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>> THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA,
[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum]
WILL MEET ON JUNE 13, 2023 AFTER 6:00 PM AT THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, CHAMBERS AT 120 WEST SEVENTH STREET TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEM.ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE SIGN IN WITH A SIGN IN SHEET.
PLEASE HAND THAT TO THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE WE GET STARTED THIS EVENING.
FIRST IS CALLING ROLL, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AT THIS TIME.
I WILL GIVE AN INDICATION AND FALL WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> HEAVENLY FATHER GOD, I JUST COME TO YOU TODAY AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMUNITY GOD.
WE'RE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE BESTOWED ON THIS COMMUNITY.
LORD, I JUST PRAY FOR THE CHALLENGES AHEAD.
GOD AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE AND GO THROUGH A PERIOD OF RAPID GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
GOD, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE US WITH YOUR WISDOM AND OUR DECISIONS THAT IMPACT OUR FUTURE, IN JESUS NAME I PRAY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 3,
[3. Neighbor Comments]
WHICH IS NEIGHBORS COMMENTS.AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THIS MEETING AGENDA SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
AS A REMINDER, WE ALLOW EACH SPEAKER A TIME PERIOD OF THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN THE ALARM GOES OFF AT THE END OF THAT THREE MINUTES PLEASE NOTE THAT'S THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.
ONCE AGAIN, WE CANNOT RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED OF US AT THE PODIUM.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS, JANET TAYLOR.
>> DEAR, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I AM A 56 YEAR OLD DISABLED RESIDENT ON A FIXED, LOW-INCOME, CURRENTLY RESIDING AT THE PALLADIUM ANNA APARTMENTS LOCATED IN THE ANNA TOWN SQUARE AT 2020 FLORENCE WAY ANNA TEXAS 75409.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ANNA SINCE OCTOBER OF 2018.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT FOR ANNA RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED AND LOW-INCOME, BUT FOR OTHERS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD THE COMMON PHRASE OR EXPRESSION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO COIN THE PHRASE ANNA, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE A NEED AND THAT NEED IS FOR ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THIS REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND ACTION.
COLLIN COUNTY'S RURAL POPULATION LACKS ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AND THIS IS WHY I AM SOUNDING THE ALARM.
THE CITY OF ANNA'S POPULATION IS GROWING AT A FAST RATE ANNUALLY.
CURRENTLY AS OF 2023, THE POPULATION STANDS AT 27,000 PLUS.
WITH THE CITY'S CURRENT BUILDING AND PLANNING OF MORE MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS AND SENIOR APARTMENTS COMING UP AS EARLY AS 2023, AS WELL AS HOPES OF A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
THIS WILL CHANGE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THESE RESIDENTS WILL NEED MORE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING THE OLDER AND DISABLED ADULTS, SUCH AS MYSELF, CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.
WHILE MY DISABILITY AND LOW-INCOME DOES QUALIFY ME TO HAVE FEDERAL MEDICAID TRANSPORTATION SERVICES JUST FOR MY MEDICAL NEEDS NOT ALL SENIORS AND DISABLED QUALIFY.
BUT WHAT I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, IS THE GROCERY STORE FOR FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES, THE POST-OFFICE, CITY PARKS, AND CITIES SOCIAL FUNCTIONS, NOR THE ABILITY TO GET TO THE VOTING LOCATIONS SO THAT I CAN VOTE.
ON BEHALF OF THE SENIORS AND THE DISABLED AND LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS TAKE ACTION NOW.
I URGE YOU TO SEEK THE COUNTY AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS NEEDED URGENTLY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
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>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TANA BROWN, 2109 ADRIANA DRIVE AND ANNA TEXAS, ALSO KNOWN AS ANNA TOWN SQUARE.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING A PRAYER TONIGHT AND FOR SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT.
I DID WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF I THINK IT'S 7A, THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO LOOK AT GPI TONIGHT AND THE SERENITY RELATIONSHIP AND ALL OF THAT.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS LATER, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF APARTMENTS IN ANNA, SO DON'T TP MY HOUSE OR ANYTHING.
BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL SITUATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET MULTI-FAMILY THERE.
I DID WANT TO ASK YOU FOR A YES VOTE FOR THAT.
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.
THEY HAVE THE, WHAT IS IT I'M TRYING TO SAY? THE THINGS THAT SERENITY DID FOR US TAKING PARKING OFF THE STREET, THEY'RE ADOPTING ALL OF THAT.
THEY'RE PUTTING IN EXTRA A LITTLE BIT BIGGER TREES, SO THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY NICE THINGS.
LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE, NATE, I DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO COME IN THAT'S NOT GOING TO PUT IN AS NICER PRODUCT.
IF WE SAY NO TO THIS, THAT CAN CERTAINLY HAPPEN.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU GLENN BROWN BROWN.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR LETTING ME BE HERE AGAIN.
MY NAME IS DR. GLENN BROWN LIVE AT 2109 ADRIANA DRIVE AT ANNA TEXAS.
IT'S LIKE A WHIRLWIND IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I THOUGHT I'D BE SPEAKING AT 7 AM AT THE AGENDA, I'M FINE TO GO NOW.
SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN YOU GUYS AND AS A RESIDENT, I'M SO HONORED FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE AS A CITY COUNCIL.
PLEASED WITH THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE DONE TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS IN ANNA TOWN SQUARE, TO TURN OVER EVERY STONE.
COUNCILMAN CARVER, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RE-ELECTION AND TODAY YOU'VE WORKED LIKE A DOG FOR ANNA TOWN SQUARE TO TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE DEFINITELY EARNED A RE-ELECTION.
IT'S AMAZING FAR ABOVE ANY BAR THAT I COULD EVER SAT FOR, WHATEVER I EXPECT FROM YOU GUYS.
OF COURSE, WHEN WE STOOD HERE BEFORE WORKING OUT AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT QUALITY PRODUCT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THAT LAND AND ANNA TOWN SQUARE AND GPI HAS TAKEN THAT EVEN FURTHER IN ACCOMMODATING LARGER TREES AT INSTALLATION.
THE THOUGHT THAT'S GOING INTO THE INTERIOR LAYOUT OF THE PRODUCT AND HOW THAT AFFECTS IN DECREASES AT SOMEBODY IN THE FLATS ADJACENT TO BACKYARDS, OVERLOOKING THOSE BACKYARD AND DECREASING THAT FROM THE INSIDE PERSPECTIVE.
JUST THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH AWESOME THOUGHT, REASONABLENESS GOING INTO THIS PRODUCT.
LIKE TANA WAS SAYING, IS YOU GUYS HAVE SAID THERE'S NO TUNNEL.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE TURN DOWN THE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT HERE? BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY I'VE SEEN, BECAUSE OF THE TRUST THAT I HAVE IN YOU AND YOUR DECISIONS AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE DISPLAYED, I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING GPIS AGREEMENT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT WHERE WE STAND, THAT'S BEST FOR ANNA, THAT'S BEST FOR ANNA TOWN SQUARE AND THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MR. BROWN. PSYO. I'M SURE I PRONOUNCED IT WRONG. I'M SORRY.
>> THIS ONE. YOU ACTUALLY SAID IT PROPERLY, SAHIL.
PERFECT. SAHIL CERGY 2,500 INDIGO DRIVE MCKINNEY TEXAS 75072.
I'M ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND I FEEL LIKE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU, IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, DIFFERENT VENUE MUCH NICER HERE, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OPENING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I WANTED TO TAKE ONE MOMENT, AND THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS SINCE DAY 1.
WE HAD NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS EARLIER AND BASED ON THE PFC AGENDA ITEM THAT'S HERE TONIGHT, WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO AND EVERYONE WAS INVOLVED, AND WE HAD GOOD DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATIONS, AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE ONE THING, JPI HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF TAKING WHAT WE'VE ALL WORKED TOWARDS OVER THE PAST YEAR, TWO YEARS REALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE SITE PLAN, ALL THE NUANCES THAT CAME WITH THE ZONING HEARING AT THAT TIME,
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AND HAVE COMMITTED TO TAKING THAT AND NOT CHANGING ANY OF IT.I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM FOR DOING THAT, AND TAKING WHAT THE NEIGHBORS HAD GIVEN US AS INPUT, AND KEEPING THAT GOING THROUGHOUT THEIR PROJECT.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY VISIT A COUPLE OF THEIR PROJECTS HERE IN DALLAS AND I WAS THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY, THE STANDARDS THAT THEY HAD, HOW THE MANAGEMENT STYLE WORKED, AND THE AMENITIES THAT WERE THERE.
I'VE LIVED IN APARTMENTS BEFORE AND I'VE SEEN THAT BASELINE, BUT THIS IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL.
ULTIMATELY, I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM, AND MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD SUPPORT THE AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER SPEAKER FORMS? IT'S ALL I HAVE IN THIS EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.
[4. Reports]
RECEIVE REPORTS FROM STAFF OR THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AND A IS RECOGNITION OF THE SPRING 2023 NEIGHBOR ACADEMY GRADUATES.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, TO RECOGNIZE OUR THIRD COHORT OF NEIGHBOR ACADEMY, AND THEIR COMPLETION OF THE NEIGHBOR ACADEMY PROGRAM THIS YEAR MAKES OUR THIRD SESSION AND HOSTING THIS TOTAL AND IN THE FIRST TIME HOSTING IT IS A DAYTIME SESSION IN THE SPRING.
WE'VE HAD A VISION FOR THIS PROGRAM TO BE A CORNERSTONE OF CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT HERE, AND TO BE A SPRINGBOARD FOR MANY OF OUR FUTURE LEADERS.
FROM OUR FIRST THREE COHORTS SO FAR, WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF 15 PARTICIPANTS GO ON TO SIT ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO FAR FOUR ON PARKS BOARD, FIVE ON DIVERSITY INCLUSION BOARD, ONE ON OUR CDC EDC, TWO ON OUR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, AND THREE ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
WE'VE HAD EIGHT SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER WITH US, AND THREE HAVE GOING ON TO BE REALLY ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, ONE HAS GOING ON TO HELP RUN OUR KIBANA BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE, ONE HELD A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT BLOCK PARTY THIS YEAR.
ALSO THIS YEAR ONE WAS NAMED OUR CITY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR, AND ONE WAS ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS YEAR'S COHORT GOES ON TO DO IN THE FUTURE AND HOW THEY GET MORE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT THIS GROUP WILL DO REALLY EXCITING THINGS.
THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM OUR 11TH SPRING PARTICIPANTS SPENT 10 WEEKS TUNING IN TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY BUDGET, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND REC, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ALL THINGS PUBLIC WORKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY PLANNING, HR, IT FINANCE BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS, AND SO MUCH MORE.
WE TALKED ABOUT ANNA'S IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS DETAILING FUTURE GROWTH, WHICH IS A BIG TOPIC RIGHT NOW, WE HAD A MOCK PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE PARTICIPANTS GOT TO ACT AS COMMISSIONER DEVELOPER OR A NEIGHBOR.
WE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT.
WE WENT ON A TOUR, SOME OF OUR CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND LOOKED WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT IN ANNA.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A COMMUNITY PROJECT WHICH IS FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING OUR ANABAPTISTS SCHOOL BASH.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THE 11 NEIGHBORS WHO COMPLETED OUR PROGRAM THIS SPRING.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED, ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
YOU CAN CLAP, I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] GLENN BROWN [APPLAUSE].
VALENCIA EDWARDS [APPLAUSE], ALISTAIR HUNT [APPLAUSE], JUSTIN ANESSA [APPLAUSE], ALICE JONES [APPLAUSE], JEFF JONES [APPLAUSE], RAUL LUTHRA [APPLAUSE], GABBY MCDONALD [APPLAUSE] SHADY SIMS [APPLAUSE] AND CHRIS TURNER [APPLAUSE] [OVERLAPPING].
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I ALSO JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE RECOGNIZE THE STAFF, THAT HAD BEEN PARTICIPATING IN A BIT INVOLVED GIVING PRESENTATIONS.EACH YEAR I ASK THE PARTICIPANTS TO VOTE ON THE BEST PRESENTATION FROM THE STAFF MEMBERS, PARKS AND REC ONE AT THE FIRST TIME, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN BUDGET ONE AT THE SECOND TIME, THIS YEAR I HAD TO SPLIT VOTE BETWEEN CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BUDGET AS WELL AS THE MOTH P&Z MEETING.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS [LAUGHTER].
>> THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE. [BACKGROUND]
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] WE'VE FINISHED WITH 3RD OF MAY.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN CARVER DOES HAVE A PARDON HE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. TOMORROW IS A MONUMENTAL DAY FOR AMERICA.
ACTUALLY REPRESENTS TWO IMPORTANT DAYS.
TOMORROW IS FLAG DAY, THE FIRST DAY THAT WE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE OUR UNITED STATES FLAG THAT WE HAVE.
THE OTHER IS THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR UNITED STATES ARMY.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT TOMORROW, AND IF YOU HAVE A FLAG PLEASE FLY IT.
THE OTHER, ONE OF OUR GRADUATES IS WORKING WITH THE CITY TO HOST JUNE 10TH CELEBRATION THAT WOULD BE THIS WEEKEND.
SO SHE WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNEW THAT IT IS AN EVENT THAT SHE WOULD LIKE THE ENTIRE CITY TO ATTEND AND BE PART OF AND CELEBRATE WITH THEM.
