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>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.]
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA WILL MEET AT JULY 30TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM IN THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED AT 120 WEST SEVENTH STREET TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. WE DO HAVE FIVE NOW, NEIGHBORS' COMMENT CARDS SUBMITTED.IF ANYBODY IS WANTING TO SPEAK DURING NEIGHBORS' COMMENTS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR CARD IN TO CARRIE OVER THERE.
FIRST START OF BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL.
WE DO HAVE EVERY COUNCIL PERSON PRESENT THIS EVENING.
YOU WANT TO DO THE INVITATION PLEDGE? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARVER. PLEASE STAND.
>> JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF PRAYER.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR HONORING US TO BE IN THE CITY, BLESSING US TO BE HERE AND LETTING US BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING.
I PRAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE CLOSELY-KNIT NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY AND FRIENDLY WITH EACH OTHER AS WE WORK THROUGH THE CHALLENGES AND HELP US WITH OUR DECISION.
I ASK THAT YOUR HAND BE UPON US AS WE ENTER INTO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AS A 5A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP OUR ISD AS THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THEIR CHALLENGES OF SETTING UP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FACULTY, AND I JUST PRAY THAT IT JUST BE A YEAR THAT WE LOOK BACK AND SAY, WOW, WHAT A GREAT YEAR.
BLESS OUR CITY AND ALL OF OUR STAFF. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARVER.
[3. Neighbor Comments.]
NEXT UP, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3, NEIGHBORS' COMMENTS.LIKE I SAID, I HAVE FIVE SPEAKER CARDS.
AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM ON THIS MEETING AGENDA THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
ALSO AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS MEETING AGENDA.
EACH PERSON WILL BE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS, SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZENS INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY. DR. BROWN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
IT'S BEEN OF A WHILE SINCE I'VE SPOKEN.
NICE TO BE SPEAKING FROM THE NEW COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
I APPRECIATE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WATCHING SOME GREAT IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS DONE FOR THE CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO AGREEMENTS WITH DEVELOPERS AND SOME SAFEGUARDS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE FOR RESIDENTS OF ANNA.
TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO SOME GREAT WORDS OF WISDOM THAT MR. HENDERSON, THE CITY MANAGER GAVE ME JUNE OF LAST YEAR 2023, AND CLERK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFERED THOSE AS WELL.
THOSE WORDS OF WISDOM AS OUR SEEKING A HOW TO BEST SERVE ANNA AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE GRADING WAS READ THE HOME RULE CHARTER AND READ THE CHARTER FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DID THAT. THE NEXT MORNING, I HAD THE CHARTER AS I DRINK MY COFFEE.
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, I READ SOME CHARTERS FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION, WHICH BRINGS ME TO A DIFFICULT POSITION TO SAY TODAY.
OVER THE PAST 10-12 MONTHS, I'VE OBSERVED THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE EITHER NOT BE AWARE OF THOSE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDELINES OR NOT FOLLOW THOSE IN MANY INSTANCES.
I ASK YOU TO, IN ALL DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, AND THIS APPLIES PARTICULARLY TO THE 2050 PLAN, ANY THOUGHTS YOU HAVE, ANY DECISIONS YOU HAVE, THE FIRST THING YOU DO, YOU CHECK WITH THE HOME RULE CHARTER, AND YOU CHECK WITH THE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES THAT ARE IN PLACE, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT IS NO LONGER DISCOVERABLE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME REGARDING THE P&Z LAST YEAR IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, BUT ACCORDING TO THE CITY CHARTER IS STILL IN PLACE.
IT OUTLINES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERING THE 2050 PLAN DISTINCTLY.
GIVEN THOSE THINGS, THEY WERE WORDS OF WISDOM.
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THEY HELPED ME GREATLY. THEY GAVE ME FOCUS.I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME AND LOOK AT THOSE AND BE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE, THAT BE THE CRUCIBLE WHICH YOU BROWN AND HAVE WE FOUGHT THE IDEA ABOUT IT.
I CHALLENGE YOU AND ASK YOU FOR A POINT OF VIEW, I KNOW, WHAT HEART IS FOR THIS CITY TO LEVEL UP YOUR LEADERSHIP.
YOU ARE THE LEADERS SET THAT EXAMPLE.
THIS IS NOT PERSONAL. SET DIVISION.
SET DIVISION FOR THE FUTURE OF ANNA AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF ANNA.
THE LAWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I STILL DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. [LAUGHTER]
>> MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AS YOU WORK THROUGH THIS 2050 PLAN, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING.
TO KEEP ANNA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WHICH RURAL LIVING AND RANCH AGRICULTURE.
I KNOW A LARGE PART OF THE PREVIOUS 2050 PLAN HAD THAT.
THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE CAN SUPPORT THIS.
YES, A FEW MORE STOP SIGNS MIGHT BE NEEDED TO BE ADDED AS DEVELOPERS DO OR PLAN.
MAYBE SOME MORE WATERS AND POWER, BUT RURAL LIVING WILL ALLOW RESIDENTS TO BE ON SEPTIC AND NOT REQUIRE MANY MORE CITY SERVICES.
THE TAX REVENUE BROUGHT IN FROM MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HOMES AND ESTATES ON THE RURAL RANCH IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WOULD BE BROUGHT IN FROM A LOW COST HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
RURAL LIVING CAN AFFORD TO SURVIVE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, AS WELL AS REPAIR THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD IF A DEVELOPER MAKES ENVIRONMENTAL MISTAKES WHEN BUILDING A PROPERTY.
HIGH DENSITY, CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL, SUBURBAN LIVING, REQUIRE SO MUCH MORE FROM THE CITY AND VERY LITTLE TO OFFER IN RETURN.
MORE AND BIGGER ROADS ARE NEEDED, MORE WATER, POWER, SEWAGE.
MORE TRAFFIC EQUATES TO MORE ACCIDENTS, MORE FIRE AND POLICE NEEDS.
THE CITY CAN BARELY KEEP OGLE TO ROAD REPAIRS AS IT IS FOR MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. HIGHER DENSITY.
HIGHER DENSITY ALWAYS EQUATES TO MORE CRIME.
ASK OUR WONDERFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE STOPPED AND I'VE TALKED TO QUITE A FEW.
I KNOW IF THEIR NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, THEY'VE INCREASED THREE FOLD IN THE LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THEM, AND THE LOCAL STATE TROOPERS.
THE HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND AS CURRENTLY HAVE EXPERIENCED QUITE A LOAD OF EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES, AS MUCH AS 100 A WEEK UP IN [INAUDIBLE].
GOING BACK TO THE RURAL LIVING, THESE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD THESE ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS, WHICH MIGHT SUFFER [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD HOPES WE DON'T.
I MY NEIGHBORS ENJOY OUR RURAL LIVING WAY OF LIFE.
I REALLY HATE TO SEE THAT TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE A CITY WANTS TO BE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES VERSUS THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE.
[INAUDIBLE] THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE. IF YOU SET A STANDARD FOR RURAL LIVING, STICK TO IT, THOSE DEVELOPERS WILL COME AND THEY WILL DEVELOP HERE.
LET'S CREATE THE HIGHLAND PARK OF NORTH TEXAS AND NOT ANOTHER.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT? [BACKGROUND] [INAUDIBLE].
>> [INAUDIBLE] IN 2000 AND IT WAS 27 YEARS OF SACRIFICE OF MY WIFE AND I PLANTED 200 OAK TREES.
I WATCHED THEM TWICE A DAY, DAYS AND NIGHTS.
NOW IT IS THE DIVISION THAT I HAVE 40 SOME YEARS.
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MY PLACE IS NOT FOR SALE.AS I TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVE, SOME OF THESE DEVELOPERS CAME IN, THAT MAY NOT DO.
IF YOU OFFER ME $50 MILLION, I'LL BE DAMNED IF I LIE.
I REFUSE. CERTAIN THING IS NOT FOR SALE.
MY PLACE IS ONE FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, I TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT I DO.
TWO, I WANT TO KEEP THIS PLACE.
YOU ALL SAID SOMETHING A LONG TIME AGO THAT THIS PLACE IS NOT GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE ACRE LAND.
THAT'S GOING TO BE. COUNTRY STOP. DON'T GO BACK ON.
DON'T LET, PHOTO SHOP, PICTURES FULLY.
DEVELOPERS ARE NOT GOING TO STAY HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO ANOTHER PLACE.
I THANK YOU PLEASE LET'S KEEP ANNA COUNTRY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE OF YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
[BACKGROUND] THANK YOU. SORRY.
[LAUGHTER] MY NAME IS SEAN SMITH, 11089 COUNTER 0289, AND THE TEXAS 575409.
FIRST OF ALL, WHOEVER DID THE PACKET, IT DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
I THOUGHT IT EXPLAINED A LOT OF DETAILS.
I GAVE A LOT OF GREAT EXAMPLES.
THANK YOU FOR WHOEVER DID THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT LIBERTY HILLS BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THAT ONE AND WE NEED THE DIVERSITY, WE NEED DIFFERENTIATION IN HOUSING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THERE'S TWO TOPICS THAT WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE PACKET, I REALLY DIDN'T SEE MUCH ADDRESSED.
ONE WAS ADDRESSED IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT'S WATER.
THAT'S STRANGE. WHERE IS THIS WATER GOING TO GO? WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL THIS CONCRETE IN IT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE PLANTS GO.
THAT WATER'S GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE.
I KNOW OFF OF 288 AND 455 WHEN THEY DID THE STORAGE FACILITY, THEY WENT THROUGH AND REQUIRE THEM TO PUT IT IN RETENTION.
WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH AND THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND BUILD OUT WHETHER IT'S ACRE LOTS BECAUSE WE STILL GET A LOT OF RUN OFF THE CORNFIELD OR HOUSING, WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THIS WATER GOING TO GO? MY HOUSE IS DOWNHILL GOING TOWARDS WHITES CREEK, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.
IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE GREAT SCHOOLS.
PUTTING IN ALL THIS DENSITY IS GOING TO GO THROUGH AND JUST TOTALLY SIDELINE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO THEIR PLANS.
I KNOW THEY'VE GOT HIGH SCHOOL TO PLAN 288 AND 290 NORTH OF MY PARENTS PROPERTY ON 82 ACRES.
ONCE AGAIN, WHAT DO THEY WANT AROUND THERE? I KNOW THAT TALKING TO CERTAIN PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T WANT APARTMENTS THERE. THEY DON'T WANT THE HIGH DENSITY.
I KNOW COMING FROM ALLEN, HAVING APARTMENTS BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT A GOOD THING.
THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS WOULD GO THROUGH AND SMOKE.
THAT'S WHERE THE DRUG DEALS WERE DONE.
THAT'S WHERE THE COPS WOULD GO THROUGH AND HANG OUT.
WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT THAT AS WE'VE COME UP WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE 2050 PLAN, HOW DO THE SCHOOLS GO THROUGH AND PLAY WITH THIS SYSTEM GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GO THROUGH AND ATTRACT PEOPLE AND ALSO GO THROUGH AND DRIVE UP THE PROPERTY VALUE.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. APPRECIATE IT.
>> MATT MILTON. [BACKGROUND] BENTON.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
I ECHO WHAT A LOT OF THESE GUYS WHO SAID TONIGHT.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THEM SHOWING UP.
MOVE. THANK YOU. I KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THE PROPOSED LIBERTY HILL SUBDIVISION AND ALL THAT STUFF.
I JUST WANT TO BRING UP ON THE 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, JUST A SUGGESTION, I THINK IT WOULD HELP GO ALONG THE WAY.
WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OR CONTACTED OR ABOUT THE VOTE THAT ALMOST OCCURRED THE OTHER DAY ON LIBERTY HILLS.
I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU ALL COULD DRIVE AROUND AND MEET THE NEIGHBORS, SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING AND SOMETIMES SIGNING WITHOUT ANY COMMUNICATION WITH NEIGHBORING OWNERS TO SEE HOW DRAINAGE AND ISSUES LIKE THAT WOULD SHOW WOULD AFFECT THAT OWNER.
WE'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH WATER DRAINAGE FROM THAT HILL OF LIBERTY HILLS DRAIN OFF, AND THERE'S BEEN.
