 --> 00:54:52.200
 permitted in the MN which is the mixed-use neighborhood district but you

00:54:52.200 --> 00:54:57.240
 can see that if it does not have a P or an S it's not permitted in the other

00:54:57.240 --> 00:55:02.280
 zoning district if you look down here the next one down town homes it's

00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:08.760
 permitted in the R3 R4 with a specific use permit that's what the S stands for

00:55:08.760 --> 00:55:14.320
 if there is a plus that means that you have to refer to a use specific standard

00:55:14.320 --> 00:55:20.480
 that's identified here and listed as such so this use table is similar to what we

00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:26.440
 have today we're updating it we're adding new uses we're deleting some that

00:55:26.440 --> 00:55:32.080
 are not you know used as much but really it's just again clear up and as you all

00:55:32.080 --> 00:55:36.240
 know if a developer comes in and they wanted to say they want to do this use

00:55:36.240 --> 00:55:40.480
 and we don't have it well we can't really approve it unless the director

00:55:40.480 --> 00:55:45.600
 has the ability to make it consistent with another use but if it doesn't we're

00:55:45.600 --> 00:55:50.240
 we have to do code amendment so what we're doing is we're adding those uses

00:55:50.240 --> 00:55:54.120
 that we've heard over the years so we're making sure that we address those and

00:55:54.120 --> 00:56:02.520
 some of those are these here tiny home development I know that's something

00:56:02.520 --> 00:56:07.520
 that we've heard a lot about we're adding that let's see here bourbon farm

00:56:07.520 --> 00:56:12.720
 community garden you know to clarify we want to make sure we have a use

00:56:12.720 --> 00:56:17.940
 identified in the table to make sure we we know where they belong in what use

00:56:17.940 --> 00:56:22.600
 specific standards would be allowed short-term rental is another one that's

00:56:22.600 --> 00:56:28.760
 something new so we've added that use in the chapter I think outdoor storage is

00:56:28.760 --> 00:56:35.160
 another one that we've added that's significant so again this is just a

00:56:35.160 --> 00:56:41.240
 short list of the ones that we've added or a modified there's a laundry of other

00:56:41.240 --> 00:56:44.880
 lists of uses that's part of that subchapter so I encourage you to look at

00:56:44.880 --> 00:56:50.240
 that and let us know what you guys think development standards this is where all

00:56:50.240 --> 00:56:54.080
 the development standards are grouped into won't spend a whole lot of time on

00:56:54.080 --> 00:56:58.440
 this essentially we provided more flexibility in when I say flexibility

00:56:58.440 --> 00:57:06.640
 more options for the community to to get to where they want to be hopefully it

00:57:06.640 --> 00:57:13.000
 goes to where they're able to develop at the same time meeting the goals of the

00:57:13.000 --> 00:57:21.520
 community and the plan 2030 the council recently approved a landscaping in tree

00:57:21.520 --> 00:57:26.840
 or conservation ordinance recently and that is being folded in to this draft

00:57:26.840 --> 00:57:32.240
 code we've also added some standards more standards that is and more options

00:57:32.240 --> 00:57:37.320
 for walls and fences and then we also last year the City Council approved some

00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:41.620
 parking minimums and maximums that are being reflected into this development

00:57:41.620 --> 00:57:47.640
 code update too so sub chapter 7 deals with subdivisions won't bore you about

00:57:47.640 --> 00:57:50.600
 that it's more about platting subdivisions

00:57:50.600 --> 00:57:56.760
 criterias and development standards one in particular part of that is the option

00:57:56.760 --> 00:58:02.560
 for cluster development and this map helps illustrate what that means the goal

00:58:02.560 --> 00:58:07.840
 here is to protect as much open space and environmental areas as possible so

00:58:07.840 --> 00:58:13.920
 we are giving the option where if you preserve this area here I believe it's

00:58:13.920 --> 00:58:20.920
 30% you're given the option to lower or lessen your lot size in order to

00:58:20.920 --> 00:58:26.760
 accomplish that conservation or preservation and develop more of a

00:58:26.760 --> 00:58:31.160
 subdivision so much of what you see here versus one that's here where they

00:58:31.160 --> 00:58:37.240
 basically impacted the open space area that again the goal is to protect so

00:58:37.240 --> 00:58:41.200
 this is just an option it's not a requirement if someone wants to develop

00:58:41.200 --> 00:58:46.760
 with a cluster development they can and again that's something that this plan or

00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:52.720
 this code will have available chapter 8 which is the last chapter and that is