IT IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF ALL OF THE SLAVES HERE IN AMERICA SO IT'S A GOOD WEEK. THAT'S ALL I GOT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. ANYTHING ELSE? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 5 WORK SESSION,
[5. Work Session]
ZONING DISCUSSION, THE HOME DEPOT.>> [INAUDIBLE] PLANNING MANAGER, [NOISE] I'M GOING TO BE TURNING THIS OVER TO JORDAN CORBITT WITH KIMLEY-HORN WHO WILL BE DISCUSSING SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS FROM THE CURRENT ZONING THAT WAS PLACED IN 2014.
I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT ZONING IF NEEDED.
>> HEY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JORDAN CORBITT WITH KIMLEY-HORN.
I SERVE HOME DEPOT AS THEIR SITE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
ALSO HERE TODAY WITH DAN BOYLE WITH MG2 AND MIKE STEVENS WHO IS HOME DEPOT'S BROKER.
WE'RE EXCITED TO LOOK TO BRING HOME DEPOT TO THE CITY OF ANNA.
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TODAY, THE REASON I WANTED TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU AT THIS WORK SESSION IS TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY THAT HOME DEPOT WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT AMENDING THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PROTOTYPICAL HOME DEPOT STORE WITH SOME NEW ANSWERS HERE AND THERE.BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH TODAY.
IS THERE A WAY OF PRESENTATION? THERE WE GO.
ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO SEE THAT? FOR THE AGENDA, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG MEETING TODAY, SO I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.
BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A PROJECT OVERVIEW, GO OVER THE EXISTING TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
WILL DIVE IN AND GO INTO HOME DEPOT SITE PLAN, THEIR OPERATIONS PLAN, THEIR CURRENT BUILDING PROTOTYPE.
THEN WE'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE ZONING ITEMS BASED OFF HOME DEPOT'S PROTOTYPE, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT AMENDING WITH THE ZONING, AND THEN SEPARATELY, THERE WOULD BE A VARIANCE MAINLY FOR BUILDING SIGNAGE THAT WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL.
THEN AT THE VERY END, APPROVAL REQUESTS AND IS MAINLY REFERRING TO THE TYPE OF SCREENING FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE AND DISPLAY AREAS.
PROJECT OVERVIEW. THIS IS THE EXISTING ANNA TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT WHERE WALMART IS CURRENTLY LOCATED.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME EL PASOS ALONG THE 75 FRONTAGE RODE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN THERE, IT'S ACTUALLY NORTH IS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
HOME DEPOT IS LOOKING AT THE NORTHERN PORTION THAT BORDER 75 HACKBERRY ROAD AND THROCKMORTON TO THE EAST.
THEN THERE'S SOME EXISTING PROPERTY THAT WILL BE RETAINED BY THE CURRENT SELLER LOOKING TO DO MORE RETAIL, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTER.
HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF IMAGES FROM REALLY JUST STREET VIEW, SHOWING THE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE DIFFERENT CORNERS OF THE SITE.
OUR PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING WATER TOWER THAT IS THERE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE CURRENT SITE PLAN FOR HOME DEPOT.
AS I MENTIONED, WE BORDER 75 TO THE WEST, HACKBERRY TO THE NORTH, THROCKMORTON TO THE EAST, AND THEN THE EXISTING SELLER'S PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH.
OUR MAIN ACCESS POINT WILL BE OFF OF 75 AND THROCKMORTON BACK BEHIND THE STORE, THAT WILL BE A MAJOR CORRIDOR OF PEOPLE ENTERING INTO THE SITE.
THERE'S ALSO A SECONDARY ACCESS OFF OF HACKBERRY ROAD.
CURRENTLY, WE ARE SHOWING THE HOME DEPOT PASO AND THEN TWO SMALL POTENTIAL EL PASOS ALONG THE 75 FRONTAGE.
THE SITE PLAN ALSO SHOWS THE SEASONAL SALES AREA.
JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ROOM ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, HOME DEPOT'S IDEAL IF WE DO HAVE THAT AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE STORE WOULD BE TO PUT THE SEASONAL SALES AREA UP AGAINST HACKBERRY VERSUS USING A PARKING IN THE FRONT FIELD.
THAT CREATES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EFFICIENT LAYOUT IN THE FRONT FIELD.
BEFORE I MOVE ON, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SITE PLAN? THE NEXT ONE IS THE HOME DEPOT OPERATIONS PLAN, WE CALL IT THE ISE PLAN OR IN-STORE ENVIRONMENT PLAN.
IT'S WHAT IS USED INTERNALLY TO HOME DEPOT TO SAY, HEY, ON A PROTOTYPICAL SITE ON THE LEGEND THERE IS ALL THE ITEMS THAT HOME DEPOT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, DEPENDING ON THE REVENUE THAT THEY ANTICIPATE TO GENERATE.
THE NUMBER OF SHEDS, THE SIZE OF THE SEASONAL SALES AREA ABOUT THE GARDEN CENTER.
THE GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW ITEMS DEPICT GREEN BEING PROTOTYPE.
[NOISE] WITH OUR SITE LAYOUT, WE'RE GETTING THE PROTOTYPE FOR WHAT HOME DEPOT WOULD WANT.
THE RED ITEMS DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE DON'T GET THEM, BUT IT JUST MEANS IT'S NON PROTOTYPICAL.
THE RED ITEMS UP BY THE SEASONAL SALES AREA IS JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE STORE WHERE THEIR TYPICAL PROTOTYPE IS.
BUT THEN THE YELLOW ITEMS ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE SHOWING THEM ON THE SITE, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY CAN BE PROTOTYPE, BUT DEPENDING ON AS WE GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS AND THE SITE PLAN PROCESS, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE HOPE TO FIRM UP AND CONVERT THEM FROM YELLOWS TO GREENS, OR EVEN REDS IF THEY'RE NOT LOCATED EXACTLY WHERE HOME DEPOT WANTS THEM.
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THEN I'LL ASK DAN WITH MG2 TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT, SO I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT.
>> I'M DAN BOYLE FROM MG2 ARCHITECTURE.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO DESIGN WITH YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE ON THE ARCHITECTURAL CHOICES, THE DESIGN, THE BUILDING FACADE, OR THE BUILDING IN GENERAL.
THIS IS A CONCRETE BUILDING USING THE MOST MODERN CURRENT DESIGN THAT HOME DEPOT DOES FOR ALL OF ITS CURRENT NEW BUILDINGS.
IN PREVIOUS TALKS AND IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY'S PLANNING, WE'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF BRICK MASONRY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FACADE IN ORDER TO WORK WITH SOME OF THAT MATERIAL CHOICES.
MOVING ACROSS THE FACADE, AS ALWAYS IN TEXAS, WE SHOW TWO FLAGS.
OF COURSE, THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS RECENTLY POINTED OUT TOMORROW'S FLAG DAY, AND THE TEXAS FLAG OF COURSE.
FOR THE GARDEN CENTER, I KNOW THIS IS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
FOR THE SCREENING THERE WE'VE ADDED MASONRY PIERS IN ORDER [INAUDIBLE].THANK YOU.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO REPEAT ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOO QUIET.
BUT IN THE GARDEN CENTER WE'RE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MASONRY BY ADDING MASONRY PIERS TO IMPROVE THE TEXTURE OF THAT AREA AS WELL.
THEN AT THE GARDEN CENTER ENTRY, ADDING A LIGHT TONED COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR ADDED TEXTURE THERE.
THE TOP ONE IS THE FRONT FACADE THAT YOU WOULD SEE, THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE VARIOUS SIDE ELEVATIONS.
I JUST WANT TO GET INTO ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THE GARDEN CENTER FACADE.
THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM THERE IS WHAT HOME DEPOT IS SUGGESTING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I JUMP INTO SOME OF THESE ITEMS AND THEN GO WITH THE ZONING.
THE ZONING AMENDMENTS THAT WE LOOK LIKE WITH WORKING WITH STAFF AND GO INTO THE CODE OR THE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REQUEST TO MODIFY.
NUMBER 1 IS GOING TO BE THE GARDEN CENTER'S SIZE.
THE CURRENT ZONING ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE GARDEN CENTER TO BE 25% OF THE OVERALL SIZE OF AN ADJOINING BUILDING.
HOME DEPOT'S PROTOTYPE JUST HAPPENS TO BE 26.25, AND SO THEIR REQUEST WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE ALLOWANCE THERE.
IS THERE ANY CONCERNS OR HEARTBURN OVER THAT? THE SECOND REQUEST IS WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, IT'S THE CURRENT ZONING REQUIRES A FOUR FOOT BASICALLY A MASONRY STEM WALL AND THEN DECORATIVE FENCE ON TOP OF THAT, TOTALING A TOTAL HEIGHT OF EIGHT FEET.
HOME DEPOT'S PROTOTYPE, I BELIEVE IT'S 12 FEET TALL, AND THE PROTOTYPE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MASONRY WHATSOEVER, IT'S JUST FENCE.
TO TRY AND HOPEFULLY FIND A COMMON [NOISE] GROUND THERE IS TO SAY, HEY, LET'S ADD SOME MASONRY COLUMNS, BREAKING UP THE FACADE AT AN INTERVAL.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT PERSPECTIVE IMAGE AND THEN WHAT WE SAW ON THE ELEVATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THERE?
IT'S JUST LIKE THE ONE IN MCKINNEY OR IS IT SOMEWHERE?
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST LIKE THE ONE IN MCKINNEY.
>> IT LOOKS NEAR. THIS CONCEPT LOOKS NEARER.
>> IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO ONE IN SHERMAN, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN THAT ONE.
>> IT'S A NATIONAL CHAIN I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE THE SAME.
>> EVERY STORE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A NUANCE TO IT, BUT AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF IT AND THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE AND EVERYTHING LIKE ALL THAT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR.
THE THIRD REQUEST, THE CODE REQUIRES [INAUDIBLE] IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK IT'S PERMANENT LANDSCAPING AROUND AN OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREA.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND TALKING WITH STAFF IS THAT, HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE PLANT TABLES AND OTHER SEASONAL DISPLAY ITEMS OUT IN FRONT OF THE GARDEN CENTER.
LET THAT SERVE AS THE SCREENING MECHANISM VERSUS A PERMANENT PLANTING.
>> THEN THE FOURTH REQUEST IS THE PARKING.
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THE CURRENT ZONING CODE FOR RETAIL CENTERS OR RETAIL USERS IS FOR PARKING SPACES PER 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING AREA, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE GARDEN CENTER.AND SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THE REQUIRED AMOUNT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOT BLOCKED OFF, BUT REQUIRED AMOUNT IS ABOUT 539 PARKING SPACES.
THE PROPOSED, WHAT HOME DEPOT'S CURRENTLY PROPOSING IS ABOUT 436, AND THAT'S CUSTOMER USED PARKING SPACES.
IF YOU ACTUALLY COUNT WHICH SHOW AND THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED ITEMS. AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GETTING TWEAKED A LITTLE THERE WITH THE PRESENTATION.
BUT IF YOU TAKE ALL THE ITEMS LIKE THE CART CORRALS, THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT IN THE PARKING LOT, THE SEASONAL SALES AREA THAT ALL TOTALS UP TO ANOTHER, IT SAYS 67 OR 80 STALLS, WHICH GETS US TO A 517 TOTAL, IS STILL LESS THAN THE REQUIREMENT.
BUT CUSTOMER SPACES WOULD BE AROUND 436.
HOME DEPOT DOES EVALUATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR SITES AND THEY BASE IT OFF A PROJECTED ANNUAL REVENUE AND THEY LOOK AT THE MATURITY OF THE STORE.
THAT'S IN YEARS 4 OR 5 IS WHEN THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SAY, BASED OFF THEIR MODEL, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DO THEY NEED TO SERVE THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS.
AND THEIR MODEL CAME OUT WITH 409 SPACES.
FROM A HOME DEPOT PERSPECTIVE, OUR CURRENT SITE LAYOUT WORKS FOR HOME DEPOT, BUT IT DOES NOT MEET THE CURRENT ZONING CODE.
OUR REQUEST WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE REQUIREMENT TO GET US CLOSER TO THAT 436.
AND BEFORE WE COME BACK IN WITH A FORMAL SUBMITTAL, HOME DEPOT'S CURRENTLY STILL EVALUATING THEIR PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT THEY MAY WIND UP DOING IS ACTUALLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PRO PARKING SPACES THAT ARE OUT IN FRONT OF THE LUMBER CANOPY.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO ANGLE THEM TO A DEGREE TWO TO ALLOW FOR PRO CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS, I THINK THEY DO ABOUT 80% OF ALL THEIR BUSINESS THAT COMES FROM THE PRO AT HOME DEPOT.
MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE PULLING A TRAILER BEHIND THEM SO TO HAVE AN ANGLED SPACE WHERE THEY CAN PULL THROUGH AND PARK BOTH THE TRUCK AND THEIR TRAILER IS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE LEARNING AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MODIFY.
WHEN WE COME OUT WITH A FORMAL SUBMITTAL IT ACTUALLY MAY BE INSTEAD OF 436, MAYBE 425 OR 430.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON TWEAKING THAT.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS BASED OFF THE PARKING?
>> CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION ON THE ENTRANCES.
>> JUST MAKE SURE ON THE SAME PAGE, THE MAIN ENTRANCES ARE THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND HOCHBERG. [INAUDIBLE]
>> OUR THINKING WITH THE BUILD COMMUNITY COMING BACK BEHIND THE STORE.
AND THAT'S A PLACE COMING FROM THE CITY HALL RIGHT TO GET DOWN THERE.
YOU'D TURN BASED ON THROCKMORTON OR YOU GO TO 75. EITHER WAY.
WE'RE BASICALLY THINKING THAT IF THEY ARE COMING VIA THROCKMORTON, YOU COULD COME IN FROM EITHER SIDE ON THE REAR.