NOBODY REACH OUT TO SEE HOW THIS PLAN THAT YOU ALREADY APPROVED AND SIGNED WOULD AFFECT US.
BUT I'M FINDING OUT THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO MOVE ON THIS IF YOU WORK WITH A DEVELOPER AND BRING UP YOUR CONCERNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT GO A LONG WAY WITH THE CITY OF ANNA TO COMMUNICATE AND TALK WITH NEIGHBORS AND SEE WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES TO APARTMENTS OR DRAINAGE RUN OFF,
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CONCRETE, PADS GOING IN AND I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU.>> THAT TAKES THIS TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4 REPORTS.
[4. Reports.]
RECEIVED REPORTS FROM STAFF OR COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST?EVERYONE WITHIN THE EARSHOT, PLEASE PASS US ON, BUT WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE CITY.
FINLEY IS FINALLY UNDERWAY IN VARIOUS OTHER PLACES.
AS SCHOOL CONVENES, IT'S A LOT MORE STUDENTS THAN WE HAD EVEN LAST YEAR, AND JUST TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BE LEAVING EARLY [LAUGHTER] IN THE MORNING AND JUST BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND HELP PROMOTE THAT ACROSS THE CITY SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR FATALITIES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. ANYBODY ELSE? THAT BRINGS ME TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5A.
[5. Work Session.]
WE'RE IN OUR WORK SESSION TO RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF REGARDING THE ANNA 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF ANNA. MR. HENDERSON.>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I KNOW WE CHERISH THOSE, SO IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT JUST THE AMENABILITY AND COMMITMENT TO HEARING ABOUT RECEIVING THIS IMPORTANT PRESENTATION, WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR P&Z COMMISSION THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT TOO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL, AND WE HOPE THAT THIS MEETING AND THE DISCUSSION WILL BE EQUALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S WORK SESSION AND PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE PLANS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING OUR CITY'S DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
WE WILL REVIEW HOW DEVELOPMENT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, HIGHLIGHT THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BECOMING COMMON IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND GO INTO SOME DEPTH ON THE MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES THAT HELP FACILITATE GOOD DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE WHICH BRING DEVELOPMENT INTO THE CITY LIMITS.
THE PRESENTATION WILL BE COVERED BY THE TEAM TONIGHT.
OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MS. SCOTT-SIMS, PLANNING MANAGER, MS. MECKE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MR. PETERS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MR. PARKER, WILL COVER PORTIONS OF THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S A LONG PRESENTATION, ABOUT 46 SLIDES WITH A TON OF INFORMATION.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN KEEPING ALL OF YOU HERE LONG TONIGHT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COVER THIS EXPEDIENTLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW, HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF TONIGHT.
AT THE END OF EACH SECTION, WE WILL PAUSE AND WE'LL HAVE A SLIDE FOR QUESTIONS.
FOR THE SAKE OF NOT HAVING TOO LONG OF A MEETING TONIGHT, I JUST ASK THAT YOU HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THAT SLIDE SO WE CAN COVER THAT SPECIFIC TO THAT SECTION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION AND FOLLOW THAT IN THAT ORDER.
THE LAST SLIDE IS NEXT STEPS AND DIRECTION.
I'LL COME BACK UP HERE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND GET FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT YOU WANT STAFF TO LOOK INTO, AND ALSO TO DIRECTION: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL COMFORTABLE IN VOICING THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR CONCERNS, THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WELL, THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE THIS BODY DO DIFFERENTLY, AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO ADDRESS THAT.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MS. SCOTT-SIMS.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I'M STEPHANIE SCOTT-SIMS, AND I'M THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
THIS IS, [INAUDIBLE] SO I'M REALLY SPEAKING FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS REGARDING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HERE IN THE CITY.
THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW, A BACKGROUND OF THE LAWS THAT GOVERN COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND HERE IN ANNA.
THE LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO EVEN DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMES FROM THE STATE THROUGH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU, SECTION 213, AND THAT GIVES THE CITIES OR MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE STATE THE AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
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AND IT ALSO DOES A LITTLE BIT MORE.IT ACTUALLY GIVES CITIES GREAT LATITUDE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CONTENTS OF THEIR PLAN CONSISTS OF.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO REALLY DESIGN A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO MEET THEIR NEEDS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CITY.
I ALSO FURTHER ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES BY CHARTER OR ORDINANCE TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND THEIR ORDINANCES.
REALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A POLICY DOCUMENT THAT THE CITY PUTS FORTH GUIDING A VARIETY OF TOPICS, NOT JUST LAND USE, BUT ALSO TRANSPORTATION.
IT CAN INCLUDE PARKS AND RECREATION, HOUSING, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS THAT THE CITY PLAYS A ROLE IN CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT.
[NOISE] THE ORDINANCES, IN PARTICULAR, THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES ARE THE LAWS THAT CITIES ENACT TO ENFORCE THE POLICIES THAT THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AGAIN, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, ALL OF THAT IS ALL POLICY.
IT'S JUST POLICY, AND ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES ARE ADOPTED TO FURTHER THOSE IDEALS SET FORTH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE STATE LAW ALSO, AGAIN, SAYS THAT THE CITIES MAY DEVELOP A PLAN BASED ON STATE LAW AND WHAT THE AUTHORITY IS.
THEN YOU DO THAT IN YOUR CHARTER.
AS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS MENTIONED, THE CITY'S CHARTER ADOPTS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR THE IDEAL OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF ANNA'S CHARTER, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MUST INCLUDE CERTAIN ELEMENTS.
THOSE ELEMENTS ARE THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AND THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PLAN.
THOSE ARE THREE ELEMENTS THAT MUST BE INCLUDED WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE CITIES CAN GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, OBVIOUSLY, AND INCLUDE OTHER ELEMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, AND OTHER SMALLER PLANS, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEN THE CITY'S CHARTER ALSO SAYS THAT FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT MUST SERVE AS A GUIDE TO ALL FUTURE CITY COUNCIL ACTION CONCERNING LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
HOWEVER, ANY DEVIATIONS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE NOT AUTHORIZED UNLESS FIRST APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THAT TELLS US THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY'RE REQUIRED BY CHARTER TO REVIEW ANY DEVIATIONS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
NOW, IF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WERE TO DENY A CHANGE TO THE PLAN, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO OVERRULE THAT VOTE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SO YOU DO HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.
NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ANA 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS PLAN WAS, AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, IT WAS CREATED THROUGH A ROBUST PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WAS FACILITATED BY KIMLEY-HORN, WHICH IS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PLANNING FIRM, AND THAT TEAM HELD VARIOUS PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGH BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, AND THE PLAN INCLUDED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, FROM CITY STAFF, FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
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THERE WAS ALSO AN ADVISORY TASK FORCE THAT WAS ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO OVERSEE THAT PROCESS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION.AGAIN, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BEGAN IN SUMMER 2020.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT WAS DURING THE TIME OF COVID, AND SO A LOT OF THAT INPUT AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OCCURRED ONLINE THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND OTHER MEANS.
THERE WERE A FEW VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD AS WELL AS, I BELIEVE MAYBE ONE OR TWO IN-PERSON MEETINGS EVENTUALLY, BUT THAT WAS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, A PRETTY WELL-ATTENDED PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.
THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2021, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SETS FORTH POLICIES REGARDING, AGAIN, A VARIETY OF THINGS, BUT OURS SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, MOBILITY, PLACEMAKING, PARKS, TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACE, AND OUR DOWNTOWN.
TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN PORTION OF THE COMP PLAN.
THE ANNA 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS A VISION STATEMENT INCLUDED WITHIN IT.
IT'S, "BASED ON HERITAGE AND BUILT ON INNOVATION, BY 2050, ANNA IS A DIVERSE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY, BALANCING BIG-CITY ASSETS WITH THE HOMETOWN CHARACTER, WHERE NEIGHBORS OF ALL AGES, RACES, AND ABILITIES ENJOY A PREMIER COMMUNITY WITH THE HOMES, JOBS, AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES THEY NEED TO THRIVE." THAT WAS THE BASIS BEHIND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES ROUGHLY 12 GOALS THAT WERE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WERE ADOPTED AND FOLLOWED THROUGH.
WE JUST POINTED OUT A FEW OF THEM THAT ARE RELATED TO FUTURE LAND USE TONIGHT.
GROWTH OCCURS WHERE AND WHEN IT CAN BE SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC FACILITIES.
MAINTAINING A HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW, RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, ATTRACTING AND KEEPING NEIGHBORS, PROVIDING FOR HOUSING CHOICES FOR PEOPLE FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS, CREATING A COMMUNITY WITH STRONG COMMUNICATION, SHARED CORE VALUES, AND A CONNECTION BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING BUSINESSES THAT SERVE AND PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY JOBS TO ANNA'S RESIDENTS, EXPANDING THE TAX BASE AND LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT, AND PROVIDING NEIGHBORS WITH A RANGE OF FLEXIBLE, PRACTICAL, MOBILITY CHOICES TO THEIR DESTINATIONS USING ALL MODES OF TRAVEL.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE KEY ASPECTS, THE KEY GOALS OF THE PLAN THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THERE IS A QUESTION THAT RECENTLY CAME UP REGARDING THE PREFERRED SCENARIO DIAGRAM THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT QUESTION WAS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PREFERRED SCENARIO DIAGRAM OR WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN? WHICH IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THE PREFERRED SCENARIO DIAGRAM IS REALLY A BIG PICTURE LOOK AT HOW THE GOALS WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COULD BE ESTABLISHED OR ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN BY 2050.
AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE BLACK CIRCLES HERE ON THE MAP, THIS SCENARIO, REALLY FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DECISIONS THAT COULD BE MADE IN FOUR KEY CENTERS, AS THEY CALL THEM.
THOSE KEY CENTERS ARE THE 75 CENTER, DOWNTOWN ANNA, ANNA BUSINESS CENTER, AND WESTMINSTER.
REALLY IT LOOKS AT, IF WE WERE TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING WITHIN THE COMP PLAN WITHIN THE TIME FRAME OF THE COMP PLAN BY 2050 IN THESE AREAS,
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THIS IS HOW THE DEVELOPMENT COULD LOOK.THIS IS HOW WE COULD MEET ALL OF OUR POPULATION GOALS, ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION GOALS, AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH.
REALLY, THIS IS, AGAIN, JUST A BROAD PICTURE OF WHAT DEVELOPMENT COULD LOOK LIKE AT THE END OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TIME FRAME.
>> THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN REALLY GETS FURTHER INTO THE WEEDS, IF YOU WILL.
THIS IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF PLACES WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT REALLY FUTURE LAND USE PLANS DO IS THEY REALLY DICTATE WHAT THE FUTURE CHARACTER OF AN AREA IS TO LOOK LIKE.
IT'S PROBABLY DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THE SLIDE, BUT YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR PACKET.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE THAT OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN PROBABLY NEEDS SOME REVISION.
I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT TOO SPECIFIC.
WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT CHARACTER, YOU WANT TO THINK MORE BROADLY ABOUT AN AREA AND NOT BE SO PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT THE ACTUAL LAND USES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.
BUT REALLY, WHAT DO YOU WANT THAT AREA TO LOOK LIKE? SHOULD IT BE COMMERCIAL? IT CAN BE AS BROAD AS THAT COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, THESE BIGGER PICTURE CHARACTERISTICS.
THEN LATER ON, YOU DIG DEEPER INTO HOW TO ATTRACT THAT DEVELOPMENT TO THAT AREA, HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN THROUGH YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AGAIN, IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES BOTH COUNCIL AND STAFF WITH DIRECTION FOR REVIEWING LAND USE APPLICATIONS AND FOR MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT ZONING, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
STAFF USES THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO HELP US, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, IN THE REVIEW OF ZONING CASES THAT COME BEFORE YOU AND OTHER LAND USE RELATED ISSUES.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO HAVE VERY CLEAR GUIDANCE FROM COUNCIL AS TO WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT TO TAKE.
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY SHOULD GO IN? THEN THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO HELP DEVELOPERS GET THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GIVE THEM CONCRETE FEEDBACK ON THEIR PLANS, WHETHER WE BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF A DEVELOPMENT OR NOT.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR STAFF.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT THE SAME AS A ZONING ORDINANCE.