00:58:52.720 --> 00:58:57.240
 the definition section I think is one of the most important chapters in my

00:58:57.240 --> 00:59:02.680
 opinion as well in that in order to make decisions we have to know what they mean

00:59:02.680 --> 00:59:08.460
 what what each term means and so we're making sure that every use that you have

00:59:08.460 --> 00:59:12.680
 identified or we've identified there's a definition so we know what we're talking

00:59:12.680 --> 00:59:18.040
 about every term that we refer to that may not be clear we want to make sure we

00:59:18.040 --> 00:59:23.200
 define and provide a definition for so that's included in this chapter sub

00:59:23.200 --> 00:59:29.440
 chapter a couple more slides here now I'm done and getting ready for all those

00:59:29.440 --> 00:59:35.560
 questions the opportunity for input is still open we're gonna receive input

00:59:35.560 --> 00:59:41.720
 until April 23rd and probably even past that so there is there is there's plans

00:59:41.720 --> 00:59:47.160
 on approving or considering the development code as one item and then

00:59:47.160 --> 00:59:51.880
 the zoning map as a different item but the point is we're still welcoming input

00:59:51.880 --> 00:59:59.720
 from the public so what happens here after adoption we'll have a period we'll

00:59:59.720 --> 01:00:04.680
 have an adoption date hopefully April 23rd and we'll have an effective date

01:00:04.680 --> 01:00:11.400
 and word saying is October 1st so between April 23rd and October 1st the

01:00:11.400 --> 01:00:18.120
 development community has an opportunity to use the old code or use the old the

01:00:18.120 --> 01:00:24.280
 new code whatever that is but have to stick to one or the other it also gives

01:00:24.280 --> 01:00:28.600
 us an opportunity to visit and see if there's any changes that we may have

01:00:28.600 --> 01:00:34.720
 missed or any proposals that was approved that we may have to rein back a

01:00:34.720 --> 01:00:39.320
 little so this gives us the opportunity to do that this document is a living

01:00:39.320 --> 01:00:44.400
 document it's to be updated you know again I don't know how many of you all

01:00:44.400 --> 01:00:50.440
 have been part of the 2002 update back in 2002 when when they did this back then

01:00:50.440 --> 01:00:54.760
 but I understand that there were a lot of changes since you know then so I

01:00:54.760 --> 01:00:58.440
 anticipate that hopefully not as many but we hope that we have addressed as

01:00:58.440 --> 01:01:02.320
 much as we can with this version and we know that there's going to be additional

01:01:02.320 --> 01:01:08.680
 updates or amendments coming forward with that that concludes my presentation

01:01:08.680 --> 01:01:13.720
 I'll be happy to any answer any questions and our consultants here that

01:01:13.720 --> 01:01:17.520
 have been working on this document are also present so if I can't answer that

01:01:17.520 --> 01:01:24.640
 hopefully they can any questions all right anybody no questions about letters

01:01:24.640 --> 01:01:27.080
 so

01:01:27.080 --> 01:01:39.840
 any change in the parking per bedroom in this new development code so they the

01:01:39.840 --> 01:01:46.920
 parking standards was was approved back in May of 2018 and so so it was carrying

01:01:46.920 --> 01:01:52.600
 that forward so this has not changed anything I can tell you that is with

01:01:52.600 --> 01:01:58.800
 that adoption and I can make any multifamily development has to provide a

01:01:58.800 --> 01:02:04.120
 space for each bedroom over two unit over two bedrooms or more so if you're

01:02:04.120 --> 01:02:11.360
 one-bedroom unit it's 1.25 bedroom spaces if you're a two-bedroom or more

01:02:11.360 --> 01:02:16.440
 you have to provide a parking space for each bedroom in addition if you've got

01:02:16.440 --> 01:02:22.960
 ten units or more you have to provide a visitor parking of ten percent of the

01:02:22.960 --> 01:02:28.740
 total required parking so we're trying to address parking by making sure that

01:02:28.740 --> 01:02:33.760
 these multifamily developments that have more than ten units provide not only

01:02:33.760 --> 01:02:39.280
 parking for each bedroom if they're two bed two units two bedrooms per unit or

01:02:39.280 --> 01:02:44.380
 more and for visitor parking that does that help or I don't know where you're

01:02:44.380 --> 01:02:52.320
 going with that one if that was the question you had great thank you Rana

01:02:52.320 --> 01:02:58.920
 you mentioned the term grow compactly and sometimes which is a great idea but