AND WE'VE ADDED SOME STRIPING THERE NEAR THE HACKBERRY ENTRANCE TO REALLY ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE.
WE THINK THAT HACKBERRY IS A LITTLE MAYBE MORE SECONDARY UNLESS THEY MISS THE FIRST ENTRANCE FROM 75.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT THING.
THROCKMORTON HAS BEEN RENAMED.
>> JUST JUST SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
>> I WAS HEARING ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].
WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE THOUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE SITE PLANS AND THINGS MOVING FORWARD SHOW BUDDY HAYES.
MOVING FROM THE ZONING, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ZONING ITEMS? I WENT OVER MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S THE ONLY ZONING ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO MODIFY.
VARIANCE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SIGNAGE CODE IS SEPARATE FROM THE ZONING SPECIFIC TO A SITE.
AND SO IT'D BE A SEPARATE VARIANCE PROCESS, AND THE TWO ITEMS. THIS IS A DEPICTION OF THEIR SIGNAGE PACKAGE.
THIS IS AGAIN, THEIR SIGNAGE PACKAGE HERE SHOWING WHAT THE DIFFERENT SIGNS THAT HOME DEPOT HAS ON THEIR PROTOTYPE.
THERE'S TWO VARIANTS ITEM OR TWO ITEMS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO VARY.
ONE OF THEM IS EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGN CANNOT EXCEED 200 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING AREA.
HOME DEPOT'S THEIR TYPICAL THE HOME DEPOT SIGN IS 437 SQUARE FEET.
THAT WOULD BE A REQUEST IS TO VARY THE REQUIREMENT
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FROM 200-437 FOR THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGN, ALL THE OTHER SIGNS ARE LESS THAN 100 SQUARE FEET, LIKE THE LUMBER AND THE GARDEN CENTER.THEN THE MAX ALLOWANCE FOR, I BELIEVE LIKE ONE FACE OF THE BUILDING IS TWICE THE AMOUNT OF 200, SO 400.
AND THE TOTAL SIGNAGE PACKAGE FOR HOME DEPOT IS 578.
HOME DEPOT'S REQUEST WOULD BE TO ABLE TO USE THEIR PROTOTYPICAL SIGNAGE PACKAGE, JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS FROM COUNCIL.
WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE, I GUESS LEARNING WHERE THIS KIND OF FILL IN.
YOU GOT THE SEASONAL SALES AREA, YOU HAVE SHEDS, YOU'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT AND THE PARKING LOT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RENT FROM THE TOTAL RENTAL CENTER.
THEY HAVE PRODUCT STAGING, SO THEY'VE GOT PALETTES AND LUMBER AND OTHER ITEMS THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY CIRCLING IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE SCREENED FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AND ALSO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE AN ALLOWANCE FOR A LANDSCAPE SCREENING.
USING VARIOUS LANDSCAPE, YOU EITHER HOME DEPOT PROVIDE A LANDSCAPE OR SOMETHING PERMANENT THAT CAN OBTAIN THE SIX-FOOT HEIGHT REQUIREMENT.
AND WE DO HAVE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN THE REAR OF THE STORE WHERE WE PLAN ON DOING THAT.
THAT ACTUALLY WINDS UP PROVIDING A BETTER BUFFER, THEN A SOUND WALL, ESSENTIALLY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S REQUIRED FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE A LANDSCAPE OR MAYBE IT'S PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE.
[OVERLAPPING] ANY CONCERNS WITH USING LANDSCAPING TO SCREEN?
THAT'S A RENTAL PRODUCT ACROSS THE STREET.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS UP ANY TOPICS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR QUALM HERE ABOUT HOME DEPOT?
>> NO, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN FOR THE WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALL WILL SUBMIT.
I THINK THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS NOT REALLY SPECIFIC TO KIMLEY-HORN.
IT'S MORE TO PROBABLY THE REAL ESTATE BROKER AND OTHERS.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN PRETTY AGGRESSIVE FROM AN INCENTIVE STANDPOINT.
I THINK YOU'RE HEARING TONIGHT, NOT ONE BIT OF OPPOSITION TO ZONING CHANGES OR VARIANCE REQUEST.
I THINK THE EXPECTATION OF THIS CITY COUNCIL IS THE HOME DEPOT IS MOVING FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AFTER HEARING US TELL YOU ALL THAT.
>> YEAH, HOME DEPOT IS CONSTANTLY EVALUATING ALL OF THEIR SITES AND THEY DO WANT TO COME HERE TO ANNA.
THAT WAS A BIG PORTION OR REASON TO COME HERE TONIGHT, JUST COMMUNICATE WITH YOU GUYS AND SAY, "HEY, THIS IS WHAT HOME DEPOT WOULD LIKE," AND ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT THERE MAY BE.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PROJECTED TO TRY TO HIT OF FEBRUARY OF 25, BUT THAT DATE OBVIOUSLY SHIFTS HERE AND THERE.
THEY HAVE IT ON THE RADAR AND THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE SO FAR.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM D, ANNA SENIOR TRANSIT DISCUSSION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
KIMBERLY GARDUNO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, AT THE MAY 9TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAYOR PRO TEM MILLER REQUESTED A WORK SESSION ITEM TO DISCUSS SENIOR TRANSIT IN ANNA, THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
I'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND OF SENIOR TRANSIT IN ANNA.
THE GOAL IS TO SHOW HOW DO WE GET HERE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE ARE WE NOW.
I WILL DISCUSS THE MUTD AND CENSUS, AND WHY BOTH ARE CRITICAL FOR FUNDING TRANSIT, KEY RECOMMENDATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT STUDY, IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR COUNCIL, AND A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL PRICING PROPOSAL FOR TRANSIT SERVICE IN ANNA.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, CITY STAFF IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED
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REGULARLY BY ANNA NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED OR BOTH, EXPRESSING A DESIRE FOR THE CITY OF ANNA TO PROVIDE AN AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTION.SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS RELOCATED TO ANNA FROM OTHER CITIES THAT PROVIDED AN ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT SERVICE LIKE DART.
SOME NEIGHBORS ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO PHYSICALLY DRIVE, OR DO NOT HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CAN TAKE THEM TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS OR GROCERY SHOPPING.
PRIVATE MOBILITY SERVICES LIKE UBER AND LYFT ARE EXPENSIVE, AND THEY DO CREATE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR SENIORS ON A FIXED INCOME.
INITIALLY, STAFF EVALUATED THE CREATION OF A VOLUNTEER-LED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR SENIORS.
HOWEVER, THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO PROPERLY ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING RETROFITTING VANS FOR ADA COMPLIANCE AND WHEELCHAIR LIFTS, INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND STAFF TO ACTUALLY SCHEDULE PICK-UPS AND DROP-OFFS WAS BEYOND OUR CURRENT SCOPE.
THE EFFICIENT AND BEST SOLUTION WAS TO ENGAGE AND ESTABLISH PROVIDER OF TRANSIT, SPECIFICALLY THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT.
IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT STAFF ISSUED A MEMO TO COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR EFFORTS AND WE ALSO HOSTED A VIRTUAL MEETING TO DISCUSS TRANSIT FUNDING OPTIONS FOR ANNA.
BEFORE I DISCUSS ANNA'S EFFORTS TO JOIN THE MUTD, I'D LIKE TO ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY BEHIND MCKINNEY'S URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT.
COLLIN COUNTY PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TRANSIT FOR RURAL AREAS BY CONTRACTING WITH TAPS, AND THIS ENDED IN 2015.
THE MUTD WAS FORMED IN 2016 AND INCLUDES SIX CITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU AS PART OF MCKINNEY'S URBANIZED AREA.
THE CLOSEST CITY RECEIVING SERVICE IN THE MUTD IS THE CITY OF MELISSA.
ELIGIBLE RIDERS PAY $3 PER TRAVEL BETWEEN SERVICE AREA CITIES AND $5 PER TRAVEL TO CITIES THROUGHOUT COLLIN COUNTY.
PLEASE NOTE THOUGH, THAT THE COST OF THE PROGRAM IS SUBSIDIZED WITH FUNDING FROM TWO SOURCES, STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES.
THE QUESTION REMAINS, WHY DOESN'T ANNA FORMALLY REQUEST TO JOIN THE MUTD? IT SEEMS RELATIVELY SIMPLE SINCE THEY'RE PROVIDING SERVICES DIRECTLY TO MELISSA.
BUT THE CITY OF ANNA COULD PETITION THE MUTD BOARD TO CONSIDER ANNA'S REQUEST TO JOIN.
BUT THE CITY OF ANNA IS NOT INCLUDED IN MCKINNEY'S URBANIZED AREA OR UZA.
THAT MEANS ANNA WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING TO OFFSET THE COST OF TRANSIT SERVICE THROUGH THE MUTD.
AS WE CAN SEE FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE CENSUS DESIGNATION IS CRITICAL TO ACCESSING FUNDING FOR TRANSIT.
UNDER THE US CENSUS, URBANIZED AREAS ARE CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 50,000 OR MORE.
THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION STRICTLY USES THE BOUNDARIES OUTLINED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU TO DETERMINE FUNDING.
BECAUSE THE CITY OF ANNA DOES NOT MEET THE 50,000 POPULATION THRESHOLD, THE FTA THEREFORE RECOGNIZES ANNA AS RURAL.
THIS IS STRICTLY FOR FUNDING PURPOSES.
COLLIN COUNTY'S GROWTH BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS MEANS THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE MUTD WILL CHANGE.
MCKINNEY'S URBANIZED AREA NOW GAINS PORTIONS OF FRISCO, BUT LOSES MELISSA AND PRINCETON.
THIS MEANS THOSE CITIES WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ACCESS FUNDING PROVIDED THROUGH THE MUTD.
FRISCO NOW HAS THE OPTION TO EITHER JOIN THE MUTD, AND THIS WOULD CREATE A LARGER URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT, OR THEY COULD FORGO THAT AND OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY.
HOWEVER, THE TIMELINE OF CHANGES TO THE MUTD OR THE NEW FRISCO-MCKINNEY PARTNERSHIP IS UNKNOWN AS OF RIGHT NOW.
THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS COMPLETED THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT STUDY ALONGSIDE THE IRVING FRISCO RAIL CORRIDOR STUDY IN 2021.
AS MANY KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOLKS LIKE ME WHO ARE DRIVING ON I75,
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CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC IS A MAJOR CONCERN IN THE AREA.COLLIN COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRAVEL ARE NEEDED TO COMBAT THE ISSUE.
TWO IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS OF THE TRANSIT STUDY FOR COLLIN COUNTY.
ONE, THE CITY WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN EMERGING AND HIGH-GROWTH AREA.
TWO, THE COLLIN COUNTY STUDY REBUILD A PATCHWORK OF EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
THE DECISIVE CONCLUSION IS THAT COLLIN COUNTY NEEDS A MORE STRUCTURED AND UNIFIED APPROACH TO IMPROVING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT PATCHWORK OF TRANSIT PROVIDERS LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER LIME GREEN SHADED AREA IS COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT, SO THAT'S THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE PROGRAM OPERATED BY MUTD.
IN ADDITION TO THE CHANGES IN THE MUTD, COLLIN COUNTY RIDES, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT IS OPERATED BY DART, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, THE TOWN OF FAIRVIEW, AND WYLIE.
THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO SLATED TO END.
MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW IT'S LIKE A CRASH COURSE AND UNDERSTANDING THE BUREAUCRATIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CENSUS MEMBERS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT.
BUT ULTIMATELY, COLLIN COUNTY HAS AN URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT.
THE MUTD, WHICH AGAIN INCLUDES MCKINNEY'S URBANIZED AREA, AND THOSE CITIES DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU.
NOW THEIR PRIORITY IS TO ESTABLISH A RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT TO LEVERAGE RULE OF FEDERAL FUNDING.
YOU MAY BE ASKING, WHAT ABOUT STATE FUNDING? A RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT WOULD NEED TO BE CREATED TO ALSO ACCESS STATE RULE FUNDING THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR CITIES IN COLLIN COUNTY DESIGNATED AS ROLE LIKE ANNA.
CREATING A RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT IS DEFINITELY COMPLEX.
IT IS ARDUOUS, AND IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TIME CONSUMING, BUT WE BELIEVE COLLIN COUNTY IS BEST SUITED TO LEAD THIS EFFORT.
THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE OF COURSE, TO ENGAGE A PRIVATE MICROTRANSIT PROVIDER, AND I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
STAFF ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO, MET WITH A PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY TO DISCUSS THE COST TO DESIGN AND OPERATE A MICROTRANSIT PROGRAM FOR ANNA.
THEIR PROPOSAL, WHICH YOU CAN SEE INCLUDES MONDAY TO FRIDAY SERVICE FOR 10 HOURS PER WEEK.
THIS INCLUDES NO WEEKEND SERVICE.
IT DOES PROVIDE ADA AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VANS, RIDESHARE, AND DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE.
THE FIRST OPTION IN THE FIRST COLUMN INCLUDES THREE VANS WITH ONE SPARE VEHICLE, AND THEN ANNUAL NOT TO EXCEED COST OF 620,000.
THE SECOND OPTION INCLUDES FIVE VEHICLES PLUS ONE SPARE WITH AN ANNUAL NOT TO EXCEED COST OF 920,000.
THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES SERVICE IN ANNA CITY LIMITS ONLY AND NO SERVICE THROUGHOUT COLLIN COUNTY.
OF COURSE, WE COULD DESIGN THIS SERVICE TO TRAVEL WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY, BUT THE COST WOULD INCREASE.
AGAIN, WITHOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT, THERE IS NO WAY FOR AREAS OUTSIDE THE MCKINNEY URBANIZED AREA TO ACCESS TRANSIT FUNDING.