IT DOES NOT PROVIDE LAND USE REGULATIONS OR SPECIFIC PROPERTIES.
RATHER, IT IS A BROAD POLICY DOCUMENT THAT JUST GUIDES THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE.
DIGGING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN HAS WHAT'S CALLED PLACE TYPES WITHIN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THOSE PLACE TYPES, THEY'RE DESCRIBING THE CHARACTER OF A PLACE, A CHARACTER THAT THE CITY WANTS TO SEE THE CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A PLACE WITHIN THE CITY.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THESE, RANCHING AND AGRICULTURE, RURAL LIVING.
YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THESE TERMS THROWN BEFORE YOU DURING OUR MEETINGS,
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CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.THESE PLACE TYPES ARE MEANT TO JUST DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A CERTAIN PLACE, INCLUDING USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THAT AREA, THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, ARCHITECTURE, ALL OF THESE OTHER FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO WHAT DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT MULTI-FAMILY RECENTLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO DO HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT WE'RE ALL SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THE PLACE TYPES WHERE MULTI-FAMILY IS ALLOWED ARE ON THE SCREEN, URBAN LIVING, REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER, DOWNTOWN, ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, AND MIXED USE.
THOSE ARE THE PLACE TYPES WHERE MULTI-FAMILY IS ALLOWED, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT TO SEE WHETHER ONE, THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE DESCRIBED WITH THESE CHARACTERISTICS, ARE THEY APPROPRIATE FOR THAT AREA? IS IT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE MIXED USE IN THIS LOCATION OR TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER IN THIS LOCATION? THEN ALSO, IS MULTI-FAMILY A PART OF THAT? AGAIN, MULTI-FAMILY MEANS A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, THERE'S ABOUT A NINE OR SO PAGE PACKET.
WITHIN THE PACKET THAT TALKS ABOUT MULTI-FAMILY, I GOT THIS FROM ACTUALLY THE CITY OF PLANO'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND USED SOME OF OUR VERBIAGE AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTUALLY IS MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
ACCORDING TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINITION, A MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING IS A DWELLING CONTAINED IN A STRUCTURE ALSO CONTAINING OTHER DWELLINGS IN WHICH EACH UNIT IS ATTACHED TO ANOTHER AT ONE OR MORE PARTY WALLS AND AT EITHER THE FLOOR OR THE CEILING.
THIS INCLUDES APARTMENTS AND MANOR-STYLE APARTMENTS.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLINGS OR DUPLEXES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THAT'S HOW OUR ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINES MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING.
HERE'S A FEW EXAMPLES OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT TYPES THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED.
I HAVE APARTMENTS, WHICH ARE ATTACHED INDIVIDUAL UNITS IN A SINGLE BUILDING.
WE HAVE CONDOMINIUMS, WHICH EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE TYPICALLY FOR SALE PRODUCT, THEY'RE CONSIDERED MULTI-FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL WITHIN ONE BUILDING.
THEN YOU HAVE MIXED USE PRODUCTS WHERE YOU HAVE TYPICALLY COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE ON THE BOTTOM AND THEN RESIDENTIAL USES ABOVE.
TOWNHOME UNITS ARE INTERESTING.
TOWNHOME UNITS ARE LIKE THEIR OWN THING QUITE HONESTLY.
SOME MUNICIPALITIES CONSIDER THEM SINGLE-FAMILY, SOME CONSIDER THEM MULTI-FAMILY, IT DEPENDS.
A LOT OF WHAT REALLY DICTATES MULTI-FAMILY FROM SINGLE-FAMILY QUITE HONESTLY, IS WHETHER IT'S ON A PLATTED LOT OR NOT, WHETHER THEY'RE INDIVIDUAL UNITS ON A PLATTED LOT OR ALL ON ONE PLATTED LOT.
WITH TOWNHOMES, TOWNHOMES COULD BE ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES.
THEY COULD BE ALL ON ONE LOT, OR THEY CAN BE ON THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PLATTED LOTS.
THEY'RE A DIFFERENT BREED OF DEVELOPMENT.
THAT TAKES US TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY SINGLE-FAMILY? SINGLE-FAMILY CAN COME IN A VARIETY OF TYPES, AS WELL.
THERE'S SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PRODUCTS, WHICH IS YOUR NORMAL ONE HOUSE ON A SINGLE LOT,
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AND THEN YOU HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, IT'S A DWELLING THAT'S PART OF A STRUCTURE CONTAINING THREE OR MORE DWELLINGS EACH DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED FOR OCCUPANCY BY ONE FAMILY, WITH EACH DWELLING UNIT ATTACHED BY A COMMON WALL TO ONE ANOTHER AND WHERE EACH DWELLING IS ON A SEPARATELY PLATTED LOT.
IF YOU WERE TO CUT BASICALLY RIGHT BETWEEN WHERE THOSE GARAGES ARE, THE GARAGE AND THE NEXT FRONT DOOR, THAT WOULD BE ONE LOT AND THEN YOU'D HAVE YOUR NEXT SLOT.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ATTACHED, THEY'RE STILL ON THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PLATTED LOTS.
THEN YOU HAVE TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS, THEN YOU HAVE YOUR DUPLEXES.
DUPLEXES ARE ON SEPARATELY PLATTED LOTS.
IT'S ONE DWELLING ON A SEPARATE PLATTED LOT.
HERE'S A MAP OF WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY WITH OUR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF ANNA.
THE GREEN, THOSE ARE EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED, THEY'RE EXISTING, THE YELLOW ARE THOSE THAT ARE APPROVED SITE PLAN OR APPROVED ZONING, AND THEN RED ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ENTITLED.
THEY'RE NOT YET BUILT, BUT THE CITY HAS ALREADY APPROVED MULTI-FAMILY ZONING FOR THAT LOT.
JUST BRIEFLY, REALLY QUICKLY, I KNOW MY TIME IS UP, I GUESS.
I WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY TALK ABOUT HOUSING TYPE VERSUS DENSITY BECAUSE AGAIN, I HEAR A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT DENSITY.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOME UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW DENSITY AND HOUSING TYPES REALLY ARE DIFFERENT.
HOUSING DENSITY IS THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE MORE DWELLINGS YOU HAVE ON AN ACRE OF LAND, THE MORE DENSE IT'S GOING TO BE.
WHETHER IT'S SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT'S ABOUT THE NUMBER OF UNITS ON ONE ACRE OF LAND.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THIS INSTANCE, IN THE EXAMPLE HERE, YOU CAN HAVE TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE VERY SIMILAR DENSITY, BUT CAN LOOK VERY DIFFERENT BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS.
FROM BUILDING SETBACKS TO THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IT IS, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PLAY INTO WHAT A DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT DENSITY, OR ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT BOTH? THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS TO PONDER AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT.
NOW, WE CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE SLIDE BEFORE THIS ONE? THE DEVELOPMENT MAP. THAT ONE.
>> THOSE IN THE YELLOW, THOSE ARE ONLINE TO BE BUILT NOW?
>> WE HAVE THE ZONING SITE PLAN APPROVED.
>> THE YELLOW DESIGNATION MEANS THAT IT HAS AN APPROVED SITE PLAN OR IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I JUST RECENTLY UPDATED THIS MAP SIGNIFICANTLY.
IF ANYONE HAS LOOKED AT IT IN THE LAST MONTH, IT HAS CHANGED, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF THE MOBILE HOME PARKS BECAUSE THAT IS MULTI-FAMILY.
>> FOR THE 2050 PLAN, WHAT WAS THE POPULATION SUPPOSED TO BE? DO YOU KNOW THAT?
>> FOR THE POPULATION BY 2050?
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>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT CALLED FOR?
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE WERE ON IT.
I KNOW THAT WHEN THEY WERE SAYING THAT THE 2050 THAT 50,000 WOULD BE OPTIMISTIC AT THAT POINT.
THAT WAS THE GUIDELINE THAT I REMEMBER, ANYWAY.
[OVERLAPPING] I THINK THERE WAS FOUR OF US THAT WERE ON IT, IF I RECALL.
>> THREE, I THOUGHT CARVER WAS ON, TOO.
>> YOU SAID WE DID IT IN 2021, THAT'S WHEN IT WAS FINAL?
>> 2020 AND WE WERE CALLING FOR THE 2050 PLAN TO HAVE 50,000 PEOPLE.
WHAT WAS THE POPULATION AT THAT TIME? SEVENTEEN, AND WHAT ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW?
>> TWENTY SEVEN VERY CLOSE THERE WAS A RANGE.
>> THE WHOLE 80 SOMETHING SQUARE MILES THAT WE HAVE?
>> YOU SAID THE POPULATION WAS AT 17,000 WHEN WE DID IT? WE'RE SETTING AT WHAT RIGHT NOW ROUND ABOUT?
>> WE PLAY AROUND AROUND 23-24,000.
>> NO, THAT IS JUST THE CITY [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHAT ABOUT THE WHOLE ETJ, DO WE KNOW?
>> THE WHOLE ETJ BUILT OUT IS BETWEEN ESTIMATED 150,000-200,000.
>> [OVERLAPPING] NO. WHAT ARE WE SITTING AT RIGHT NOW?
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE 29 OR 30.
>> THERE'S AN ESTIMATE THAT IT'S ALMOST 31.
>> STEPHANIE. I WROTE DOWN A QUESTION AND THEN THE VERY NEXT SLIDE ANSWERED IT.
IT WAS WHAT DIFFERENT PLACE TYPES HAS MULTIFAMILY.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS, AND YOU ASKED IT YOURSELF OR STATED IT.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK, WHY DO WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER DISTRICT, THE REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER AREA, AND THE MIXED USED AREA.
>> COUNCILMAN TOTEN. THE REASON FOR THAT PROBABLY I'M PRETTY SURE IS BECAUSE THOSE AREAS ARE GEARED TOWARDS LARGER EMPLOYERS.
BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU WANT TO HAVE HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THERE FOR EMPLOYEES TO LIVE, SO PLACES FOR EMPLOYEES TO LIVE.
THEN ALSO IT PROVIDES A BUFFER BETWEEN THAT COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE AND SINGLE LOWER DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDE.
>> DO YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO BE IN ALL THREE?
>> [LAUGHTER] THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE.
I THINK THERE'S SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I THINK WE COULD ACTUALLY GET RID OF MORE [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC ON WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN THAT CERTAIN AREA INSTEAD OF JUST A BROAD ENTERTAINMENT CENTER OR REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD BE MORE BROAD AND [OVERLAPPING] SAY, COMMERCIAL.
>> IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON IS WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S SO SPECIFIC.
WHEN PLANS COME IN THAT DON'T MEET THOSE, THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM, THAT IT BECOMES HARD FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION ON THOSE APPLICATIONS.
I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BROADEN THAT.
THEN REALLY DRILL DOWN FURTHER IN OUR ZONING ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT REQUIREMENTS WE WANT TO HAVE IN CERTAIN LOTS.
>> I KNOW AND ANOTHER THING I FEEL WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IS I'VE TALKED TO LAUREN ABOUT IT AND RYAN IS I FEEL WE USED A FEW DIFFERENT PLACEMENT TYPES OR LAND TYPES, AS I CALL THEM FILLERS.
WE DIDN'T REALLY DECIDE WHAT SHOULD GO IN THIS PLACE.
WE JUST THREW CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL.
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I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT A LOT OF OUR MAP AND DECIDE.DOES CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL FIT HERE? DOES MIXED USE FIT HERE?
>> I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD GET RID OF CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL.
>> I THINK CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL IS CONFUSING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY THINK WHENEVER THEY HEAR CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL, THEY THINK ZERO LOT LINES, PATIO HOMES.
BUT IN TURN, OUR DEFINITION OF CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL IS SINGLE FAMILY 60S WITH A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOT FOOTAGE ON YOUR HOUSE.
IT'S NOT ZERO LOT LINES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIT 500 HOMES AND 20 ACRES.
>> I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT JUST GOING TO RESIDENTIAL AND THEN DECIDING HOW MUCH ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL WE HAVE, WHAT WITHIN THAT ZONE, HOW MUCH DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND, DO A PERCENTAGE ACTUALLY OF EACH.