01:02:58.920 --> 01:03:03.600
 sometimes the code and the requirements don't quite match up with planting

01:03:03.600 --> 01:03:09.800
 trees and fire codes and the more parking spaces so like sometimes you want

01:03:09.800 --> 01:03:14.200
 to be downtown but then you supposed to plant ten trees on a lot when a lot of

01:03:14.200 --> 01:03:18.080
 urban areas you don't have that kind of thing so was that addressed right and I

01:03:18.080 --> 01:03:21.480
 think that slide that showed the Taylor development standards you know for

01:03:21.480 --> 01:03:27.640
 downtown for corridors and for periphery I think we we have addressed that in

01:03:27.640 --> 01:03:32.160
 making sure that there are options so the options that we're talking about if

01:03:32.160 --> 01:03:35.360
 you're in the downtown and you're required to provide this much of say

01:03:35.360 --> 01:03:38.560
 screening or landscaping well there are other options that you can do to meet

01:03:38.560 --> 01:03:43.160
 that requirement tailored to your site

01:03:43.160 --> 01:03:58.120
 well and I was trash fire truck access all those kind of things that you don't

01:03:58.120 --> 01:04:01.360
 have room because the lots are smaller and you're trying to build up and all

01:04:01.360 --> 01:04:06.280
 that stuff so right and then just a point again try to help make this stock

01:04:06.280 --> 01:04:10.840
 in a little bit more concise a lot of those design standards for solid waste

01:04:10.840 --> 01:04:19.440
 and for fire are covered either in a fire code or a criteria manual so it's

01:04:19.440 --> 01:04:23.640
 if it's in here and it belongs in their criteria manual it was it was removed

01:04:23.640 --> 01:04:27.840
 and we've been placed into a criteria manual so to address your question yes

01:04:27.840 --> 01:04:30.720
 there there are some standards that I know our solid waste folks and our

01:04:30.720 --> 01:04:34.080
 engineering department our fire department have already updated to

01:04:34.080 --> 01:04:40.000
 reflect those concerns about access by widening the street requiring wider

01:04:40.000 --> 01:04:46.080
 streets so yes that's been done citizen participate more citizen

01:04:46.080 --> 01:04:49.520
 participation which always sounds good except if I'm trying to do something my

01:04:49.520 --> 01:04:52.400
 property and you're inviting a lot of more people to tell me what to do on my

01:04:52.400 --> 01:04:58.160
 property would you expand sure we mean by that we we just want to make sure

01:04:58.160 --> 01:05:03.120
 people are aware of what's being proposed it would it would only be and

01:05:03.120 --> 01:05:10.000
 it's not a requirement it is a encouragement recommendation is that

01:05:10.000 --> 01:05:16.080
 different like I notice it's on my SUP process and preliminary plot process you

01:05:16.080 --> 01:05:21.120
 have to have citizen input different than having a neighborhood meeting that

01:05:21.120 --> 01:05:24.680
 essentially that's what it is it's just another name for neighborhood meeting we

01:05:24.680 --> 01:05:29.240
 call it citizen participation and it should just be for any application that

01:05:29.240 --> 01:05:33.640
 requires a public hearing or a significant application such as a zoning

01:05:33.640 --> 01:05:39.520
 case or a specific use a couple of the new terms or uses you have in there's

01:05:39.520 --> 01:05:44.400
 short-term rental yes and accessory dwelling so short terms I like somebody

01:05:44.400 --> 01:05:50.880
 trying to do Airbnb and Airbnb yes and how do you are we trying to I don't know

01:05:50.880 --> 01:05:57.000
 how you would know what somebody's using one or house for and they're trying to

01:05:57.000 --> 01:06:00.400
 keep people from doing that no we're trying to do is trying to make sure we

01:06:00.400 --> 01:06:05.560
 understand where they are and we're gonna require them to register the

01:06:05.560 --> 01:06:12.640
 short-term rentals so and so that's that's where units are being leased a

01:06:12.640 --> 01:06:17.800
 full unit those are what we're considered for less than 30 days that's

01:06:17.800 --> 01:06:21.340
 the definition again going back to the definition it's important to know what

01:06:21.340 --> 01:06:26.200
 these are and so the definition has a clear definition for it so less than 30

01:06:26.200 --> 01:06:33.960
 days and a lease of a unit you know for for whatever time period and what the

01:06:33.960 --> 01:06:37.920
 goal is is we're trying to make sure we understand and where they are and