ALL SERVICES WOULD NEED TO BE LOCALLY FUNDED.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PROPOSAL, WITH THE RISING COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION, HAVING ACCESS TO FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS IS CRUCIAL TO MITIGATING THOSE COSTS.
WITH THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
BUT BEFORE I TAKE COUNCILS QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A JOB FAIR ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15TH AT GRAYSON COLLEGE IN VAN ALSTYNE.
ALL ARE WELCOME, WE HAVE ABOUT 16 EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO SHOW UP AND IT'LL BE FROM 11:00 TO 1:00 PM.
>> THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE REAL QUICK, THE MICROTRANSIT SLIDE.
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ANY STUDY AT ALL THAT WOULD INDICATE WHETHER WE WOULD NEED A THREE VEHICLE OR A FIVE VEHICLE.YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT WOULD NEED US IS TOO EARLY?
>> YEAH. THAT WAS JUST BASICALLY AN EXAMPLE THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR INITIALLY STARTING A PILOT PROGRAM.
THAT WAS BASICALLY DONE JUST LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS, POSSIBLE RIDERS, OR SQUARE MILES LIKE THE SIZE OF ANNA AND THE NEED.
BUT CERTAINLY, IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD GO BACK AND TELL THEM, INSTEAD OF THREE VEHICLES, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO ONE OR TWO, BUT THE COST WOULD STILL BE PRETTY HIGH [OVERLAPPING]
>>THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY IF WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE NEED WOULD BE AND THEN THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS IT WOULD BE JUST FOR ANNA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT.
>> THAT WOULD BE MORE IDEAL ONCE OUR MEDICAL OFFICES STARTED OPENING UP ACROSS HIGHWAY 75 BORDERS, OR SENIORS OR PATIENTS HAVE A OPTION OF HAVING A DR. IN TOWN RIGHT NOW THEY REALLY DON'T.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN THAT THEY MOVE FROM WYLIE OR PLANO OR WHEREVER AND THEY KEEP THEIR EXISTING DOCTORS SOME THINGS TO LOOK AT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THAT.
>> THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD REALLY ASK IS HOW DIFFICULT? I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SUPER DIFFICULT TO GET THOSE OTHER CITIES INVOLVED.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA IF THERE'S ANY APPETITE FOR THOSE?
>> WE ACTUALLY DO, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, RYAN HENDERSON REACHED OUT TO TAYLOR AND MYSELF TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THESE CITIES.
THEY ARE OPEN TO LOBBYING COLLIN COUNTY TO CREATE A RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT.
>> I WILL ADD, SO WE HAVE TALKED TO THE CITY OF MELISSA FOR INSTANCE, AND THEY HAVE 12 RIDERS THAT WE'RE USING THE SERVICE THROUGH MUTD.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO THEY DO.
WHAT DID THEY DO IN THE SPARE TIME, BECAUSE THEY HAD A SERVICE THAT THEY WERE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR NEIGHBORS NOW THAT THEY CAN'T.
THEY'RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PREDICAMENT THAN WE ARE, BUT THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR IT.
THAT IS OUR STRONGEST RECOMMENDATION.
IS TO REALLY WORK WITH THE REGIONAL PARTNERS TO LOOK AT A RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT.
THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME HEAVY LIFTING ON THE POLITICAL SIDE, CERTAINLY WITH OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE COG, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANT TO CAUTION EVERYONE WITH IS THAT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE NECESSARILY EASY OR FAST, BUT I THINK JUST COMING UP WITH A REGIONAL PLAN WITH PARTNERS ENGAGED, IT'S TRULY IS PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
I THINK THE CHALLENGES ARE AND CAN WE GET THE COUNTY TO SUPPORT IT? BUT MAYOR FULLER IN MCKINNEYS ON THE ROTC, HE'S A VOTING MEMBER FOR THIS REGION.
DUNCAN WEBB FROM COLLIN COUNTY SERVES ON THAT BOARD, WHICH MAKES IT TO COG EVERY MONTH AND CAN BRING THESE CONCERNS FORWARD.
I AGREE. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE FULL SUPPORT.
TAPS WAS A COMPLETE TRAIN WRECK BACK IN 2015.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO GOOGLE THE NEWS ARTICLES AND YOU CAN FIND OUT PRETTY QUICKLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.
I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CONCERTED EFFORT OF MULTIPLE CITIES WORKING TOGETHER.
BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WHERE WE COULD GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
TRYING TO TAKE IT ON YOUR OWN AS YOU SEE, 600 TO A $900,000 ANNUAL COST AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD UTILIZE IT.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS EVEN REMOTELY AN OPTION CURRENTLY.
>> AND I WILL SAY, THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE.
WE WILL ALLOCATE STAFF RESOURCES TOWARDS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND NOT LET THIS DIE OFF, THIS INITIATIVE.
THAT IS WHERE WE CERTAINLY CAN DEDICATE RESOURCES TOWARDS.
>> I'M ONE VOICE UP HERE, BUT I WOULD THINK WE OUGHT TO BE WORKING THOSE POLITICAL AVENUES THROUGH THE COUNTY JUST BECAUSE OF OUR GROWTH RATE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, LOOKING AT WHAT'S COMING ONLINE FOR ANNA IN THE NEXT 2-3 YEARS.
ANNA MAY TURN AROUND IN 10 YEARS AND HAVE 50,000 PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE].
I THINK I CAN ABSOLUTELY BE PART OF HELPING, TALK TO SOME OF THE SURROUNDING CITY MAYORS AND OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS ON TRYING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
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IT IS AN ISSUE THAT'S ONLY GOING TO GROW, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL START EARLY NOW TO JUMP OUT HERE.>> IN THE MEETING THAT MAYOR PRO TEM AND I SAT IN, KIM AND RYAN, YOU SAW A LOT OF GREAT MINDS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
>> IT IS NOT EASY OR INEXPENSIVE.
WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO L THINK AT THIS POINT, WE MET WITH OUR CHURCHES AND THEY HAD THE VOLUNTEER POWER.
THIS DOES REQUIRE A SPECIAL VEHICLE FOR SOME OF OUR PASSENGERS.
HAVE WE EXPLORED ANY JOINT TO THE HYBRID SOLUTION THERE THAT WE CAN DO LEGALLY AS WELL AS HAVE THE INSURANCE IN PLACE SO THAT IF THE DRIVER MESSES UP, ACCIDENT, WHATEVER, THAT THEY'RE COVERED?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER LIABILITY COST TO COVER THOSE DRIVERS IN THAT SITUATION.
>> COUNCILMEN SINCE OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE PASTORAL ALLIANCE, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM ANYONE.
SPECIFICALLY, WE MET, DIDN'T REALLY GET THE FEEDBACK ON THE WILLINGNESS AND SO WE TOOK THE DIFFERENT APPROACH OF REALLY TRYING TO ENGAGE OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND THE MUTD AND THAT'S WHAT LED US TO THIS POINT.
BUT THAT WAS OUR FIRST STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF, LET'S SEE WHAT THE PASTORAL ALLIANCE COULD HELP WITH.
CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY OF REVISITING THAT, BUT IT CERTAINLY CAN'T COME IN ON THEIR BEHALF AS TO WHAT THEY'D BE WILLING TO DO.
>> AS FAR AS BEDDING THE IDEA JUST TO SEE HOW MANY PASSENGERS WE MIGHT END UP NEEDING TO SERVICE.
IT IS SOMETHING TO TAKE AWAY THE MYSTERY OF HOW MUCH USAGE THIS COULD HAVE.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT PEOPLE VISITING THEIR DOCTORS HERE IN THE CITY OF ANNA.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEDICAL COMPLEXES COMING SOME VERY SOON, AND SO THE NEED WITHIN OUR OWN CITY IS DEFINITELY ON THE RISE AND NOT HAVING TO LEAVE THE CITY.
I APPRECIATE OUR STAFF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CRACK THIS NUT.
[LAUGHTER] ANY COMMUNICATION AND REGULAR COMMUNICATION THAT YOU CAN GIVE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LETTING THIS DISAPPEAR, I THINK WOULD BE GOOD.
>> I AGREE. I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK OUR BEST OPTION IN ORDER TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS SUSTAINABLE FOR THE CITY OF ANNA IS GOING TO BE TO CREATE THAT RURAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE CITIES GETTING INVOLVED.
WE NEED STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
THIS IS NOT A SELF-SUSTAINABLE OPERATION.
IT'S BEEN TRIED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN LARGER CITIES AND THEY'VE ALL FAILED.
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL IS HOW DO WE GET THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE TOGETHER TO GO PUSH MICHAEL MORRIS AND THE COG AND THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL TO GO GET US CLASSIFIED AS A DISTRICT WHERE WE CAN GET SOME FUNDING EACH YEAR.
IT WILL SOLVE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS.
>> MAYOR, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IN THAT MEETING, IF WE CAN HAVE OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER BEHIND IT, IT WOULD ACCELERATE THIS TREMENDOUSLY.
I HOPE COMMISSIONER HELEN IS LISTENING.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL? THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 6, CONSENT ITEMS.
[6. Consent Items]
THESE ITEMS CONSISTS OF NON-CONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW.COUNCIL, ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON CONSENT ITEMS.
>> MOVE PROOF ITEM 6A THROUGH, WHAT IS IT? L.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAKER, L HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN 2.
ALL IN FAVOR, AND WE'RE VOTING ON OUR SCREENS THIS EVENING.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 7A.
[7. Items For Individual Consideration]
ACTING AS THE ANNA PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON IMPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH JPI REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, LLC FOR A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT,[01:00:02]
AND A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF THE ENTITIES AND APPROVING THE FORM AND SUBSTANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENTS.MR. GRISHAM, BEFORE YOU START, AS MANY OF YOU MAY RECALL DURING THE ZONING CASE OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE UP HERE, I LIVE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ITEM 7A AND WAS NOT PART OF THE ZONING DISCUSSION.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND BASED ON THE ADVICE OF OUR ATTORNEY OF HOW CLOSE L'VE RELIVED THE PROJECT, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM 7A.
>> ACTING AS THE ANNA PUBLIC FACILITY'S CORPORATION PRESIDENT, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYOR PIKE.
>> ACTUALLY THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARVER.
TONIGHT, GOOD EVENING PFC BOARD PLUS COUNCIL.
JUST BY WAY OF A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT, L THINK MANY OF YOU ALSO REMEMBER THE SERENITY PROJECT THAT CAME BACK.
BUT EVEN GOING BACK FURTHER THAN THAT, JPI APPROACHED US ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO ORIGINALLY TO DO THE PARMORE SENIOR LIVING FACILITY, WHICH IS THROUGH OUR HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, AS WELL AS THE COLLIN COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
THAT PROJECT, I'M HAPPY TO SAY IS NEARING COMPLETION AND SHOULD BE OPEN HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
I KNOW THEY CAN GIVE AN UPDATE, BUT THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT WE PURSUED AND THIS BODY, THEY ARE SEPARATE ENTITY CREATED.
SINCE THEN, YOU'VE ALSO APPROVED THE VILLAGES OF WATTERS CREEK, WHICH IS ALSO A JPI PROJECT THERE ON FM 455, JUST A LITTLE BIT [INAUDIBLE] JUST WEST OF OCALA.
THAT PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY AND WILL BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT 325 UNITS.
SOME BRANCHES TO THIS PROJECT.
SERENITY, FERRISS AND SAHIR, HAD BEEN WORKING WITH JPI ON THIS PROJECTS TO BRING IN A PFC STRUCTURED PARTNERSHIP SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
I KNOW JPI ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS IN IRVING, THEY'RE BASED IN IRVING.
IF YOU GO TO ROSCOE LENAS, MANY OF THE UNITS THAT YOU SEE THERE WERE CONSTRUCTED BY JPI.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE TOP IN THE INDUSTRY, PERIOD.
THEY BUILD SOME OF THE MOST MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED IN TERMS OF THEIR QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT.
THROUGH THAT, WE ENTERTAIN THIS PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS BEFORE YOU THROUGH AN MOU AND A PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE.
WHAT THIS IS PROPOSING IS 50% OF THESE UNITS WOULD BE AT MARKET RATE, AND 50% WOULD BE AT THE 70%.
33% OF THE 50% WOULD BE AT THE 70% AMI, WHAT WE CALL THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND 17% WOULD BE AT THE 80.
TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, A FAMILY OF FOUR IN COLLIN COUNTY, 70% AMI WOULD BE ABOUT $73,000 A YEAR, A HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
FOR 80% THAT WOULD GO UP TO ABOUT $83,000.
THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR THE CITY OF ANNA IS ROUGHLY AROUND $80,000 A YEAR AS A WHOLE.
WE STARTED WORKING THROUGH THIS IS A 320 UNIT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
JPI IS HERE TONIGHT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND THEN I'LL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN, JPI FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD EVENING. IT'S BRYAN GRANT, WITH JPI, PLEASURE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
JPI, JUST QUICK BACKGROUND ON WHO WE ARE, AS JOEY MENTIONED, WE'VE RUN OF CONSTRUCTION ON TWO COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY, SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT STRANGERS ANYMORE, BUT WE ARE GLAD TO BE BACK AGAIN.
WE'VE BEEN THE MOST ACTIVE DEVELOPER IN DFW FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW AND HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT GOING FORWARD.
WE WERE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TO BE THE 8TH LARGEST DEVELOPER IN THE COUNTRY MOST OF THAT PRODUCTION IS HERE IN DFW, WE'VE GOT 26 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT HERE ALL ARE DFW TOO WHICH AS MENTIONED ARE HERE IN INDIANA TODAY.