YOU HAVE SUBURBAN LIVING WITHIN THAT, YOU'LL HAVE A PERCENTAGE WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARD DETACHED RESIDENTIAL, PERCENTAGE OF ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL.
THEN DICTATE WHAT THE DEVELOPMENTS LOOK LIKE THE REZONING THE ZONING REGULATION? I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE DISCUSSED AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE.
[OVERLAPPING] I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
>> WHEN DO WE GET STARTED? [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE FINE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, RIGHT. SO WORKING SESSION.
>> I THINK SHE'S SAYING THERE'S MORE INTENSE WORK AS IN LIKE ANOTHER TASK.
>> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I DON'T WANT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE RUSHED.
>> WELL, I KNOW TONIGHT'S JUST EDUCATIONAL.
>> I DON'T THINK IT WAS INTENDED TO DRILL DOWN IN.
>> THERE WAS CHAPTER 212 THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT ON THE SLIDES AND PULL IT UP BECAUSE I'LL BUTCHER IT. I'M SORRY.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS CHAPTER 212.
IS IT 213 THAT GOVERNS COMPREHENSIVE PLANS? WILL YOU GO BACK TO THAT? THE ONE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HEY, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO SET ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S WHY I GOT TO READ IT AGAIN BECAUSE MAYBE I BUTCHERED IT.
>> NO, THAT'S TRUE. I DO HAVE A SIDE.
>> I KNOW IT'S IN THERE. THERE YOU GO BACK.
ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 212 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE ZONING REGULATIONS OR ESTABLISH ZONING BOUNDARIES.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THEREFORE SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS A ZONING MAP, WHICH PROVIDES SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS ON INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.
I AM A LAYMAN, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.
YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN WORDS, PLEASE.
>> WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS SETTING POLICY FOR AN AREA OF LAND, NOT JUST ONE PARCEL, BUT IT'S NOT LET ME GO TO THE FUTURE LINE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, YOU CAN'T SEE INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL LINES.
THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL LEVEL MAP.
THESE PLACE TYPES ARE USED TO JUST DESCRIBE THE INTENDED CHARACTERISTIC OF AN AREA OF LAND.
>> THE CHARACTERISTIC AS IT EXISTS NOW OR THE CHARACTERISTIC THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT IN THE FUTURE?
>> WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT IN THE FUTURE.
OF COURSE, INDIVIDUAL PARCELS FALL WITHIN THOSE AREAS.
BUT THIS IS NOT A PARCEL LEVEL PLAN.
IT'S INTENDED TO SHOW WHAT CHARACTER OR PROVIDE A CHARACTERISTIC FOR A BROAD AREA.
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I WISH I HAD A POINTER.[LAUGHTER] THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ACTUALLY EACH PROPERTY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY IS ZONED A CERTAIN ZONE OR WITHIN A CERTAIN ZONE, AND THAT PROVIDES DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THAT PROPERTY.
WHEREAS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS REALLY JUST A POLICY GUIDE THAT IS, AGAIN, DICTATING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A BROADER AREA WHICH INCLUDES MULTIPLE PARCELS.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS YOU HAVE THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THEN LET'S SAY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AGRICULTURE.
WELL, THEN INSIDE OF THAT, THERE'S NO BOUNDARY LINE.
LET'S SAY SUSAN AND JIM OWN 40 ACRES WORTH OF LAND, AND THEY'RE INSIDE OF THAT, AND THEY WANT TO EITHER SELL OR DEVELOP.
NOW THEY WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF COMING IN FRONT OF P AND Z AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
COULD WE TURN THEM DOWN BASED OFF OF THE FACT THAT THE OVERALL MAP SAYS IT'S AGRICULTURE? COULD WE SAY, NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
YOU'RE IN AN AGRICULTURAL ZONE.
DO WE HAVE THAT RIGHT? DO WE HAVE THAT POWER?
>> WE DO, AND I WILL LET OUR CITY ATTORNEY EXPOUND ON THAT.
>> IS THE QUESTION WHETHER INDIVIDUAL TRACT IS AGRICULTURAL OR ZONAL AGRICULTURAL, OR IS IT FUTURE LAND USE?
>> IT'S IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
MAYBE THEY LIVE ON THERE AND IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND THEY'VE HAD 80 ACRES IN THEIR FAMILY FOR 100 YEARS, AND NOW SOMEBODY COMES ALONG OR THEM THEMSELVES WANT TO DO SOME FORM OF A DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WE'VE PUT THIS OVERARCHING MAP, THE LAND USE MAP ON IT THAT SAYS, IT'S AGRICULTURAL.
>> IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED ARG THEY WANT TO MAKE IT INTO A DEVELOPER.
>> IT COULD BE ZONED ARG COULD JUST BE SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND THEY OWN 80 ACRES BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ETJ OR WHATEVER.
>> THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE ORDINANCE ADOPTS THAT, HOW IT DEFINES WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHAT THE PURPOSE IS, WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO IN TERMS OF IS IT A LOOSE GUY? IS IT MORE OF SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE MORE STRICTLY ADHERING TO SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.
THAT'S REALLY UP TO COUNSEL WHENEVER COMP PLAN IS ADOPTED OR IT COULD BE AMENDED, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE JUST HOW CLOSE YOU HAVE TO STAY TO THAT COMPREHENSIVE CLAIM.
IN THE SPECIFIC CASE OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY WINS OUT IN THE ETJ TRADITIONALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE CHANGE ZONING PRETTY RARELY ONCE THEY'RE READY TO DEVELOP.
PERHAPS MORE THAN A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE WOULD BE COMMERCIAL TRACK ON US 75 IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
IT'S MORE LIKELY TO STAY COMMERCIAL AND DEVELOP THAT WAY.
WAS IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO PREDICT HOW PROPERTIES WILL DEVELOP OUT OF THE ETJ THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS AGRICULTURAL. DOES THAT HELP?
>> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.
>> SO TWO THINGS. HOW DOES CHAPTER 211 COME INTO THIS ON THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
NUMBER 2, YOU HAVE THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PREFERRED SCENARIO MAP.
THOSE TWO PLACED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER ARE SUPER CONFUSING.
>> I'M SORRY. COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR FIRST QUESTION?
>> THE REGULATION OF LAND USE AND STRUCTURES? IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
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>> I WILL AGAIN DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
>> I WOULD ECHO, WHAT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF CHAPTER 213, GOVERNING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IS MORE OF THE OVERALL GUIDELINE FUTURE LAND USE, NOTATING IT TRACK BY TRACK, NOT ZONING, ARM ZONING REGULATIONS, IT'S A GUY.
IT'S NECESSARILY A GUY BECAUSE ONE THING, YOU CANNOT ZONE OUT IN THE ETJ.
ALL OF THE AREAS OUT IN THE ETJ THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, THESE ARE CONCEPTS.
THESE ARE IDEAS, FUTURE PREDICTIONS ON HOW YOU THINK THINGS WILL DEVELOP AND WHAT THE BEST USES ARE GOING FORWARD.
BUT CHAPTER 211 IS THE ZONING PART OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND THAT HAS MORE TO DO WITH INDIVIDUAL TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THAT THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ZONE AND CAN ZONE VERY SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE LAND USES ARE, BUT WE ALWAYS GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE, LOOK AT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND USE THAT AS A GUIDE.
COUNCIL DOES AGAIN HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE, THE COMP PLAN, HOW MUCH WE NEED TO DEFER OR RELY ON THAT OR BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT VERSUS IS IT MORE OF A USER GUIDE THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE LEEWAY WITH WHEN WE DO THE ACTUAL ZONING ORDINANCES.
>> WOULD THAT BE CORRECT TO SAY THAT COMP PLAN IS A LIVING DOCUMENT?
>> YES, I THINK THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT EVERY SO MANY YEARS, SAY, FIVE YEARS, THAT YOU TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT IT AND YOU SEE HOW THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, AND WHAT THE CITY'S NEEDS ARE AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
I THINK IT IS DESIGNED TO BE REVISITED AND CHANGED, IF NECESSARY, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CITY'S GOALS ARE, ARE THEY THE SAME AS THEY WERE AND DO YOU SEE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY THINGS HAVE DEVELOPED, HOW QUICKLY OR NOT AND MAKE DECISIONS ON THAT BASIS.
BUT THOSE ARE BROADER DECISIONS FOR FUTURE LAND USE IN THE COMP LAND AS OPPOSED TO SPECIFIC DECISIONS ON TRACKS OF LAND WHERE THE OWNERS WANT TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY IN A CERTAIN WAY AND HAVE CERTAIN LAND USES.
THEY COME TO THE CITY SEEKING AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE, THE AUTHORITY OF FORCE OF LAW ON THAT PROPERTY AS TO WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY.
>> YOU HAD A GREAT SMILE. YOU ALLUDED TO YOU FELT THAT THIS IS A VERY RESTRICTIVE TO DEFINE PLAN.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHY?
>> FROM A DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STANDPOINT, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR REALLY IS JUST DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL TO LETTING US KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR THE CITY.
THEN STICKING TO THAT SO THAT WHEN WE COME BEFORE YOU, WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO DEVELOPERS, WHEN WE'RE PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO DEVELOPERS, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT COUNCIL WANTS AND DOES NOT WANT AND WE CAN RELAY THAT TO DEVELOPERS VERY CONFIDENTLY.
IN OTHER PLACES THAT I HAVE WORKED,
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STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT MOST TIME, FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT A CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL WAS NOT A GOOD FIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT COUNCIL WANTED AND WHAT COUNCIL DID NOT WANT OR WE COULD WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM TURN THEIR PLAN INTO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL BEFORE COUNCIL.JUST HAVING A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING POLICY DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL IS REALLY WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE JUST IMPLEMENTING WHAT YOU ALL WANT.
WE'RE NOT DICTATING WHAT SHOULD BE DONE, WE'RE IMPLEMENTERS, IF YOU WILL.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS PLAN, ALL OF THESE COLORS MEAN SOMETHING TO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED, STARTED OFF AS A PRETTY SIZABLE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I KNOW YOU WEREN'T PART OF THAT, AND YOU'RE GETTING TO INHERIT ALL OF THIS.
BY THE WAY, WELCOME TO ANNA, YOU'RE WHAT SIX WEEKS INTO THIS?
>> LOOKING AT IT FROM A DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, THIS IS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLORING.
IT SHOWS THE INTENT OF THE DECISION MAKERS OF ANNA AS TO WHAT WE DESIRE.
[INAUDIBLE] GRANTED, WE COME UP HERE EVERY OTHER TUESDAY AND HAVE TO PRESSURE TEST THESE COLORS.
BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR AS TO WHAT A VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WON'T AND IF IT'S NOT CLEAR TO STAFF, THEN I THINK THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT ON THE FRONT LINES WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS LONG BEFORE WE DO TO COMMUNICATE THE INTENT OF THIS COUNCIL OR THE CITY, OUR NEIGHBORS.
IF THAT'S THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COUNCIL AND WHOEVER ELSE WE NEED TO INVOLVE IN OUR STAFF GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS AND YOU ALLUDED TO IT ALSO THAT IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR A REVISION AND BRING CURRENT STAFF UP TO SPEED, BRING COUNCIL UP TO SPEED AS WELL AS THE CITY, SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF THE STUMBLING BLOCK THAT YOU'RE WITNESSING? I'M NOT TRYING TO GET YOU IN TROUBLE OR ANYBODY.
YOU'RE NEW HERE AND I WANT AN OUTSIDE OBJECTOR'S OPINION OF WHAT YOU'VE WITNESSED OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS AND IT'S OKAY.
>> THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT I THINK THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT I THINK THAT THIS PLAN HAS SOME HOLES IN IT.
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REVISED.
IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN.
WITH THE INTENTIONS OF THIS COUNCIL AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE, I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU ARE NEW AS WELL.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE BUY IN INTO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHERE YOU DON'T, THEN WE HAVE THESE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD ARISE AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE SOME TYPE OF REVISION PROCESS WITH YOU ALL HEAVILY INVOLVED AND REALLY MAKING THIS YOUR OWN AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT COMES OUT OF IT SO THAT WE CAN FEEL CONFIDENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING WITH PEOPLE ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
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>> OKAY. I PUT YOU IN THE HOT SEAT.