01:06:37.920 --> 01:06:43.840
 register them as well as apply some standards now noise is going to be

01:06:43.840 --> 01:06:48.200
 covered under the noise standards other you know code related stuff are going to

01:06:48.200 --> 01:06:52.400
 be covered in other ordinances we're just trying to put a place in a use in

01:06:52.400 --> 01:06:56.120
 their development code so we have a way of understanding where they are and how

01:06:56.120 --> 01:06:58.680
 they're treated

01:06:58.680 --> 01:07:06.080
 I mean we'll be able to tax them for renting the room and that that's the

01:07:06.080 --> 01:07:13.000
 plan yes sir that can wait a moment yeah yeah we're missing a lot of taxes from

01:07:13.000 --> 01:07:16.280
 one I understand because we don't do that currently

01:07:16.280 --> 01:07:21.200
 it's not that wouldn't apply to someone just renting a room it's a unit it's it

01:07:21.200 --> 01:07:28.140
 would be a right that's the difference right so when you're renting out the

01:07:28.140 --> 01:07:32.000
 full unit a full house of the entire house that's that would be concerned you

01:07:32.000 --> 01:07:36.120
 know like an ARB but if you're say renting and if it's a longer than 30

01:07:36.120 --> 01:07:39.280
 days it's it's a different category again going back to the definitions we

01:07:39.280 --> 01:07:45.040
 want to make sure that they meet that definition I don't know that's one of

01:07:45.040 --> 01:07:48.800
 the things that wasn't in the 2002 code you had to deal with correct and so

01:07:48.800 --> 01:07:57.240
 we're treating that as something that we need to anybody else any questions on

01:07:57.240 --> 01:08:00.880
 those letters I thought where's a talking about the letters that were mailed out

01:08:00.880 --> 01:08:19.400
 yes sir everybody get one okay do you have you've been noticed so this

01:08:19.400 --> 01:08:23.880
 definitely seems much more user-friendly it sounds like the way that you've

01:08:23.880 --> 01:08:29.120
 reached out to the Development Alliance and other groups to get input I've just

01:08:29.120 --> 01:08:34.400
 I'm really impressed with the comprehensive study and implementation so

01:08:34.400 --> 01:08:44.200
 appreciate that appreciate that thanks wrong thank you all right our next item

01:08:44.200 --> 01:08:47.840
 is any concluding items before we go into a closed meeting and I would like

01:08:47.840 --> 01:08:55.080
 to add for discussion an agenda item at our next scheduled meeting to discuss

01:08:55.080 --> 01:09:02.560
 our downtown economic development task force that's that's a subcommittee so to

01:09:02.560 --> 01:09:10.280
 speak or task force of this board as Jill mentioned earlier she was needed to

01:09:10.280 --> 01:09:16.840
 resign from that position we've always had somebody that's chaired that

01:09:16.840 --> 01:09:22.080
 committee from this board or co-chaired that that's not anything that's written

01:09:22.080 --> 01:09:30.020
 down and so given that we're winding down the downtown grant process from that

01:09:30.020 --> 01:09:34.200
 board I think it would just be a good and given the vacancy it would be a good

01:09:34.200 --> 01:09:42.040
 time for us to discuss the purpose a little concerned that the people that

01:09:42.040 --> 01:09:45.520
 are have been been involved in that stay involved in the city process well that's

01:09:45.520 --> 01:09:49.200
 through this through this board or some other board or what's going on there I

01:09:49.200 --> 01:09:54.720
 just think it'd be good time to discuss what what we expect as a board or city

01:09:54.720 --> 01:09:59.400
 to keep those folks involved and how they're going to move forward so if we

01:09:59.400 --> 01:10:08.080
 could do that please does anybody have anything else they want to visit about

01:10:08.080 --> 01:10:17.520
 we had preliminaries preliminarily scheduled a joint City Council EDP board

01:10:17.520 --> 01:10:25.160
 meeting for June 3rd we're going to postpone that until we have new staff

01:10:25.160 --> 01:10:30.800
 hired and in place think that'd be a probably a wise thing to do so stay

01:10:30.800 --> 01:10:38.680
 tuned on that anybody else have anything that we need to visit about in line film

01:10:38.680 --> 01:10:44.200
 festivals started yesterday so that's bringing a lot of folks in all right we

01:10:44.200 --> 01:10:54.000
 need to go into a closed meeting at 12 14 p.m. to discuss EDP 19 - 18

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 receiver report whole discussion and offer a financial incentive to Sally

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 Beauty company