HERE'S EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE EXTERIORS THAT WE'VE BUILD.
THESE ARE ALL DFW COMMUNITIES.
REALLY TWO MAIN THINGS TO FOCUS ON IS THEY'RE ALL UNIQUE, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
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THERE'S NO COOKIE CUTTER COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BUILD.WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE FIT IN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE NOT STANDING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB, WE'RE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND REASON QUALITY MATERIALS.
YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF STONE, BRICKS, STUCCO, THOSE KIND OF MATERIALS THAT WITHSTAND THE TEST OF TIME AND THEN LOOK GOOD FOR A LONG TIME.
HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF CLUBHOUSE AMENITIES.
SO AGAIN, LOTS OF DOUBLE VOLUME SPACE, HIGH QUALITY MATERIAL.
YOU CAN SEE IN THAT TOP LEFT, THAT'S A PROJECT IN GRAPEVINE, BUT THE MILLWORK GOING UP THE SIDE OF THE WALL, ONTO THE CEILING, SOME GLASS RAILING, TILE THERE ON THE WALLS.
THESE ARE A LOT OF VERY NICE SPACES, EXPANSIVE AMENITIES.
WE'RE USING, AGAIN, REALLY HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS, THIS IS NOT WHAT THE COMMON PERSON THINKS ABOUT AN APARTMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH A HIGH-END HOTEL FINISHED OUT FOR THAT CLUBHOUSE SPACE.
WE HAVE SOME UNIT PICTURES, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
WE WORK WITH INTERIOR DESIGNERS TO DESIGN THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN TERMS OF FINISH-OUTS AND COLOR SELECTIONS AND THINGS THAT I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE SMARTER THAN ME THAT CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS IN AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT SOME STANDARDS WE DO IT HERE TOO, HARD SURFACE FLOORING, WE HAVE KITCHEN ISLAND, STONE COUNTERTOPS, STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES, WASHER AND DRYERS IN EVERY UNIT.
MINIMUM 10 FOOT CEILING HEIGHTS, THERE IS BACKSPLASH, AND A CABINET LIGHTING.
YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF GLASS AND NATURAL LIGHT TO GET INTO THOSE UNITS.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE CONSTRUCT.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED HERE AS WELL AT THIS LOCATION.
THIS IS THE ZONING SITE PLAN THAT'S APPROVED.
SO AS MENTIONED, THIS CAME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR ZONING MAY OF LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE IT WENT THROUGH ZONING.
WE WERE ACTUALLY AT THIS ZONING MEETING FOR ONE OF OUR BARGE CREEK PROJECT FOR THE PLAT AND WE SAW SAHIL AND FERRIS AND TEAM GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND THAT REALLY SPARKED US TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, WE'D LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU IF THERE'S EVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH SAHIL AND FERRIS TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PROMISED TO THE NEIGHBORS IN ANNA TOWN CENTER TO KNOW.
THERE'S NO BALCONIES LONG OR SHARP, THERE'S TWO-STORY URBAN FLAT UNITS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE, THERE'S THE COMMERCIAL SPACE LIVE WORK UNITS.
THERE'S LOTS OF PROMISES THAT WERE MADE TO THE CITY AND TO THE NEIGHBORS.
YOU PROBABLY RECALL THIS ITEM WAS ON AN AGENDA FOR A MONTH AGO.
WE HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS, TWO CONCERNS.
ONE, IS THIS A BAIT AND SWITCH? ARE WE BEING TOLD SOMETHING A YEAR AGO IS GOING TO BE THIS NICE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND CHANGE THE ZONING? TWO, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN AND MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THE AFFORDABILITY WAS.
SO WE DID PULL THE ITEM OFF THE AGENDA LAST MONTH TO BE TONIGHT.
INSTEAD, WE HAD A MEETING AT HARLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO SHOWED UP AND TALK THEM THROUGH OUR PLAN.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S IDENTICAL.
BUILDINGS ARE IN THE SAME SPOT, WE'RE ADHERING TO ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT STANDARDS, ZONING STANDARDS.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING THAT WAS PROMISED.
WE THINK WE'RE UPGRADING IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT LOWERING THE QUALITY OR CHANGING ANYTHING.
THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS NOT AN EDIT TO ANY ZONING LANGUAGE OR ANY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LANGUAGE, WERE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING THERE.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE PFC STRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS US TO BUILD A JPI QUALITY COMMUNITY HERE IN THIS LOCATION SO I THINK JUST HITTING ON.
IT IS ALREADY ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITY HERE IN THIS LOCATION AND WE THINK THIS STRUCTURE PROVIDES A WAY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT IT'S THE HIGHEST QUALITY COMMUNITY THAT IT CAN BE.
THE OTHER CONCERN WAS AROUND THE AFFORDABILITY.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONCERN OF THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY AND WHAT THAT WAS.
SO WE EXPLAINED TO THEM THE STRUCTURE OF THE PFC WHERE IT'S HALF MARKETED.
JOEY MENTIONED HALF 80% AND 70% AMI, WE'RE TARGETING THAT.
THE MISSING MIDDLE IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
THERE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS THAT'S 40%, 30% AMI, AND THEN THERE'S MARKET RATE UNITS, BUT THERE'S INDIVIDUALS IN THAT MIDDLE RANGE THAT THEY MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY TO QUALIFY FOR THE 40%, BUT THEY DON'T MAKE ENOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR TRADITIONAL MARKET RATES.
SO PEOPLE WITH INCOME RANGES AS TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS AND THAT KIND OF JOB PROFILE, INCOME PROFILE, THIS IS A WAY TO BUILD QUALITY HOUSING THAT THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR AND LIVE IN THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE CORNER OF SHARPENED FINLEY.
YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF BRICK, STONE, MASONRY MATERIAL,
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GLASS, SPECIFICALLY ON THE GROUND FLOOR ON THE LEFT SIDE, WHICH IS FINLEY WOULD BE TO YOUR LEFT.THAT'S WHERE THE COMMERCIAL SPACE WILL BE.
THIS IS A RENDERING LONG SHARP.
WE ARE ALSO WIDENING SHARP AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ARE NO BALCONIES HERE LONG SHARP, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT WAS PROMISED TO THE NEIGHBORS AND SO WE'RE ADHERING TO THAT AND NOT PUTTING ANY BALCONIES HERE.
THIS IS A SHOT OF THE TWO-STORY URBAN FLATS THAT ARE ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, FOR A NEIGHBOR THAT BACKS UP TO IT, WOULD FEEL LIKE A TWO-STORY HOME IS BEHIND YOU, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN.
THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE JUST NORTH OF THE SENIOR BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE THE URBAN FLATS, ARE SOME OF THE NEWER NEIGHBORS TO THIS AREA.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS LOCATION WAS GOING TO BE OPENED IN THE FUTURE AND THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT SO THERE WERE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THIS GOING IN.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THEY WERE TOLD THAT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR OVER A YEAR.
BUT WE DID UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE WINDOWS AND THESE INDIVIDUALS, THE VIEWS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE INTO THEIR BACKYARDS AND SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AS BEST WE COULD.
WE WENT BACK TO OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED MORE TREES BACK HERE AND WE NEED SOME BIGGER TREES.
WHAT WE HAD PLANNED WAS THREE INCH CALIPER TREE, WHICH IS WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR CODE.
I BELIEVE IT'S 20 OR 30 FOOT OFF CENTER.
WHAT WE WENT BACK AND DID WAS WE UPGRADED THOSE TO A LARGER TREE THAT WILL BE 20 FEET IN HEIGHT ON THE DAY OF INSTALL.
WE PUT EVERGREEN TREES SO THEY'LL STAY GREEN AND THERE'S ONE IN FRONT OF EVERY SINGLE WINDOW THAT IS ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF THOSE UNITS.
SO TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, UNDERSTANDING THAT CONCERN.
SO THE TOP LEFT SHOWS THE TREES ON DATE OF INSTALL ON THE TOP RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE 20 FEET IN HEIGHT BLOCKING THE WINDOW VIEW AND THEN THE BOTTOM LEFT AND BOTTOM RIGHT, OR AT MATURITY IT'LL REACH 50 FEET IN HEIGHT.
SO IT'S THE LARGER TREE THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND UNDERSTOOD THEIR CONCERNS SO WE DID CHANGE THIS PLAN AS WELL AS ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HERE.
JOE IS HERE AS WELL TO HELP WITH THE STRUCTURE.
BUT AGAIN, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR JPI TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A QUALITY COMMUNITY HERE FOR ALREADY ZONED PIECE OF LAND AND WE LOOK FORWARD HOPEFULLY STARTING TO THIRD COMMUNITY HERE.
I THOUGHT THAT NUMBER 3 BALLOON MAYBE FOR JPI THIRD COMMUNITY IN HERE BUT IT WASN'T.
BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
>> JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS PALLADIUM THAT'S THE 30, 40, THIS IS MORE 70, 80.
THEN DID WE LOSE ANY OF THE RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR ON THAT FIRST BUILDING?
>> NO, SIR. THERE'S STILL ABOUT 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR ALONG FINLEY, THEN ON SHARP THERE ARE SIX OR SEVEN LIVE WORK UNITS THAT ARE A LITTLE OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
>> OKAY. I JUST [INAUDIBLE] BY THE PICTURE, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY ON FINLEY.
>> YEAH. IT'S NOT COLORED IN BUT IT'S STILL THERE.
>> THE SAME LOCATION THERE ALONG FINLEY.
>> MY ONLY CONCERN, I KNOW JPI, YOU'RE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE I DO TRAVEL A LOT AND I DRIVE AROUND AND YOU BUILD A GREAT PRODUCT.
NOW I THINK I'M MORE ONBOARD WITH IT NOW THAT IT'S 70, 80, AND NOT SO MUCH THE 30, 40.
I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THE ENTIRE TOWN SQUARE 30, 40S FOR THE PFC TYPE.
MY ONLY CONCERN, WHAT I DIDN'T APPRECIATE WAS, SO WE EDUCATE EVERYBODY, EVEN IF JPI DIDN'T GET SAY SAY WE DENIED THIS EVENING AND JPI JUST GOES AWAY AND SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO COME IN AND LOOK AT IT, THERE'S A ZONING AND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ALREADY IN PLACE.
SO FOR SERENITY TO SAY THAT A LESSER PRODUCT WOULD BE BUILT IF JPI WASN'T GOING TO BUILD IT, I DIDN'T APPRECIATE THAT PART.
BECAUSE THERE IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT IN PLACE SO THERE ARE
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STANDARDS ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WHOEVER BUILDS, THEY HAVE TO HOLD UP TO AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LESSER PRODUCT.IT'S JUST WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT JPI, THERE LESSER PRODUCT IS WAY ABOVE A LOT OF OTHER COMPANIES.
SO THAT'S JUST ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THIS, I LIKE THIS A LOT BETTER THAN PREVIOUS.
>> SURE. I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT.
THERE'S DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND PD STANDARDS.
I BELIEVE THOSE ARE MOSTLY MIDDLE AND MASONRY REQUIREMENTS LIKE EXTERIOR STUFF.
I THINK WHAT MAYBE SERENITY AND WE'RE TRYING TO PORTRAY IS THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING REGULATING THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITS OR THE [INAUDIBLE] SPACE.
SO THOSE SPACES THERE IS NO REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT YOU BUILD WHERE THE UNITS THEMSELVES LOOK LIKE YOU'RE CORRECT.
THE EXTERIOR, YOU GOT TO HAVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MASONRY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE MORE FOCUSED ON IS WHAT WE'D BE BUILDING INSIDE.
>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE ON THE TREES JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.
DID YOU SAY THAT YOU SPOKE WITH THOSE FOLKS?
>> SEVERAL OF THEM WERE AT THE HARLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE.
WE DID SPEAK WITH, NOT EVERY SINGLE HOME, BUT I BELIEVE THREE OR FOUR HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE ALONG THAT FENCE LINE THERE.
>> YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INSTALL THE TREES THAT ARE ALREADY 20 FEET WHEN YOU COME IN.
>> I'LL MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I JUST WANTED THE SPEAKER OFF.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS GROUP.
WHEN EVERYBODY BECAME VERY AWARE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MULTIFAMILY VERTICAL STRUCTURE COMING IN.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE ADVERTISING THAT THEY RECEIVED.
I APPRECIATE THE KINDNESS THAT YOU SHOWED TO MEET, AS WELL AS YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS WORK, WHICH WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS. [LAUGHTER]
>> BUT WE GOT TO A SATISFACTORY DEAL. ALSO, WANT TO THANK YOU.
A BIT OF TRANSPARENCY HERE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE ANNA PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION.
THE CITY OF ANNA DOES GET TO PROSPER FROM THIS.
A MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE INJECTED INTO THE CITY OF ANNA IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, 10 YEARS, ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
THAT HELPS THIS COUNCIL WORK WITH OUR STAFF AND THE CITY TO ADDRESS PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE EITHER NEVER HAPPENED OR COULD HAVE BEEN A BONDED TAXABLE ITEM, SO THAT'S A BIG PLUS.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK WITH US.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING HOW YOU GO ABOUT APPROVING WHO RECEIVES THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT PROCESS?
>> THERE'S INCOME RESTRICTIONS OBVIOUSLY.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE MOST RECENT PAY SLIPS TO PROVE WHAT THEIR INCOME IS.
THERE IS TRADITIONAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AS WELL THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO PASS.
IT'S LOOKING AT PAY STUBS AND THEN AS WELL AS THE TRADITIONAL BACKGROUND CHECKING THAT WE'LL DO WITH EVERYTHING.