I'M AWARE OF IT. WE'RE ALL IN THIS HOT SEAT.
I WANT YOU TO BE FULLY EMPOWERED TO ADDRESS OUR DEVELOPERS.
PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR CITY WANT TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR US FROM THEIR VANTAGE POINT, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE THAT YOU KNOW THE HEART OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE REPRESENTATION OF IT.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTION ITEM, BUT I DO HOPE BASED ON HOW YOU COMMUNICATED IT, THAT WE WILL HOLD A COMPREHENSIVE FORMAL REVIEW WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN PUT IN THE ROOM TO HELP US GUIDE THIS THING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MAN. AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, THE LAST SLIDE IS NEXT STEPS DIRECTION, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY SAVE THAT THOUGHT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END.
>> I THINK OUR STAFF JUST [INAUDIBLE]
>> WELL, THAT TAKES ME BACK TO THE CONFUSION OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THE PREFERRED SCENARIO, I THINK THAT CONFUSES A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> WHERE DID THE PREFERRED SCENARIO MAP COME FROM? THAT MIGHT HELP YOU.
>> SINCE I WAS HERE, LET ME ANSWER THAT.
THE TASK FORCE WAS GIVEN FOUR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF HOW THEY WANTED TO SEE ANNA, INCLUDING THE ETJ BUILT OUT IN THE FUTURE.
THE PREFERRED SCENARIO MAP IS INTENDED TO BE BEYOND 2050, NOT 2050 AND SO THE TASK FORCE PICKED WHICH SCENARIO WAS BEST.
THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE ON THE TASK FORCE THAT MAY REMEMBER BETTER THAN I DO SINCE I WAS IN AND OUT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
BUT THERE WAS FOUR SCENARIOS AND THIS WAS THE SCENARIO THAT WAS CHOSEN BY THE TASK FORCE AND PRESENTED BY FAM HORN BASED OFF OF DIFFERENT POPULATION PATTERNS, GROWTH PATTERNS, JUST DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT HAD BEEN OCCURRING AT THAT TIME PRIOR TO 2021 AND SO THE PREFERRED SCENARIO MAP WAS USED AS THE BASE FOR HOW WE GOT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THEN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE UTILITY SITUATION AT THE TIME.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS YOU NOTICE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
THERE'S A LOT OF RANCHING IN AGRICULTURE BECAUSE BACK THEN, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN APPROVED PLAN FOR A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT AREA IS NOT ALL GOING TO BE RANCHING IN AGRICULTURE.
>> OKAY. I JUST HAD SOMETHING REALLY GOOD, SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID THIS PLAN, I REMEMBER THINKING IN OUR GROUP ANYWAY BECAUSE WHEN WE BROKE OUT INTO GROUPS.
I REMEMBER THERE SEEMED LIKE TOO MANY CATEGORIES.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, I NEED SOME HELP RECONCILING SOMETHING.
IT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE I HAVE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING PEOPLE AND I KNOW IT'S CLEAR IN HERE, AND I'D READ THAT THAT IT'S NOT CONSTITUTING ZONING REGULATIONS OR ZONING DISTRICTS.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PULL OUT OF THAT WITHOUT HAVING SOME EXPLANATION AND YOU'RE FORCED TO VOTE NO, IF IT DOES.
HOW DO WE RECONCILE THAT? BECAUSE MY PERSONAL OPINION IS IT WASN'T A BIBLE LIKE ELDON SAID, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT, BUT PLANNING AND ZONING IS SPECIFICALLY BASED ON, HEY, IF IT'S THERE, IT'S THERE.
I THINK THAT GOES WITH WHAT A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE CONFUSED AS WELL.
WHATEVER WE DO WITH THIS, WE NEED TO RECONCILE THAT, OR OTHERWISE, IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANY GOOD.
AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL GOES, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE MULTIFAMILY EITHER BECAUSE THE VOTING SEEMS INCONSISTENT IF YOU'VE WATCHED THE LAST SIX WEEKS WORTH OF MEETINGS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE WITH A LOT OF THAT BUT I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> COUNCIL MAN MILLER, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING COME BEFORE YOU THAT DOES NOT MEET THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DENY IT OUTRIGHT JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
HOWEVER, THERE SHOULD BE CRITERIA THAT YOU USE TO COME TO REVIEW THESE PROJECTS AGAIN.
ONE OF THEM IS WHETHER IT MEETS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
BUT IF IT DOES NOT, WHICH YOU HAVE AUTHORITY TO DO,
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IF IT DOES NOT, YOU CAN THEN SAY, WHILE THIS PROJECT DOES NOT MEET THE INTENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WE THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD FIT FOR THIS AREA BECAUSE OF X, Y, Z. I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO DEVELOP CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE REVIEWING PROJECTS AGAIN THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC, VERY CONCRETE, INCLUDED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT SO THAT YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY, YES, WE AGREE THAT THIS DOESN'T MEET THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, AND IT DOESN'T MEET ANY OF THESE OTHER CRITERIA EITHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO DENY THIS OR NO, IT DOESN'T MEET THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THESE OTHER FACTORS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SAY SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE VERY SIMILAR IN DENSITY OR WHATEVER IT IS.
WHATEVER THE CRITERIA IS THIS PROJECT IS STILL A GOOD USE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO DO AS PART OF A REVIEW OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THE CO PLAN IS DEVELOP CRITERIA.
BUT I WONDER BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE RUN UP AGAINST SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS IS A PLAN THAT DIDN'T QUITE FIT.
PLANNING AND ZONING SHOT IT DOWN PUT US IN A SUPER MAJORITY POSITION CONSTANTLY AND WE WOUND UP IN A BAD SPOT.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THAT DISCONNECT IS WHERE I'M HAVING THE MOST TROUBLE BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BE A BIBLE, BUT TO THEM, IT HAS TO BE.
HOW DO WE GET THERE? I GUESS THAT COMES TO US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE WITH OUR VISION AND THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> I TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE, THOSE SPOTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUT IN FOR A WHILE HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT.
I THINK ONCE WE REVISIT THE CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL, THE MIXED USE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THIS MAP WITH THE APARTMENTS IS MADE AVAILABLE TO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD REALLY REALLY HELP US NOT BE IN THOSE SPOTS.
>> I ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER WAS SAYING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE GETTING BEING PUT IN SPOTS.
PLANNING ZONING THEY HAVE TO GO BY A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE THAN WE DO.
SUPER MAJORITY PUTS US AT A DIFFICULT SPOT.
>> WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT ONCE YOU ALL HAVE DETERMINED WHAT THE DIRECTION IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE, OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO INCLUDE P&Z WITHIN THAT.
THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT PROCESS.
BUT ONCE THE DIRECTION HAS BEEN SET, THEN EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
OF COURSE, THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENCES.
EVERYBODY, THEY'RE STILL PEOPLE AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINIONS.
BUT I THINK REALLY WHAT'S MISSING IS DIRECTION FROM THIS COUNCIL.
ONCE THAT DIRECTION IS SET, I THINK THE P%Z WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT COUNCIL WANTS.
THAT MAY HELP THEM IN DECIDING THESE ISSUES.
I THINK ONCE CRITERIA IS SET AS WELL, THEY WILL ALSO USE THAT CRITERIA WHEN THEY'RE REVIEWING THESE APPLICATIONS.
THEN ONCE IT GETS TO YOU, YOU CAN SAY, WELL, P&Z WAS WRONG, THEY MISSED THAT OR YES, WE AGREE WITH THEM OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE.
>> THE NEXT STEP IS, IRAN, WHEN CAN WE START LOOKING AT STARTING THIS PROCESS? I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG OF A PROCESS IT WILL BE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT OF A PROCESS.
>> I WOULD JUST ASK FOR SOME TIME.
>> I WOULD JUST ASK FOR SOME TIME TO GATHER STAFF AND COME UP WITH THAT SCHEDULE.
>> I KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT, MAYBE.
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>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE JUST OFFERING SOME INFORMATION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY VERSUS DEVELOPMENT IN OUR ETJ, AND HOW SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE DIFFERENT AND PROCESSES ARE QUITE DIFFERENT AS WELL.
WHEN A PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, ALL OF OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE NOT JUST RELEVANT, BUT THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND ENFORCED, INCLUDING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, OUR SUBDIVISION REGS, OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF OUR ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS, SIGN REGULATIONS, TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, AND THEN EVEN BEYOND THAT, THE BUILDING REGULATIONS.
THEN FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, WE OFFER BOTH POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION SERVICES, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND HEALTH AND SANITATION AS WELL.
BASICALLY THE FULL EXTENT OF OUR CODES AND MUNICIPAL LAWS ARE IN PLACE AND IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY LIMITS.
IN THE ETJ, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT.
IN AN EFFORT TO PUT TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION ON THE BENEFITS OF ANNEXATION WHEN WE MEET WITH DEVELOPERS, MY COUNTERPART, TAYLOR LAW ALSO PUT TOGETHER AN ANNEXATION PAMPHLET WITH THE HELP OF SOME OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
THAT'S JUST AN IMAGE OF PART OF IT THERE ON THE RIGHT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAND OUT TO DEVELOPERS WHO ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING IN THE ETJ WHEN WE MEET WITH THEM.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE OVERSIGHT REGARDING DEVELOPMENT IN THE ETJ.
SPECIFICALLY, STATE LAW PROHIBITS CITIES FROM ANY ZONING OR LAND USE RESTRICTIONS.
WE ARE VERY LIMITED [NOISE], FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN HOW MUCH OF THAT COULD EVEN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE ETJ UNLESS AND UNTIL THE PROPERTY ANNEXES INTO THE CITY, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL LAND USE AND ZONING IN THE ETJ.
WE DO HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE OVERSIGHT PER STATE LAW.
OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS CAN APPLY.
WHEN THEY BUILD ROADS, WHEN THEY BUILD WATER LINES, WHEN THEY BUILD SEWER LINES, THEY DO HAVE TO MEET OUR BASELINE CRITERIA.
THEN IF YOU'RE ON THE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OUT THERE, YOU ARE TYPICALLY PAYING A HIGHER UTILITY RATE AS WELL.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ARE MUDS.
[NOISE] IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, THESE HAVE NOT BEEN AS PREVALENT UNTIL MORE RECENTLY.
BUT IN THE HOUSTON AREA, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
MUDS THEY ARE A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT WHICH IS CREATED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THEY ARE IS THEY STARTED OUT AS A WAY TO PROVIDE UTILITY SERVICES TO A DEFINED AREA.
MUDS WERE INITIALLY CREATED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER TO AN AREA.
HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HAS ADVANCED THE USAGE OF MUDS TO REALLY CREATE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES UNDER THEIR SPECIFIC GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION AS THE MASTER DEVELOPER AND LAND OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
WHEN A MUD IS CREATED, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE DEVELOPER FUNDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEN THE MUDS THEN ISSUE DEBT, AND THAT DEBT SERVICE IS PAID BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE MUD.
IT'S A FINANCING VEHICLE FOR THE DEVELOPER TO BASICALLY BE MADE WHOLE ON ALL OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT COSTS OR AT LEAST THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT COSTS.
IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT WHICH DOES NOT FOLLOW ANY ZONING RESTRICTIONS.
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IT DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN BECAUSE IT'S TYPICALLY OUT IN AN UNINCORPORATED PART OF THE COUNTY.EVEN IF IT'S IN A CITY'S ETJ, THE CITY CAN'T CONTROL THE MUD.
WE HAVE NO OVERSIGHT OF THE MUD.
WE WOULD HAVE NO ABILITY TO ENFORCE OUR LAND USE REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING.
BASICALLY, IT'S ITS OWN COMMUNITY.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY OF ANNA HAS DONE IS WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO HAVE THEM ANNEX INTO THE CITY INSTEAD OF HAVING MUDS.
I THINK THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SAY, WELL, IF THE DEVELOPER COULD AFFORD TO BUILD THE PROJECT IN THE COUNTY, HE OR SHE WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO THE CITY.
THEY WOULD HAVE DONE A MUD IF THAT WORKED.
THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE COMING TO THE CITY IS BECAUSE THE MUD DOESN'T WORK.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THERE MAY BE A SPECIFIC INSTANCE WHERE THAT'S THE CASE.
BUT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS STAFF, TYPICALLY IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
TYPICALLY THE DEVELOPER HAS TO NOTIFY US THROUGH PART OF THE PROCESS, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO A MUD.
THEN WE PUT IN EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE REPRESENTING COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY, TO TRY TO GET THEM TO AGREE TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY TO WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, WITH THE COUNCIL AND ESTABLISH SOME LAND USE RESTRICTIONS AND HAVE AT LEAST SOME OVERSIGHT OVER THE DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT TAKES PLACE.
IN VAN ALSTYNE RIGHT NOW, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ILL OF A NEIGHBOR.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.
THEY HAVE UPWARDS OF EIGHT MUDS THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE AND THEY ALLOW MUDS.
BUT IN ALL OF THOSE MUDS, THE LOT SIZES, THE CITY HAS NO SAY ON THAT, THE DENSITY, THE CITY HAS NO SAY ON THAT, THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOT HOME, THE CITY HAS NO SAY ON THAT.
THE CITY HAS VERY LITTLE SAY ON WHAT HAPPENS IN ANY OF THOSE MUDS OUT THERE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT IF THE DEVELOPER CHOOSES TO DO SOMETHING WHICH MIGHT BE LESS THAN DESIRABLE, THE CITY HAS VERY LIMITED ABILITIES TO HAVE ANY CONTROL OR AUTHORITY OVER THAT.
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT MUDS IS THAT IN A TYPICAL MUD, THE TAX RATE VARIES FROM ABOUT A BUCK FIVE TO A BUCK 20, IS THE ABSOLUTE STATE MAX, I BELIEVE, CURRENTLY.
THAT COVERS BASICALLY ALL OF YOUR MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
YOU COULD CONSIDER IT SIMILAR TO THE TAX RATE THAT YOU PAY TO THE CITY OF ANNA.
OUR TAX RATE IS RIGHT AROUND 0.51.
I WOULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXING AUTHORITIES THAT ARE NOT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THERE ARE VERY FEW CITIES THAT HAVE A TAX RATE AS HIGH AS A MUD DOES, VERY FEW.
AS YOU COULD PROBABLY IMAGINE IF WE DOUBLED OUR TAX RATE, HOW PEOPLE MIGHT FEEL ABOUT THAT.
BUT THIS IS A SHORTER SECTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO OFFER SOME INFORMATION.
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY LIMITS VERSUS OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS, IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BECAUSE THE OVERSIGHT IS JUST A VERY DIFFERENT THING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> GREG, GIVE US A LITTLE INFORMATION ON WHAT BURDEN DOES A MUD PUT ONTO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS?
>> I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED TO DEFER TO POLICE AND FIRE AS FAR AS DETAILS ON THAT.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IN THE COUNTY, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT THE FIRST RESPONDER.
WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE MATTERS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WOULD RESPOND FIRST.
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE CALLED TO HELP, THEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HELP AS NEEDED.
BUT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS THE PRIMARY RESPONSE.
IF YOU CALL THE POLICE OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU NEED POLICE HELP,
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.AS FAR AS RESPONSE TIMES AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SERVICE, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT.
I IMAGINE THAT IN SOME OF THE MORE RURAL AREAS, THE RESPONSE TIME PROBABLY IS MORE SIGNIFICANT TO THE FIRST SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
IN REGARDS TO FIRE SERVICE, ONE OF THE REALLY BIG CHALLENGES FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, I KNOW IN SOME OF THE RURAL AREAS, IS WE HAVE SOME PRETTY LARGE, SIGNIFICANT, POWERFUL FIRE TRUCKS.
A LOT OF THE COUNTY ROADS AND THE ROADS OUT THERE IN OUR FIRE DISTRICT OUT OF THE COUNTY, LITERALLY CANNOT SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES.
THAT'S A DECISION POINT THAT OBVIOUSLY EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN RURAL AREAS HAS TO GO THROUGH IS TO DECIDE, WELL, WHICH VEHICLE ARE WE GOING TO SEND OUT THERE? BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THE BIGGEST BEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THE WORLD, BUT IF IT CRATERS THE ROAD, AND SINKS DOWN AND THEN IS STUCK HALFWAY OUT THERE, IT'S NOT PROVIDING ANY BENEFIT TO THOSE OF NEED.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST AND IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY DOES PROVIDE FIRE SERVICE OUT TO OUR FIRE DISTRICT, WHICH INCORPORATES BASICALLY IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR ETJ.
IT'S NOT AN EXACT OUTLINE OF THE ETJ, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR ETJ IS IN OUR FIRE DISTRICT, SO WE DO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICE OUT THERE.
WITH MUD DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, THEY CAN ACTUALLY CHOOSE TO CONTRACT WITH ANY FIRE DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, BUT WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS MY UNDERSTANDING, CLERK, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF YOU HAVE A MUD OUT IN OUR ETJ, OBVIOUSLY, YOU COULD COME TO THE CITY OF ANNA AND YOU COULD CONTRACT TO DO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ANNA FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE SERVICE.
THAT'S ONE WAY THEY COULD DO IT.
THEY COULD GO TO A DIFFERENT CITY NEARBY.
THEY COULD EVEN GO TO A DIFFERENT CITY THAT MAYBE IS VERY FAR AWAY.
THEY WOULD PAY A FEE TO THAT CITY AND IN THEORY, THAT CITY IS PROVIDING THEM FIRE PROTECTION.
BUT IN REALITY WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IS THE CLOSEST CITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO END UP RESPONDING.
EVEN IF LET'S SAY A MUD DOES A CONTRACT WITH A DIFFERENT CITY, A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE THE CLOSEST, WE'RE GOING TO GET MUTUAL AID CALLS.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE SENDING PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT OUT THERE TO FIGHT FIRES.
IT PUTS A SIGNIFICANT BURDEN ON THE CITY UNLESS AGREEMENTS ARE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE MUD AND THE CLOSEST CITY TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT COVERAGE IS PROVIDED BECAUSE WHETHER OR NOT AN AGREEMENTS IN PLACE AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY FUNDING COMING IN, THE REALITY IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND WHEN A MUTUAL AID CALL IS GIVEN.
IT'S JUST PART OF THAT SERVICE.
>> WHAT I'D LIKE TO ALSO CHIME IN AND TALK ABOUT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCENTIVES, DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY RATHER THAN ALLOW THEM TO GO AND DO A MUD, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE FOR LAND TO BUILD A FIRE STATION IN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, OR SCHOOL, CORRECT, WHICH ALLOWS US THEN TO PROVIDE THE FIRE SERVICE ACCESS THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS WOULD THEN NEED.
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN COLLIN COUNTY NOW WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF MUDS IS THAT THEY MAY NOT BE CONTRACTING OUT WITH THE NEAREST CITY, BUT BECAUSE OF MUTUAL AID AND AGREEMENTS IN MUTUAL AID, WE'RE LEFT HAVING TO GO RESPOND.
WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF THAT? THAT'S THE ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CONTRACTING WITH THOSE MUDS, BUT YET, WE'RE PART OF MUTUAL AID THAT HAS TO GO OUT AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
PART OF THE IDEA OF, ANNEXING DEVELOPMENTS INTO THE CITY RATHER THAN ALLOWING THEM TO DO A MUD IS WE CAN CONTROL A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING NEGOTIATING FOR LAND, TO PUT A FIRE STATION OR SCHOOL, BUT TO PUT A FIRE STATION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SERVICE ADJACENT TO THOSE HOMES.
THE MANTUA PROJECT THERE JUST ON THE BORDER OF ANNA, THAT'S A MUD?
IN VAN ALSTYNE ETJ? YES, MA'AM.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE VERSATILITY OF THOSE LOTS, YOU HAVE BIG ONES AND THEN YOU HAVE SMALL ONES AND THEN YOU HAVE A PRODUCT THAT IS A ZERO LOT LINE WHERE YOUR DRIVEWAY IS THERE, YOU GOT A DETACHED GARAGE.
IT'S JUST A MUD PATCHED HOMES. THANK YOU.
>> I COULD JUST ADD TO WHAT GREG WAS SAYING IN TERMS OF
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THE MECHANICAL PROCESS THAT THE COUNCIL GOES THROUGH WHEN DEALING WITH SOME OF THESE DEVELOPERS IN THE ETJ.TYPICALLY, WHEN THEY'RE IN THE ETJ, THEY WILL APPROACH THE CITY AND THERE WILL BE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CITY SERVICES, POTENTIALLY COMING TO BEAR.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WANTING TO ESTABLISH A MUD.
FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, FROM A DEVELOPER PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S BECAUSE WITH A MUD, THEY CAN DEVELOP VIRTUALLY ANY WAY THEY WANT.
NO LAND USE RESTRICTIONS WHATSOEVER.
THE STAFF PUTS IN A LOT OF EFFORT TO SEE IF THEY'D BE OPEN TO AN ALTERNATIVE.
SOMETIMES IT'S A LONG PROCESS OF DISCUSSIONS AND BACK AND FORTH, EDUCATION, AND SHOWING SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT DEVELOPMENT COULD HAVE BY COMING INTO THE CITY LIMITS AS OPPOSED TO DEVELOPING OUT IN THE ETJ.
MECHANICALLY, UNDER CHAPTER 212172, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES TO ENTER INTO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH ETJ PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS.
THAT SECTION ALLOWS THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER TO REACH TERMS ON LAND USES, LAND USE RESTRICTIONS, ALLOWANCES, ANNEXATION, THE TIMING OF ANNEXATION, WHETHER THAT HAPPENS ALL AT ONCE AT THE BEGINNING OR IN PHASES.
THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UNDER 212172 ALLOWS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AND CUSTOMIZATION.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S WHATEVER THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER AGREE TO.
BUT WHAT THE DEVELOPER WILL DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND TO HAVE CERTAINTY IN TERMS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEY WILL ALMOST ALWAYS REQUIRE THAT ONCE THE CITY ANNEXES THEIR PROPERTY UNDER THAT AGREEMENT, THAT THE CITY CONSIDER ZONING IT TO MATCH EXACTLY WHAT THOSE LAND USES ARE IN THE 212172 AGREEMENT.
IF THE CITY FAILS TO GRANT THAT ZONING, THE DEVELOPER CAN TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT AND DIS-ANNEX THE PROPERTY, GET RIGHT BACK OUT THERE IN THE ETJ AND DO A MUD, AND THE CITY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS IS THE STANDARD IN THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS.
THE DEVELOPER USUALLY HAS AN OPTION.
THEY CAN STAY IN THE CITY AND THEY CAN DEVELOP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 212172 AGREEMENT UNDER THOSE LAND USES.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CITY MIGHT TRY TO DO IN TERMS OF ZONING AFTER THE PROPERTY IS ANNEXED, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THE 212172 AGREEMENT WILL TRUMP THAT.
IT'S BINDING. CITY NOR ANYONE ELSE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
THE DEVELOPER HOLDS THAT CAR UNDER THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THEY CAN EITHER STICK WITH IT, DEVELOP UNDER THOSE STANDARDS, BUT NOT HAVE FORMAL ZONING, STILL BE ABLE TO RELY ON THAT 212172 AGREEMENT TO HAVE THOSE LAND USES TITLE.
OR THEY COULD IF THE CITY FAILS TO ZONE, AGAIN, THEY COULD TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT AND THEY COULD DO IT OUT IN THE ETJ.
IF THEY DO IT OUT IN THE ETJ, THEN THE CITY HAS ZERO CONTROL OVER LAND USES, DENSITIES, ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL BE A COMBINATION OF THE SINGLE FAMILY CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT.
IT COULD BE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.
ANY OF THOSE ARE WHATEVER THE DEVELOPER DECIDES, PUTS THEM IN THE BEST POSITION FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT THEY CAN DO OUT OF THE ETJ.
THE ONLY CHANCE WE HAVE ESTABLISHING ANY STANDARDS AT ALL IN TERMS OF LAND USE IS CONVINCING THEM TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN'T KEEP THEM THERE IN THE CITY UNLESS WE AGREE TO THE ZONING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
>> MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR, I THINK IT'S FOR CLERK.