>> THAT'S GOVERNED BY YOUR COMPANY, OR IS THAT GOVERNED BY AN EXTERNAL ENTITY?
>> WE WILL, AS PEOPLE ARE APPLYING, AND THEN EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE TO PROVE UP THAT WHO IS RENTING THERE IS HITTING THESE SO THERE'S A CHECK WITH THE STATE I BELIEVE THAT TO PROVE OUT THAT WHO IS RENTING THERE DOES IN FACT QUALIFY.
>> THANKS. THERE WAS SOME PROPAGANDA THAT SUGGESTED THAT THIS WAS SECTION 8 HOUSING, THIS IS NOT THAT PRODUCT.
>> THIS REQUIRES, FRANKLY, A PRETTY HEALTHY SALARY.
[LAUGHTER] YOUR RENTS ARE MORE THAN MY MORTGAGE.
>> I THINK I HAD THAT BACK HERE.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE RENTS.
IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS ON HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S BROKEN OUT BY BEDROOM TYPE, SO 1, 2, AND 3 BEDROOMS, AND THEN IT SHOWS THAT EACH ROW IS THE MARKET RATE RENT AND THEN THE INCOME-RESTRICTED RENTS.
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SHE'S CORRECT THAT THE ONE BEDROOMS IS 1,557, 1,539, AND THEN 1,354, AVERAGING 1,488 A MONTH FOR A 734 SQUARE FOOT ONE BEDROOM.STILL, SIZABLE NUMBERS AND GOOD RENT NUMBERS, AND THOSE GROW AS YOU MOVE WITH THE LARGER BEDROOMS AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE SIZE IS THERE WITH THE TWO BEDROOMS AND THEN THE THREE-BEDROOM UNITS AS WELL.
>> AS FAR AS CAPACITY, WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN OPENING A COLLEGE HERE IN THIS CITY, I'M GOING TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, OR AT LEAST A CAMPUS.
AS STUDENTS GO, THEY LIKE TO PACK IT IN, ESPECIALLY TO GET THAT RENT DOWN.
WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF YOUR APARTMENT RENTALS?
>> IN TERMS OF AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN A SINGLE UNIT?
>> IN THE GOVERNING OF IT THAT YOU DO OR THE MAINTAINING OF IT. YES.
>> WE HAVE OUR OWN INTERNAL PRACTICES TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NOT FOUR PEOPLE IN A ONE-BEDROOM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE OUR OWN RESTRICTIONS THERE AND IF WE WEREN'T POLICING THAT CLOSELY, THEN WE WOULD NOT BE GETTING ANY OF THOSE MARKET-RATE RENTS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE, PEOPLE WOULD BE PRETTY UPSET AND MOVING OUT PRETTY QUICKLY IF THERE WERE FOUR FRAT GUYS LIVING IN A SMALL ONE-BEDROOM HOUSE BEING TOO LOUD.
WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN INTERNAL, LIKE HAS BEEN MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 34 YEARS AND SO WE'VE LEARNED DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE POLICING THAT INTERNALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
>> GOOD. YOU ARE VERY INVOLVED IN YOUR ON-SITE MANAGEMENT?
>> YES, WE ARE OUR OWN ON-SITE MANAGEMENT TEAM.
WE'RE OUR OWN MANAGEMENT TEAM.
WE THIRD-PARTY OUT WHO'S ACTUALLY ON-SITE, BUT WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM DAILY.
THAT'S A DIVISION OF JPI THAT HANDLES THE MANAGEMENT.
>> SURE. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE COMMERCIAL PIECE TENANTS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN? HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE BEFORE IT'S CONSTRUCTED? ANY INFORMATION, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN HAVING SOME SUPPORTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DOWN THERE FROM A RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL NATURE.
>> WE'VE FRANKLY NOT HAD TOO MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY USERS TODAY.
WHAT WE FOUND, AND WE'VE DONE COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS, IS THEY ALL WANT TO COME IN WHENEVER THE HEADS ARE ON BEDS, AS THEY SAY, THERE'S PEOPLE LIVING HERE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO COME IN BEFORE THAT AND THEY WANT THE CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETE.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY IN LOS COLINAS THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER SPACING.
THIS IS 3,000, THERE'S A CO-WORKING COMPANY THERE.
THAT WAS A THOUGHT THAT I THOUGHT COULD BE NICE IF THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LIVING IN ANNA THAT ARE HAVING TO DRIVE SOMEWHERE FURTHER AWAY TO GO TO THE OFFICE, THIS COULD BE A CO-WORKING OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME AND GET AWAY FROM.
I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE, AND SO I CAN'T WORK FROM HOME AND SO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE IN THAT SITUATION WHERE THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE WORKING FROM HOME THEN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DRIVE INTO PLANO OR LEGACY WEST OR WHEREVER THEY MIGHT WORK, SO THEY COULD WORK HERE.
THAT'S JUST AN IDEA THAT WE'VE THROWN AROUND.
WE'RE BUILDING IT AND LEAVING IT OPEN, SO IT'LL FLEXIBLE FOR WHOEVER COMES, WE ARE OPEN AND HAPPY TO HAVE WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO COME.
WE'VE SEEN JUICERS COME IN SOME OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE DONE AND BARBERS, MORE TENANTS LIKE THAT, LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD TENANTS, BUT NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TODAY, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE DESIGN AND WILL BE ADVERTISED.
I IMAGINE IT'S A FEW YEARS UNTIL THAT GETS SOME SERIOUS INTEREST.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S LOTS OF HOMES IN THIS AREA AND HOMES THAT ARE STILL BEING BUILT HERE AND NORTH OF HERE.
THEY'RE APPRECIATING THEY ARE HAVING SEVERAL RESIDENCE AND WHAT WOULD BE RETAIL USERS CLOSE BY, BUT WE ONLY DO MULTI-FAMILIES.
I'D BE LYING IF I TOLD YOU I KNEW HOW THE RETAIL WORLD WORKS, BUT IN MY GUESS WOULD BE A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM SOMEBODY OCCUPYING THAT SPACE.
>> WERE THE COMMERCIAL AREA OF IT, WILL IT BE BUILT OUT OR WILL IT BE UP TO THE SMALL BUSINESS THAT COMES IN TO FINISH THE SPACE AND THEN OPEN?
>> IT'LL BE BUILT OUT, BUT WE'LL LEAVE THE FLOOR OPEN FOR PLUMBING PURPOSES.
THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
IF YOU PUT THE CONCRETE SIDE THEN SOMEONE JUST COME IN, RIP IT UP FOR THE PLUMBING LINE.
WE'LL FINISH IT OUT WITH THE AIR DUCTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO JUST THE FLOOR WILL BE OPEN AND WE'LL PUT SOME SCREENING OVER THE WINDOWS SO YOU DON'T SEE DOWN INTO THAT.
BUT IT'LL BE FINISHED OUT AND THEN WHOEVER COMES IN, IT WOULD BE THEIR COST TO FINISH OUT HOW THEY WANTED IT TO BE.
>> FINISH OUT JUST A FLOORING AND NOT THE WALLS AND THE DUCKING AND ALL THAT STUFF?
>> YEAH. THE FLOOR, THE WALLS, AND ALL THAT.
>> DO YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN PUTTING A RESTAURANT IN THERE,
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A COFFEE SHOP, OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE?>> YEAH, I THINK A COFFEE SHOP WOULD BE GREAT.
IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED, LET ME KNOW.
>> I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY.
>> WE'RE OPEN, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE.
IT'S BETTER FOR US, BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY IF YOU HAVE A COFFEE SHOP OR SOMEBODY THAT EVERYBODY WANTS, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN AND TALK TO WHOEVER WOULD BE INTERESTED.
>> A COFFEE SHOP, A DELI, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM THE MEETINGS THAT WE ATTENDED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GREASE TRAP AS ALREADY PUT IN PLACE WHEREVER YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BEST.
THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE AND WE'RE GOING TO C-STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD WORK.
BUT THAT WAY, IT'D GET THROUGH THAT PART OF THE PROCESS MUCH FASTER AND THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT WE NEED THERE.
TIMELINE, IF THIS GETS APPROVED TONIGHT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?
>> WE WOULD BE READY TO BREAK GROUND IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
IF WE CAN MAKE SURE WE DELIVER QUALITY PLANS TO LAUREN AND TEAM THAT ARE WORTHY OF A PERMIT.
BUT OUR TIMELINE IS BEING ABLE TO BREAK GROUND THIS FALL SOMETIME.
IT'D BE ABOUT A 24-26 MONTHS TOTAL BUILD-OUT, AND THEN THE FIRST UNITS WOULD OPEN IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF FROM THAT.
>> SURE. THEN AS FAR AS RECEIVING LOIS FOR THE COMMERCIAL PIECE, WHEN WOULD YOU START PURSUING THOSE ENGAGEMENTS?
>> USUALLY, WHEN WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY INTEREST UNTIL THERE'S SOMETHING FOR THEM TO GO LOOK AT.
IT'D PROBABLY BE AROUND OPENING, THAT'D BE THE FIRST PART OF THE BUILDING TO TURN.
COULD BE THAT AREA WITH THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE RETAIL NEXT DOORBELL THE REST OF THE PHASES IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
PROBABLY START PUTTING FEELERS OUT THERE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THAT OPENS AND LET PEOPLE CAN SEE THE SPACE AND SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT I'D PROBABLY BE MAYBE A YEAR INTO THE CONSTRUCTION BEFORE WE START ENGAGING IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
>> TIMING SHOULD BE GOOD. WE'LL HAVE LEONARD HOPEFULLY DONE AS WELL AS OUR STOPLIGHT.
HOW DO WE FIND IT IN FINLEY? COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ENTERTAIN A MOTION?
>> I CAN MOTION WE APPROVE ITEM 7A.
>> 7A HAS A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCILMAN MOON.
>> ARE WE DOING IT OUT LOUD NOW?
>> ALL RIGHT. SO MANY PASSES. THE MAYOR BACK.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 7D, FIRST READING OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ANNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO UNDERTAKE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE ANNA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. MR. GREGSON?
>> HEY, MAYOR. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU HAVE TO READ YOUR FAVORITE SECTION.
IT'S IN THE BOWL LETTERING THERE.
I CAN BRING THIS UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED READINGS.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL READ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA,
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TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ANNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO UNDERTAKE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE ANNA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.THAT IS THE FIRST READING AND ITEM C IS THE SECOND READING OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ANNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO UNDERTAKE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE ANNA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REQUIRED READINGS, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL READ THE FOLLOWING; RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ANNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO UNDERTAKE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE ANNA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
ITEM D IS CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACTION REGARDING THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ANNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO UNDERTAKE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE ANNA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
>>THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT'S ALL THE READING.
WHAT THIS ITEM IS, IS YOU RECALL THE ANNA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS ESSENTIALLY MOTHBALLED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO AND THE ALLOTMENT WENT OVER TO THE TYPE B CORPORATION AT THE TIME THAT THE ANNA BUSINESS PARK WAS PURCHASED.
OVER TIME, WHAT THAT'S DONE IS SINCE THERE'S NO REALLY INCOMING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDC WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD CHANGE US TO A PRIVATE FOUNDATION VERSUS BEING A PUBLIC CHARITY.
THAT ALSO MEANS THERE WOULD BE A 1.39% EXCISE TAX ON TOP OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT GO ONTO THAT, SO TO BASICALLY, COMBAT THAT WE BASE ON OUR TAX PROFESSIONAL'S ADVICE WEAVER, WE NEED TO HAVE THE CDC PROVIDED GRANT $60,000 A YEAR TO THE EDC FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS.
MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE WILL BE A PART OF EACH YEAR'S BUDGET THAT'S APPROVED.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THAT FOR YOU TAX PROFESSIONALS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? NO QUESTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> MOTION BY THE MAYOR, I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.
[INAUDIBLE] I DON'T HAVE A VOTE.
>> YES. MOTION PASSES OUT OF ME.
CONSIDER A DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT REGARDING SERVICES INCLUDING A PLAN FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR 2.53 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF FUTURE NORTH STANRIDGE BOULEVARD, 705 PLUS OR MINUS FEET SOUTH OF WEST ROSAMOND PARKWAY.
>> ITEM 7E, F, AND G ARE ALL RELATED TO WHAT I'M CALLING THE SHERLEY COMMERCIAL ANNEX.
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, IN 2019 CENTURION AMERICAN WHO'S THE DEVELOPER FOR VILLAGES OF HURRICANE CREEK CAME IN AND SHOWED A UPDATED MASTER PLAN WITH THE VILLAGES OF HURRICANE CREEK NORTH AS WELL AS SHERLEY COMMERCIAL.
IN 2020, WE DID THE ZONING FOR THE SHERLEY COMMERCIAL, WHICH WAS ALREADY PART OF THE CITY LIMITS.
THEN IN 2021, WE DID THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING FOR THE VILLAGES OF HURRICANE CREEK NORTH.
WHAT WE MISSED AT THE TIME, HOWEVER, IS THE MEETS AND BOUNDS FOR THE ANNEXATION.
THE CENTURION HAD SOLD THIS TWO-AND-A-HALF ACRES BECAUSE IT CURRENTLY TODAY, IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 368, BUT IN THE NEW PLAN, IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL AS THE TWO NORTHERN BOUND LANES OF STANDRIDGE BOULEVARD SO THE MEETS AND BOUNDS OF ANNEXATION IS THIS TWO-AND-A-HALF ACRES.
THIS FIRST ITEM E IS FOR THE SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT'S REQUIRED WITH ANY SORT OF ANNEXATION, AND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM DOES NOT CONSTITUTE APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION OR THE ZONING.