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IF A COUPLE WAS TO BUY A HOME IN ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS A PIDS, THE TAXES ARE HIGHER.STATE LAW SAYS THE BUILDER HAS TO LET THEM KNOW, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A PIDS.
DOES THE SAME APPLY FOR IN A MUD DISTRICT?
THERE ARE VERY STRICT RULES WHEN IT COMES TO HOME BUYER DISCLOSURES, AND WE HAVE A HOME BUYER DISCLOSURE PROGRAM SET UP IN THESE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT REQUIRES THE DEVELOPER TO NOTIFY POTENTIAL FUTURE PURCHASERS OF LOTS THAT THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THOSE ASSESSMENTS ON THEIR LOT, TECHNICALLY NOT TAXES, THEIR ASSESSMENTS.
I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO DETAIL BECAUSE I KNOW BERNIE'S GETTING READY TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT PIDS IN.
>> WELL, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE MUD.
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE MUD HAS THE SAME RESTRICTIONS.
>> COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> I'M GOING TO GO INTO A OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS NOT INCLUDING THE PROCESS OF THE CHAPTER 212 THAT CLERK WAS JUST GOING INTO WHAT WE CALL THE PRE ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
THIS IS JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN TO DEVELOP A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THE FIRST STEP IS OUR PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS.
PRETTY MUCH ANYONE CAN SET UP THESE MEETINGS AS LONG AS THEY SUBMIT A CONCEPT PLAN TO ME.
GENERALLY, I DO TRY TO GIVE THEM DETAILED FEEDBACK.
NEXT WEEK, I HAVE A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING FOR A GAS STATION, AND SO I GAVE HER A BUNCH OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE SINCE THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN HER CONCEPT PLAN.
WHAT WE DO IS WE SET IT UP FOR THE APPLICANT ALONG WITH IT'S PRIMARILY PLANNING AND ENGINEERING.
WE ALSO INVITE THE PARKS PLANNING MANAGER.
AISD IS INVITED TO ANYTHING RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL OR IF IT'S ADJACENT TO A SCHOOL.
THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, IF THERE'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUESTION, WE INVITE THEM.
WE TRY TO GET EVERYONE IN THE ROOM THAT NEEDS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
WHAT ARE THE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING SUBMITTAL PROCESSES? IN THE PACKET, I INCLUDED THIS GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GUIDELINE THAT I CREATED THAT GIVES YOU A STEP BY STEP OF WHAT ARE OUR PROCESSES? THESE ARE ALL ADOPTED THROUGH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE DICTATE SOME OF IT.
THE CITY CHARTER DICTATE SOME OF IT AND OUR ORDINANCES DICTATE SOME OF THESE PROCESSES.
WITH THE APPLICATION SUBMITTALS, WE TAKE SUBMITTALS ONCE A MONTH IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINES ABOUT PLATTING.
IF SOMEONE SUBMITS A PLAN, WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE SO STRICT ABOUT OUR DEADLINES.
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS JUST A HANDFUL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING DIVISIONS.
I DID MISS A FEW THINGS, BUT ANNEXATION, REZONING, CONCEPT PLANS, PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN, SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE, LIGHTING, FACADE PLANS, AND THEN GOING THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESSES.
AFTER SOMEONE SUBMITS THEIR APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS, IF IT'S A ZONING CASE, IF IT'S A PLAT, STAFF SITS DOWN, THE PLANNING DIVISION, FIRE, PARKS, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS NECESSARY.
WE GO OVER AND WE REVIEW THE APPLICATION TO SEE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE APPLICANT MISSED.
A LOT OF TIMES IT'S SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THEIR PARKING SPACES ARE NOT THE CORRECT SIZE.
WE NEED THEM TO HAVE IT BE 20 OR 18 FEET.
THEN MYSELF, AS WELL AS OUR PLANNER, EVERETT, WE GO THROUGH AND WE MARK UP ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS CREATE, AND WE SEND IT TO THE APPLICANTS, AND THEN WE GIVE THE APPLICANTS A CERTAIN DEADLINE THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK TO US IN ORDER FOR IT TO MAKE IT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OR FOR STAFF TO APPROVE BASED OFF OF THE ORDINANCES.
THE PLANNING STAFF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR SOMEONE.
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IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY ZONING, WHAT ARE THE CITY'S POLICIES AND ORDINANCES? IF SOMEONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHERE THE FIRST ONES THAT THEY CONTACT.WE PROCESS ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS FOR ZONING FOR PLATTING.
WE REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS NECESSARY.
WE CREATE AND SEND PUBLIC NOTICES PER STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS, PREPARE STAFF REPORTS FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL, AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
ACT AS THE STAFF DECISION MAKING BODY FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, LIGHTING PLAN.
ALL OF THAT IS STAFF APPROVED.
IT DOES NOT GO BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL.
THEN WE ACT AS THE STAFF LIAISON FOR BOTH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY ARE OUTLINED BY THE CITY CHARTER.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE LAWS AS PROVIDED THROUGH THE STATE, THE CITY CHARTER OR CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, PRIMARILY THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
MAKE REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON ANY ZONING.
IF A PLAT HAS A WAIVER REQUEST THAT COMES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MAKES A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT.
THEN HAS CERTAIN LAND USE REQUESTS THAT THEY CAN MAKE A DECISION ON.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO REQUEST REDUCING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THAT.
THEN AS I SAID BEFORE, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
THESE ARE ALL COME DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CHARTER IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
CITY COUNCIL IS THE ONE WHO ADOPTS ALL OF THE ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS AND POLICIES, APPOINTS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, REVIEWS, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, HAS THE FINAL DETERMINATION ON ADOPTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS AND ENTERING INTO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT RECENTLY HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ZONING SIGNS, EVERY REGULATION ABOUT PUBLIC NOTICE COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
FOR ANNEXATIONS, I'M REQUIRED TO POST IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL AS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND ALL ANNEXATIONS REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING.
ZONING CASE. IT IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
BUT FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE'RE REQUIRED TO SEND OUT MAILED NOTICES TO OWNERS ON THE MUNICIPAL TAX ROLE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY OR A SUP REQUEST.
IF THERE IS A CHANGE TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE IN THE TABLE OF USES.
LAST YEAR, IT CHANGED WHERE NOW IF THE ZONING CHANGES A LAND USE, WE HAVE TO NOTIFY IF THEIR PROPERTY IS NO LONGER IN CONFORMANCE.
THAT'S A NEW LAW THAT WE NOW HAVE TO FOLLOW.
THEN WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A NEWSPAPER NOTICE FOR CITY COUNCIL HEARING FOR ANY ZONINGS.
THEN IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT PUTTING OUT A SIGN ON A PROPERTY BEFORE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE ALSO HAVE TO POST IN THE NEWSPAPER IF THERE ARE ANY TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THEN A RESIDENTIAL RE-PLAT IS NOT VERY COMMON HERE, BUT IF A PROPERTY IS EVER ZONED OR HAS A DEED RESTRICTION FOR SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEND OUT A MAIL LETTER FOR 200 FEET WITHIN THAT ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
>> THEN WE ALSO GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE THREE SCENARIOS WHERE SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT IS NEEDED FOR CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON APPROVING A REQUEST.
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S A ZONING CASE.
THE FIRST SCENARIO IS IF SOMEONE APPLIES TO CHANGE THE ZONING DISTRICT.
LET'S SAY WEST CROSSING WANTS TO CHANGE THEIR ZONING AND 20% OF THE NEIGHBORS IN WEST CROSSING ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THEN WHEN THE VOTE COMES TO CITY COUNCIL, IT REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE TO APPROVE THAT ZONING CASE.
THE NEXT SCENARIO IS THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA.
IF 20% SEND A SIGNED OPPOSITION LETTER THAT I MAIL OUT, THEN IT REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE BY COUNCIL.
SO FAR IN MY FIVE YEARS HERE, WE'VE ONLY HAD THAT OCCUR ONCE.
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IT APPLIES TO BOTH ZONING CASES AS WELL AS PLATS.IF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION GIVES A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, THEN A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE IS REQUIRED BY COUNCIL TO OVERTURN P&Z'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
>> I GOT A SIMPLE ONE. WE NO LONGER HAVE A FREE PRESS, SO WHAT NEWSPAPER DO WE PUBLISH IT?
>> THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ADOPT BY RESOLUTION.
IT CHANGED A FEW TIMES RECENTLY.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S A SHERMAN NEWSPAPER.
>> THE MELISSA [INAUDIBLE] WENT AWAY.
YOU TALKED ABOUT ZONING AND PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND.
LET'S SAY I'M IN THE ETJ, I'M OVER BY 121 OR WHATEVER AND MY PROPERTY IS ZONED.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT COULD BE ZONE, BUT LET'S SAY I MOVED OUT TO THE ETJ, I BUILT ME A BIG OLD HOUSE.
>> THERE WOULDN'T BE ZONING IN THE ETJ.
DO YOU HAVE PROPERTIES ALONG 121 THAT ARE IN THE CITY LIMITS?
>> WE'RE GOING TO FORGET THOSE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO BE OFF OF 121, AND I'VE BUILT MY BIG MASSIVE MANSION AND I WANT TO LIVE THERE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
THEN ALONG COMES KEVIN TOTEN AND HE SNATCHES UP 30 ACRES THAT IS BESIDE ME, AND HE WANTS TO PUT IN A MOBILE HOME PARK.
DOES HE HAVE TO COME IN FRONT OF THE CITY TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT?
>> THE ONLY THING WOULD BE EITHER A DEVELOPMENT PLAT OR A PLAT, NOT FOR ZONING.
THERE'S NO ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST STARTED, A LOT OF RV PARKS WERE COMING OUT IN THE ETJ, AND IT WAS ALMOST EVERY WEEK WE WERE MEETING WITH A DIFFERENT RV PARK.
THEY CAN DO A DEVELOPMENT PLAT, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A SITE PLAN, OR THEY CAN DO A FINAL PLAT, WHICH ONLY SHOWS EASEMENTS THAT THEY DEDICATE.
THIS RV PARK, THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THEY DID EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.
WELL, THE NEIGHBORS FOUND OUT AND THEY WERE NOT VERY HAPPY.
GLADLY, I WILL MEET WITH ANYONE ANY TIME.
THE NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH OWNS A PIG FARM, AND SO HE SAID, WELL, I'M MOVING MY PIGS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEM.
WE SAID, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO HAVE AN RV PARK.
>> IF THE NEIGHBOR WITH THE PIG FARM WOULDN'T HAVE STEPPED IT UP, THEY COULD HAVE PUT THE RV PARK THERE.
>> IT NEVER WOULD COME IN FRONT OF P&Z FOR THEM TO SHOOT IT DOWN?
>> THE ONLY THING THAT COMES BEFORE P&Z IS THE PLAT.
>> THEN WHEN WE SEE IT, IT'S IN THE CONSENT ITEMS, CORRECT? SINCE WE CHANGED OUR POLICIES.
>> IN SEPTEMBER, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS CHANGED, AND SO CITY COUNCIL NO LONGER SEES PLATS UNLESS SOMEONE IS REQUESTING A WAIVER OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
>> OUR AGENDAS GOT A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION. FOLLOW ME ALONG HERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MANSION BY THE WAY SOMEDAY.
I HOPE YOU ALL [INAUDIBLE] I LIVE ON ONE OF THOSE ZERO LOTS, BY THE WAY.
I'VE GOT MY MANSION, AND MY KIDS ARE STARTING TO GROW UP AND THEY CAN'T GET A HOUSE BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT AFFORDABLE IN TODAY'S ECONOMY.
WOULD I NEED TO TELL ANYBODY IF I WANTED TO GO GRAB A COUPLE OF MOBILE HOMES AND PUT THEM ON ON MY 15 ACRES SO THAT MY KIDS COULD HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE?
EITHER YOUR PROPERTY IS PLATTED OR IT'S NOT.
IF YOUR PROPERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN PLATTED BEFORE, I WILL SIGN OFF ON THE FORM THAT THEY JUST GO DIRECTLY TO COLLIN COUNTY AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
IF THE PROPERTY HAS NEVER BEEN PLATTED, THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAT OR THE FINAL PLAT.