>> COUNCIL, QUESTIONS ON ITEM E? I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM E IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.
>> MAKE A MOTION, I WILL APPROVE ITEM 7E.
>> COUNCILMAN TOTEN WITH THE MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> COUNCILMAN BAKER WITH THE SECOND AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ONLINE.
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>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL.
>> YES. MOTION PASSES OUT OF ME FOR THIS CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A ORDINANCE TO ANNEX 2.5 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF FUTURE NORTH STANRIDGE BOULEVARD, 705 PLUS OR MINUS FEET SOUTH OF WEST ROSAMOND PARKWAY.
I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:47 PM.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS ITEM? LAST CALL.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:47.
>> MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 7F
>> COUNCILMAN TOTEN WITH THE MOTION, COUNCILMAN CAIN WITH THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?
ITEM G IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO INCORPORATE AN ADDITIONAL 2.53 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF FUTURE NORTH STANRIDGE BOULEVARD, 705 PLUS OR MINUS FEET SOUTH OF ROSAMOND PARKWAY.
PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AT 7:48 PM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? LAST CALL. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:48 PM. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND FINISH OFF THE HAT TRICK.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 7G.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CAIN. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. MOTION PASSES ON MATE.
CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE WHITE ROCK SUBDIVISION BLOCK, SAY LOT 1-5 FINAL FLAT.
>>THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN OUR EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OFF OF FM455.
IT'S AN EXISTING PROPERTY THAT HAS A HOUSE ON IT, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS WANTING TO DIVIDE IT INTO FIVE LOTS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE PROPOSED APPLICATION.
FIRST OF ALL, THE STREETS WITH THE LOT FRONTAGE, AS WELL AS THE WASTEWATER.
THE APPLICANT DID SEND A WAIVER REQUEST FOR THE STREETS ISSUES AND THE FRONTAGE LOT ISSUES BECAUSE IT IS AN EXISTING LOT THE STREET ALREADY EXISTS AS A 30-FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO DEDICATED IT AS A RIGHT-OF-WAY OR IMPROVE IT AS PER OUR STREET STANDARDS, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE LAW DOES NOT FRONT THE PROPERTY.
THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED IN A LETTER IN OPPOSITION OF IT DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE FIVE HOUSES ON THIS ACCESS EASEMENT AND THAT WOULD INCREASE IT TO NINE MONTHS.
HOWEVER, WHAT IS EVEN MORE TROUBLING IS THE WASTEWATER COMPONENT.
I SPOKE WITH MISTY BROWN FROM COLLIN COUNTY WHO OVERSEES ALL OF THE SEPTIC APPLICATIONS.
FOUR OF THESE LOTS ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE AND COLLIN COUNTY'S DEFINITION OF A USABLE ACRE FOR SEPTIC, IT CANNOT INCLUDE ACCESS EASEMENTS AS WELL AS THE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
THEREFORE, FOUR OF THESE LOTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EVEN HAVE SEPTIC ON THEIR LOT AND THERE'S NO SEWER OUT IN THIS AREA.
MORE THAN LIKELY THEY WILL BE DENIED THE SEPTIC APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, WHEN I SPOKE TO HER TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY HAD NOT PROCESS THEIR APPLICATION.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL 7-0 FOR VIOLATION OF OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS SPECIFICALLY SECTION 9.2.81, 9.2.87, AND 9.2.90.
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HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL ALWAYS HAS THE OPTION TO OVERTURN, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OVERTURN PLANNING AND ZONING'S RECOMMENDATION, WE DO HAVE STIPULATIONS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND.THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
>> SEEMS TO ME AS IF THERE'S QUITE A FEW ISSUES HERE.
CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY STANDARDS ARE MUCH LESS STRINGENT FROM A PERMANENT STANDPOINT AND THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY IS NOT ON BOARD, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.
ITEMIZE HAS 1 AND 2 SLAUGHTER CREEK PARK, HENRY CLAY, YANK WASHINGTON PARK, AND NATURAL SPRINGS PARK.
MR. HENDERSON, I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE YOURS.
THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 PARK DEVELOPMENT ON BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'VE ASKED MR. GREG PETERS INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGE, TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
HE WILL TAKE THE DISCUSSION ON THIS AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IN THROUGH AN AMENDMENT OF OUR BUDGET, ALLOCATE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND TO SO WE CAN CONSTRUCT THEM.
THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY TRANSFORM SLAYTER CREEK PARK AS WE KNOW IT AND FOR THE BETTER.
WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE MOVED PAST THE SPLASH PAD.
THE SKATE PARK IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO GET THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, THE BASKETBALL COURTS, THE LIGHTING, REFINISH ON THE TENNIS COURT ALL UNDERWAY.
IN ADDITION TO WORK AT YANK PARK, AS WELL AS NATURAL SPRINGS PARK.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. PETERS.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN. MADAM COUNCIL, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THESE PROJECTS AND YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY EXCITED TO SEE THEM NOW BEFORE YOU SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THEM FORWARD.
I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT SOME THINGS OUT, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, IF THEY'RE WATCHING OR HERE IN ATTENDANCE, SO THAT THEY KNOW WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING SINCE IT INCLUDES PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AS YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING DONE AT NATURAL SPRINGS PARK, YANK PARK, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR MAIN CENTRAL PARK THAT WE HAVE, SLAYTER CREEK PARK.
AT SLAYTER CREEK PARK YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT THE SCOPE INCLUDES IN ADDITION TO LIKE MR. HENDERSON MENTIONED, REFINISHING THE TENNIS COURTS, YOU ALSO HAVE THE PARKING LOT EXPANSION TO 200 PARKING SPACES, WHICH MORE THAN DOUBLES THE EXISTING PARKING THERE AT THE NORTH END.
SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN WHAT WE'RE CALLING ACTIVITY ENTRY FEATURES.
IT'S THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION WITH A LANDING SPOT OVER BY THE SKATE PARK AND THEN ALSO OVER BY THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE BASKETBALL COURTS.
WE HAVE NINE PICKLEBALL COURTS, TWO BASKETBALL COURTS.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND AN INVESTMENT OF FUNDS, BOTH BOND FUNDS AND PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO REALLY ENHANCE THIS PARK.
ON THE YANK PARK, WE HAVE AN EXISTING PLAYGROUND, THIS IS LOCATED IN THE WEST CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSE TO SLAYTER CREEK.
THERE'S AN EXISTING PLAYGROUND THERE, WHICH IS SURROUNDED IN THE AREA SHADED IN BLUE YOU CAN SEE WHICH IS A WALKING PATH THAT SURROUNDS THE PLAYGROUND WITH SEATING AREAS.
YOU ALSO HAVE A WATER FOUNTAIN AND A BASKETBALL COURT.
THERE'S SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THERE WHERE THE SLOPE DROPS OFF TOWARDS THE CREEK, AND THEN ALSO SOME LIGHTING THERE FOR THE COURT.
THEN FINALLY, AT NATURAL SPRINGS PARK, WE HAVE AN EXPANSION THAT INCLUDES 47 PARKING SPACES AND LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THAT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THE PARK.
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I KNOW THAT STAFF RECOGNIZES THAT WITH THE DOG PARK AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND IN THAT AREA.OFTENTIMES FOLKS PARK OVER WHERE OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF PARK NEXT TO THEIR BUILDING AND THIS IS A LONG NEEDED IMPROVEMENT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING AT THAT PARK FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THE PROJECTS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GREG. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH. AS FAR AS LIGHTING GOES, IS THIS LIGHTING WITH THE PARKING LOT AND ALL THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, BASKETBALL, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE LIGHTED?
WHAT ABOUT THE TIMING ON SLAYTER CREEK? I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PARKING LOT AND STUFF WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE JULY 4TH ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, ARE WE GOING TO START BEFORE THAT OR WE'RE GOING TO WAIT?
ACTUALLY, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE COGNIZANT OF IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO OPEN UP AN AMAZING SPLASH PAD.
I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN WITH OUR PARKING LOT EXPANSION OUT HERE, HOW MUCH EXISTING PARKING GETS TAKEN UP WITH EQUIPMENT AND DIRT, AND MUD AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
WE'RE DEFINITELY AWARE OF THAT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THE FITNESS COURT THAT IS INSTALLED IN THE SPLASH PAD, THAT'S ALL CAN BE OPENED AND FOR USE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON THEIR SCHEDULE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY BE WORKING TOWARDS A SCHEDULE THAT ALLOWS OUR COMMUNITY TO REALLY USE THIS SPLASH PAD AND FITNESS COURT FOR THE SUMMER.
THEN AS SOON AS IT MAKES SENSE TO REALLY TAKE OVER THAT PARKING LOT AND GET THIS WORK DONE, THEN WE'LL GET IN THERE AND DO IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS FOR YOU YET, BUT WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON TRYING TO DO NATURAL SPRINGS AND YANK PARK FIRST AND THEN FINISH UP AT SLAYTER.
THE ONLY DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS THAT MEANS THAT PICKLEBALL COURTS HAVE COME A LITTLE BIT LATER.
BUT DEPENDING ON THE SCHEDULE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK.
MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE IF WE EAT UP THAT WHOLE PARKING LOT AT SLAYTER, IT'S OUR BIGGEST PARK.
>> YANK PARK IS INSTALLING A BASKETBALL COURT; IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
>> IS THE WEST CROSSING BASKETBALL COURT?
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO GO?
>> YEAH. JUST 100 YARDS AWAY WE'RE BUILDING TWO FULL-SIZE BASKETBALL COURTS.
WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE THERE WERE COMPLAINTS FROM THE HOA BASKETBALL GOALS AT THE AFTER HOUSES.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE BUILDING A BASKETBALL COURT AT YANK PARK.
>> WHERE DO YOU PUT IT? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN HOA PARK, RIGHT?
>> THE REST OF THE CITY HAS NOTHING ON MY SIDE OF TOWN, YOUR SIDE OF TOWN WHERE, YOU LIVE THERE COUNCILMAN CAIN WHERE DID THE NIGHT PICKLEBALL COURT COME FROM? THERE WAS ALWAYS EIGHT.
>> THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I PUT NINE IN THERE.
IT DOES SHOW NINE. THERE'S EIGHT RIGHT, THEN THERE'S ONE TO THE SIDE, RIGHT?
>> THE NINTH COURT IS A WHEELCHAIR.
>> BUT THERE'S STILL ALWAYS EIGHT WITH ONE OF THE EIGHT BEING ADA COMPLIANT, RIGHT?
>> TOOK AWAY THE COVERING BUT ADDED THE NINTH PICKLEBALL COURT. GOT YOU.
REMEMBER I HAD ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO HAVE HALF OF OUR PICKLEBALL COURTS, ARE GOING TO BE COVERED IN ONE OF THE BASKETBALL COURTS CAN BE COVERED, NOT ANYMORE.
>> STAFF LOOKED INTO THE COVERING, AND WE FOUND THAT IT WAS GOING BE ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION EXPENSE TO PUT THE COVERING ON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, IS WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OPTIONS, BUT GENERALLY IN THE REGION AND IN THE BROADER AREA, WITH PICKLEBALL COURTS THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THEM ARE NOT COVERED.
TYPICALLY THEY'RE FULLY EXPOSED TO THE SUN, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS DESIRE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDED LATER IN THE FUTURE, IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.
HONESTLY WE LOOKED AT THE DESIGN, AT A CONCEPT, AND THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AT A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS BASICALLY A THIRD OF THIS WHOLE PROJECT ADDED ONTO IT AGAIN, BUT ALSO IT WAS GOING TO BE A BIT OF AN EYESORE.
IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS LARGE METAL COVERED ROOF PAVILION LOOKING THING,
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AND IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK.AS YOU KNOW PICKLEBALL IS A FAST-GROWING SPORT.
WE FULLY EXPECT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF NEW DESIGN ELEMENTS TO THESE THINGS, AS THEY CONTINUE TO GET BUILT, AND IF WE FIND A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD, WE WILL CERTAINLY BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AS FAST AS WE CAN, FOR CONSIDERATION.
>> IT'S OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GET A SPORTS COMPLEX, REMEMBER?
>> YEAH, I FORGOT THAT BIG PROMISE.
>> [BACKGROUND] GREGOR, AS FAR AS LIGHTING GOES AEGEAN PARK, THAT IS WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE HOUSES THERE.
I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO ENCOURAGE USAGE OF THAT PARK AT NIGHT.
I DON'T RECALL THE PARK'S BOARD ARE ASKING FOR LIGHTING IN THAT PARTICULAR PARK.
DAY 1, MARK WAS THAT A REQUEST OR NOT?
>> IT WAS. LITTLE BIT HESITANT ON THAT ONE, ALL THE OTHER ONES I'M OKAY WITH.
>> WITH THE LIGHTING THERE, WITH YOUR CONCERN ONE OPTION THAT YOU COULD HAVE COUNSEL IF YOU WANTED TO DIRECT STAFF TO DO THIS.
WE DO HAVE A PARK BOARD MEETING COMING UP ON THE 20TH AND SO WE COULD PUT AN AGENDA ITEM ON THERE TO TALK ABOUT OPERATIONAL HOURS, AS FAR AS THE LIGHTING IS CONCERNED, AND THEN THEY CAN PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT.
FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT YOU DO CONSIDER INSTALLING THE LIGHTING, BECAUSE DURING THE FALL AND THE SPRING, WHEN IT GETS DARK REALLY EARLY, YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY LIMIT THE ABILITY OF FOLKS DURING THE WEEK TO UTILIZE THAT.
EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE THE LIGHTS GO OFF AT SAY LIKE 9:00PM, SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T OUT SUPER LATE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD EASILY BE DONE WITH A TIMER.
IN SPEAKING WITH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD EASILY BE DONE TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN, BUT STILL PROVIDE THAT USAGE IN THE FALL AND WINTER WHEN IT GETS DARK EARLY.
>> THE DIFFERENT TO THE PARK BOARD SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA PLUS THE ABILITY TO NOT HAVE THEM RUN ALL THE TIME, SINCE IT WILL BE ELIMINATING RIGHT INTO, I WENT AND LOOKED AT IT.
YOU'RE RIGHT INTO THE BEDROOMS OR SOME OF THOSE HOUSES.
>> IT'S BEHIND THE PLAYGROUND, CORRECT?
>> YES. IT'S ON THE CREEK SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND.
>> IT'S NOT THE CASE, IT'S NOWHERE NEAR HOUSES, RIGHT?
>> WELL, IT'S RIGHT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS STREET WHICH HAS HOME TOWN [OVERLAPPING].
>>SO NO LIGHTS ARE GOING TO DETER KID FROM HANGING OUT THERE LATE AT NIGHT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE SEEN OR THEY'RE GOING TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IN A WAY THE LIGHTING MIGHT DETER [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S A CITY PARK THAT WE'RE PROVIDING LIGHTING.
WE SET UP HERE FOR TWO YEARS TALKING ABOUT SPENDING MONEY ON THE PARKS, AND HERE WE ARE READY TO SPEND IT, AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS DOUBTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ENHANCE.
AM I WRONG? I'M HEARING A LOT OF DOUBTS.
>> THERE'S NO DOUBTS. I JUST FEEL MY COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT THIS PARK BEING ENHANCED EVEN MORE, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY STILL GETTING NOTHING NOW, AND THE PRIORITIES A LITTLE OFF.
I'M ALL ABOUT PARKS, ALL ABOUT IT.
I JUST FEEL WE WERE TOLD ONE THING SOMETIMES AND NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S FRUSTRATING, I WANT TO BUILD MORE PARKS AND MAKE ALL OF THE PARKS THE BEST THEY CAN BE.
I'M NOT AGAINST ANYTHING, GROW INTO PARKS ISSUE.
MY FRUSTRATION IS COMING OUT EVEN MORE, BUT I FULLY SUPPORT THESE, THESE PRIORITIES ARE A LITTLE OFF.
>> WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT ADAM ONE? WHICH IS CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 PART DEVELOPMENT FUND BUDGET ON THESE PROJECTS.
>> COUNCILMAN TOTEN WITH THE MOTION, COUNCILMAN CARVER WITH SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> SEE HOW EASY THAT WAS, YES.
>> YES. MOTION PASSES TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH A&C CONSTRUCTION, FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO SLAYTER CREEK PARK, HENRY CLAY "YANK" WASHINGTON PARK AT NATURAL SPRINGS PARK.
>> MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, I GUESS THAT'S 7I.
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>> COUNCILMAN TOTEN THE MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM WITH SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. MOTION PASSES OUT IN J BRYANT PARK 1, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 PART DEVELOPMENT FUND BUDGET.
ANY QUESTIONS? I MOVE, WE APPROVE J1.
>> MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. MOTION PASSES ITEM 2 CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW DEAL INCORPORATED, TO INSTALL AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT BRYANT PARK.
>> MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM J2.
>> COUNCILMAN TOTEN WITH A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
>> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. MOTION PASSES THAT ITEM K CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH BINKLEY & BARFIELD FOR THE DESIGN OF A 12 INCH WATERLINE.
THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON FM 455 FROM COUNTY ROAD TO COUNTY ROAD 290, MR. GOYD.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS JUSTINE CLIFF.
TONIGHT, I'M BRINGING FOR Y'ALL A CONTRACT FOR THE CITY MANAGER, SIGN WITH BINKLEY & BARFIELD TO INSTALL A WATER MAIN A LONG 455.
THE AREA IN QUESTION IS UP HERE ON THE SCREEN HERE, THERE SHOULD BE MORE SLIDES. PULL IT OFF HERE.
BASICALLY, WE HAVE SOME SMALL WATER LINES OUT OF 455 ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, WEST THERE'S HURRICANE CREEK.
A 12 INCH GOING DOWN 455, BUT WEREN'T TURNS CLOSE TO COHEN STREET.
THE LINE REDUCES TO A SIX THEN A TWO INCH LINE OUT THERE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN BUILDING IN THIS AREA.
THIS AREA IS ALSO ON OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AND WE NEED TO UPSIZE THE LINES SO WE CAN GET FIRE HYDRANTS AND WHAT SOIL IN THE AREA.
THEY'RE NOT I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO YOU, SO WE CAN GET AN AGREEMENT TO START THE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICE FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS, BUT WHEN I HEAR THAT IT GOES FROM A 6 TO A 2 PRETTY QUICKLY.
THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING [LAUGHTER].
>> THIS IS WHERE THAT ON RIGHT THERE AT THAT PART OF 455, IS WHERE THAT WANT DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN THE ANNA, BUT THEY GOT TO SIGN UP.
I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED, OAK RIDGE OR OAK POINT.
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT WEST OF THERE I BELIEVE STARTING ON COUNTY ROAD 937.
I'M I MAD, I'M NOT SEEING THAT GOOD HERE.
>> I'M MISSING ONE PICTURE, BUT IT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT.
ALSO TXDOT HAS A PROJECT IN THIS AREA WHERE THEY'RE ABOUT TO WIDEN THE BRIDGE FOR HURRICANE CREEK IN RELOCATE THAT.
TXDOT IS ALSO ASKING US TO MOVE OUR WATERLINE OUT OF THAT AREA.
THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WE'RE BRINGING THIS BEFORE YOU DENY, SO WE CAN START THE PROJECT.
>> MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 7K.
>> COUNCILMAN TOTEN WITH THEM MOTION, COUNCILMAN CAIN WITH THE SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. MOTION PASSES OUT OF MALE CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH DFC FOR THE ENGINEERING DESIGN OF HIGHWAY 5 UTILITY RELOCATION PHASE 2 PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THIS PROJECT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PHASES REALLY RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE UNDER THE ENGINEERING DESIGN WHICH IS COMPLETE FROM THE WATERLINE FROM 455 GOING OUT FOR THE COLLIN COUNTY AT OUR LOOP.
WE ARE DOWN TO GET IN THE LAST COUPLE OF EASEMENTS THAT WE NEED BEFORE WE'LL START ADVERTISING THE BID FOR CONSTRUCTION ON THAT JOB.
TEXTILE TO STEADILY MOVING, YOU DRIVE DOWN HIGHWAY 5.
THE UTILITIES ARE MOVING ALONG THAT AREA.
THEY'RE ASKING US TO SPEED UP OUR PROCESS.
WE DO NOT KNOW THEIR DAY CHIP,
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BUT WE HAVE A FEELING IT'S MOVING FORWARD FOR THEM TO DO THAT.WE NEED TO START OUR ENGINEERING DESIGNS TO MOVE OUR UTILITIES FROM 455 NORTH COUNTY ROAD 1101, WHICH IS JUST RIGHT NEXT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING IN CITY OF ANNA.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
>> MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 7I.
LET'S CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON ADDING LOCAL OPTION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20-YEAR BUDGET.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M TERRY DOBE, YOUR BUDGET MANAGER AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU OUR LOCAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION POTENTIALS FOR FY24.
AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, WE'RE ON TRACK THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR, OUR TAXABLE ASSESS VALUE GREW BY 37.5%.
BASED ON OUR LATEST PROJECTIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE FOR FY24 TO GROW ABOUT 30%.
AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, ALL PROPERTY IN THIS TANGIBLE AND REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS TAXABLE UNLESS IT'S EXEMPT BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
LOCAL TAXING UNITS CAN OFFER A VARIETY OF PARTIAL OR TOTAL EXEMPTIONS FROM PROPERTY APPRAISED VALUES, AND LOCAL OPTION EXEMPTIONS ARE ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN LOWER YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL OF YOUR RESIDENTS.
SOME OF OUR LOCAL OPTION EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO A CITY ARE THE RESIDENT HOMESTEAD, WHERE CITIES CAN OFFER ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1% AND 20% OF A RESIDENT HOMESTEAD FROM BEING EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
ANOTHER LOCAL OPTION IS AGE 65 OR OLDER OR DISABLED.
CITIES HAVE AN OPTION OF NOT OFFERING LESS THAN $3,000.
FOR RESIDENT HOMESTEADS, THE MINIMUM IS $5,000 REGARDLESS OF THE VALUE OF THE HOME.
IF YOU OFFER A 1% EXEMPTION, THAT MEANS EVERYONE THAT OWNS A HOME $500,000 OR LESS WILL RECEIVE $5,000 OFF, AND THEN ANYONE ELSE WILL RECEIVE 1% OF THE VALUE OF THEIR HOME.
YOU CAN OFFER 65 OR OLDER OR DISABLED.
HOWEVER, A HOMEOWNER CAN ONLY RECEIVE ONE OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS THEY DON'T STACK.
BUT THEY CAN RECEIVE THE RESIDENT HOMESTEAD AND AN AGE 65 OR OLDER OR A RESIDENT HOMESTEAD AND A DISABLED.
YOU JUST CAN'T RECEIVE A RESIDENT HOMESTEAD AN AGE 65 AND A DISABLED.
IN FY23, OUR EXEMPTION STRUCTURE WAS 1% OR 5,000 AND 30,000 FOR OVER AGE 65.
OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE WAS 0.539750, $400 EVALUATION OF YOUR HOME.
FOR FY24, STAFF IS PUTTING FORTH A PROPOSAL FOR A 3% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND ADDING THE 30,000 FOR DISABLED PERSONS.
CURRENTLY, BASED ON THE MODELING THAT WE HAVE, OUR CURRENT PROPERTY VALUES, THE PROJECTED TAX RATE FOR FY24 IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $0.53.
THIS IS A PROJECTION THOUGH WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL JULY, EXACTLY WHAT THE TAX RATE WILL CALCULATE OUT TO BE.
IF WE INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THE DECREASE IN REVENUE TO THE CITY WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 286,000.
ADDING THIS DISABLED PERSON'S EXEMPTION WOULD COST US ABOUT 30,000 IN REVENUE.
WE CAN ABSORB THOSE UNDER OUR CURRENT BUDGET PROJECTION WITH NO IMPACT TO CITY OPERATIONS.
SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WITH HOME VALUES INCREASING 30%.
A 1% OF WE ADDED THE 1% GENERAL LAST YEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE HOME VALUES ARE GOING TO BE UP 20-30% AGAIN, FOR MOST OF OUR HOMEOWNERS.
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THIS WOULD BE ONE WAY TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILLS.3% IS AN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AND IT'S NOWHERE NEAR THE MAXIMUM.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AGAIN IN FUTURE YEARS AS WE SEE OUR SALES TAX BASE GROW OR JUST OUR OVERALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX BASE GROW.
WE CAN COME BACK AND REVISIT THIS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WHEN WE DO WHAT THE CITY CAN AFFORD TO HELP OUR HOMEOWNERS OUT.
THE GENERAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS FOR HOMEOWNERS ONLY THAT OCCUPY A HOME AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
IT DOES NOT INCENTIVIZE RENTERS OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AT ALL.
AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, JULY 1ST IS THE DEADLINE FOR ANY ADOPTION.
HOPEFULLY WHATEVER THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT OUR PROPOSAL CURRENTLY IS A 3% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> NO BACKUP TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT SLIDES REAL QUICK BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THEM AT ALL.
IT JUST WENT RIGHT BY YOU. THANK YOU.
>> THE OVER AGE 65 EXEMPTION, WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT.
>> IT IS WHAT IT IS FROM LAST YEAR.
>> THE ONLY THING WE'RE CHANGING IS, WELL, WE HAVEN'T DONE STAFF DIGESTION IS 3% ON THE ONSET AND ADDING 30,000 TO THE DISABLED, CORRECT?
>> I DO APPRECIATE ADDING THE 30,000.
I THINK I WAS ASKING FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT HELPS OUT.
IT WOULD HELP OUT OUR SPEAKER EARLIER, MS. JANET IF SHE DID LIVE IN A HOME.
SHE DOES HAVE IT, BUT PEOPLE LIKE HER UNDER 65, IT WOULD HELP SOMEONE OUT LIKE THAT. THANK YOU.
>>SECOND. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
>> YES. MOTION PASSES OUT OF MAN.
CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD. YOU COMMITTED.
>> MAYOR, WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD A NEW APPOINTEE.
I HAD TO STEP DOWN DUE TO A JOB OPPORTUNITY OUT-OF-STATE.
INSTEAD OF PULLING, I DON'T THINK, IF I REMEMBER WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE SOMEONE ELSE IN MIND FROM OUR INTERVIEWS FOR PARKS.
WE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN KIMBERLY TO TALK TO HER GRADUATING CLASS THAT WE JUST MET TONIGHT.
WE THOUGHT WHAT PERFECT WITHOUT HAVING TO HOLD INTERVIEWS, WHAT PERFECT WAY TO A QUICK WAY OF ADDING SOMEONE.
WHEN WE ALREADY KNEW THE STAFF ALREADY DO SO, WE ASK THEM OR WHOEVER WAS INTERESTED APPLIED.
I THINK WE HAD LIKE FIVE OR SIX, MAYBE FIVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT JUSTIN ANESTA TO DEPARTURE BOARD.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CAIN, ALL IN FAVOR.
COUNCIL, ANY REASON FOR CLOSED SESSION? THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTIONS.
ALL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 08:21.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.