ALL OF OUR ETJ DOES OUTSIDE OF 75 AND HIGHWAY 5, DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SEWER.
WE DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT REVIEWS SEPTIC.
EVERYTHING DEFERS TO COLLIN COUNTY.
>> THEY COULD GO GET A SEPTIC TO SUPPORT THE TWO OR THREE MOBILE HOME.
>> THE COUNTY HAS VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO SEPTIC.
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WE HAD A ZONING CASE VERY RECENTLY WHERE SOMEONE WANTED TO DO MULTIFAMILY OUT IN THE ETJ, AND I CONTACTED MY PERSON OVER AT COLLIN COUNTY AND SHE SAID THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD HAVE SEPTIC WITH OVER 20 UNITS ON THAT PROPERTY.SEPTIC DOES LIMIT HOW MUCH TO PUT ON THERE.
>> THAT WAS JUST A SCENARIO THAT DICTATED TO WHAT THEY HAD TO DO.
IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A WAY, THEY COULD HAVE DONE IT.
>> RIGHT. PROPERTIES IN THE ETJ, OUR RESTRICTIONS ARE 40 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON A ROAD AND 100 FEET OF LOT DEPTH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY SAY OF WHAT THEY DO BEYOND THAT, REALLY.
>> I UNDERSTAND. IT'S THAT WAY FOR A REASON, RIGHT? LAST QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED IN ONE OF THEM THE SUPERMAJORITY, AND I THINK IT WAS THE LAST ONE. IS THAT THE LAST ONE? PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION GIVES A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL FOR ANY ZONING CASE OR PLAT TO OVERTURN IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WOULD BE A SUPERMAJORITY.
>> CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE OF APPROVAL OF SIX TO ONE IN ORDER TO OVERTURN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
>> THIS IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU. IS THAT A STATE LAW?
>> THE STATE LAW IS WHAT'S GOVERNING OUR BODY TO DETERMINE IF PLANNING AND ZONING SAYS NOT TODAY, THEN IT'S GOT TO COME IN FRONT OF US AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A SIX TO ONE MAJORITY.
>> THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIZE THAT WE ARE.
IF WE HAD 20 PEOPLE UP HERE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD, IT WOULD NEED TO BE A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE 20 PEOPLE.
>> YES. SUPERMAJORITY STILL APPLIES.
>> UNDERSTOOD. IF YOU HAVE 20 PEOPLE, THEN IT WOULD ONLY BE 15.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, LAURA.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
SORRY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE THIS THING HIGH. IS IT WORKING, CHRIS? I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS ABOUT INCENTIVES THAT WE HAVE.
MR. PETERS HAD MADE MENTION ON A FEW ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR ETJ, AND THEN SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT OUR DEVELOPERS HAVE WITHIN THEIR TOOLBOX WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING MUDS, AND ALSO OUR CITY ATTORNEY CLERK ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE HAVE TO UTILIZE INCENTIVIZING THOSE DEVELOPMENTS TO COME WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
ONE THING I WANT TO START OFF WITH, AS FAR AS WITHIN THE GOAL OF WHY YOU'RE INCENTIVIZING DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL, IS THAT OUR NUMBER 1 THING THAT WE LOOK TO DO WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO GROW THE ECONOMY OF ANNA.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT TO INCREASE YOUR REVENUE STREAMS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SALES TAX, OR THE ADDITION OF AD VALOREM TAX, TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR YOUR POLICE OFFICERS, YOUR FIREFIGHTERS, EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND.
THE CONVERSE, IF YOU WILL, OF A MUD IS A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, A PID.
WHAT A PID IS IS DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS CREATED TO DELIVER SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS OR MAINTENANCE, FUNDED THROUGH ASSESSMENT LEVIED ON PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
PIDS OFFER A CITY DEVELOPMENT TOOL THAT DISTRIBUTES COSTS BASED ON BENEFITS RECEIVED, THAT CAN FUND ADDITIONAL SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, TAILORED TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE FEASIBLE OTHERWISE.
I'VE HEARD WITH TALKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES TO PID, THEY THINK IT'S A TAX.
A PID IS NOT A TAX, IT IS AN ASSESSMENT ON THAT PROPERTY.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, THERE IS A BEGINNING AND THEN THERE IS AN END TO IT.
WHEREAS IN A MUD, IT'S MORE OF A TAX AND IT'S AN ONGOING PAYMENT THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO PURCHASE THAT HOUSE WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS TO PAY.
NOW, A PID IS, AS I READ TO YOU EARLIER AND LAID OUT IN CHAPTER 372 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, IT BASICALLY ASSESSES THE DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH ROADS, WHETHER THROUGH WATER IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER THROUGH DRAINAGE, SEWER, PARKS, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THAT AREA FOR ITS NEIGHBORS AND THAT ASSESSMENT WILL BE PUT ON THE HOMEOWNER ABOVE THEIR CITY TAX, ABOVE THEIR COUNTY TAX, ABOVE THEIR SCHOOL TAX, ETC.
BUT AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S AN ASSESSMENT, IT CAN BE PAID OFF AT ONCE OR YOU HAVE, AGAIN, THERE IS AN END TO IT GIVEN YOUR PAYMENT SCHEDULE.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE, YOU HAVE HEARD IT IS OUR TAX INCREMENT REFINANCING ZONE.
WE HAVE UTILIZED BOTH PIDS AND TIRZ WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENTS.
I'VE GOT A MAP THAT I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH EXISTING PIDS,
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WITH EXISTING PID TIRZ, AND OUR DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ANNA.BUT A TIRZ UTILIZES TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE BOTH DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
IMPORTANTLY, A TIRZ DOES NOT IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL TAX.
INSTEAD, IT ESTABLISHES A BASE TAX VALUE FOR A DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHIC AREA AT ITS TIME OF CREATION.
IF I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THIS LITTLE EXAMPLE.
TIRZ DOES HAVE A BEGINNING AND IT DOES HAVE AN END, CONTINGENT UPON THE NEGOTIATION THAT YOU UTILIZE WITH A DEVELOPER AT TIME OF CREATION.
YOU SET A BASE VALUE AT THE TIME THAT YOU CREATE A TIRZ.
IF YOU WERE TO CREATE ONE TONIGHT IN 2024, WHATEVER THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY OR OF THAT DEVELOPMENT ON THERE, IS TYPICALLY GOING FOR WHAT WE CALL AD VALOREM TAX PROPERTY TAXES GOES TO YOUR GENERAL FUND.
FROM THE DURATION OF THE TIRZ, SO IF IT'S 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS, OR WHATEVER THAT AGREEMENT MAY BE, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GET THAT BASELINE PROPERTY VALUE WILL STILL GO TO YOUR GENERAL FUND.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENCE OF IT, WHEN YOU INCREASE THAT APPRAISED VALUE, WHETHER THEY HAVE IT THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING OF HOUSES, BUSINESSES, WHATEVER HAPPENS, THAT INCREASE APPRAISED VALUE GOES UP.
THEN IF YOU HAVE A 50-50 SPLIT OVER A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS, THEN YOU WOULD TAKE THAT AND YOU WOULD TAKE 50% WILL GO INTO YOUR GENERAL FUND, 50% WILL GO INTO A TIF FUND, WHICH IS TYPICALLY DISPERSED UPON THE AGREEMENT IF IT'S A DEVELOPER OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE TIRZ.
THE ASPECT OF IT IS YOUR INCREASED VALUE OF THE TIRZ GOES UP FOR YOUR APPRAISED VALUE FOR A PERIOD OF YEAR.
ONCE IT HITS THAT 30 YEARS OR WHATEVER THAT DEMARCATION LINE, THEN THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF THE AD VALOREM TAX WILL GO INTO YOUR GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S THE SIMPLISTIC VERSION OF WHAT A TIRZ IS, AND A TIRZ IS DEVELOPED THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU GO OUT AND YOU'LL DO A SURVEY ON A PROPERTY, AND YOU'LL ESTABLISH THOSE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR TIRZ.
HERE, YOU SEE ARE WHAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY OF ANNA.
TODAY, AND THAT REALLY IS A MIXTURE OF TIRZ, PID TIRZ, PID ONLY, FUTURE CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT WITHIN OUR ETJ, POTENTIALLY MOVING FORWARD.
TALK ABOUT HFCS, PSCS, HOUSING FINANCING CORPORATION, PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.
TALKED ABOUT THE PID TIRZ THAT WE USED TYPICALLY FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE HFC, PFC IS THE SAME THING WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH MULTIFAMILY.
YOU CAN READ THE DEFINITION OF IT, BUT A PFC AND HFC IS UTILIZED AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL TO PROVIDE DIVERSE HOUSING TO A CERTAIN GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
TYPICALLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
HERE ON AVERAGE IN COLLIN COUNTY IS ABOUT $96,000.
OUR CITY COUNCIL IS OUR BOARD MEMBERS BOTH FOR OUR PSC AND OUR HFC.
IF YOU HAVE A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT WANTS TO COME WITHIN YOUR CITY AND IS REQUESTING A PSC OR HFC, WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF EVALUATING THAT, BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD, AND WE END UP DOING A MUTUAL OPERATING MOU.
AS FAR AS WE ESTABLISH THE PROCESS OF FINANCING, TO ANNUAL PAYMENTS, TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE UPFRONT COSTS, ETC, AND IF THEY SELL OUT, WHAT THAT ESTABLISHES IT.
YOU WILL HAVE WITHIN THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, YOU'LL HAVE 50% OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OR APARTMENT UNITS WILL BE AT MARKET RATE, AND THE OTHER 50% WILL BE EITHER 70 OR 80% OF AMI.
THAT ENABLES YOUR POLICE OFFICERS, YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN GENERAL TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOUSING WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT GIVES YOU A DIVERSE INVENTORY OF HOUSING WITHIN YOUR CITY.
ALSO, AS MR. CLARK, OUR CITY ATTORNEY ALLUDED TO EARLIER AND GAVE A WONDERFUL EXPLANATION OF A PRE-ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 212.172.
>> AS HE ALLUDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MAY MAKE A WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH THE OWNER OF A LAND THAT'S LOCATED IN ETJ, IN WHICH THE CITY IS IN AGREEMENT REGARDING ANNEXATION LAND USE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, AND PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING WHAT'S LISTED BELOW.
AS SHE STATED, IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEGOTIATE WITH THAT WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE DEVELOPERS.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT I FAILED TO DO IN THE VERY BEGINNING, WE DO HAVE CONSULTANTS,
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OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS THAT WE CONSULT ON ALL OF OUR PID COMPONENTS THAT WE DO ARE LEGAL AS WELL.WE VET THIS PROCESS OUT AND WE MAKE SURE IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, AND IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NEIGHBORS.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THEY ASKED FOR THAT AFTER THEY GET THE ZONING FROM MULTIFAMILY OR BEFORE.
>> TYPICALLY, AS FAR AS HOW IT'S BEEN DONE HERE IN THE PAST, THEY ACQUIRE MULTIFAMILY FIRST.
>> SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE IF WE DENIED THEIR HFC PFC?
>> THEN THEY HAVE THE CHOICE TO BUILD THAT MARKET.
>> MARKET RATE. BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR CURRENT APARTMENTS THAT'S BEING BUILT, A LOT THAT'S IN THE WORKS OR HFC PFCS, CORRECT?
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, WE HAVE ONE HFC, WHICH IS THE PARMOR.
YOU HAVE THREE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR YOU HAVE TWO THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHICH AP OR PALLADIUM, WATERS CREEK, AND THEN AS FAR AS SHARP, THIS WILL BE YOUR PF YOU'VE GOT TWO OF THEM THAT WERE DONE THAT BASICALLY WITHDREW AND INCURRED IN NEGOTIATION.
YOU HAVE A FEW, AND WHAT I'LL SAY THIS ABOUT HFC PSC AND AGAIN, WITH PIDS ANDERS, AND THAT AS FAR AS HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNSEL, AND ALSO WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS.
THE SAME THING IS, WHAT WE DO WITH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES IS THAT YOU WEIGH EACH PROJECT BASED ON ITS MERIT BASED ON ITS USE AND BASED ON ITS LOCATION, AND THEN WHAT RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT ARE YOU GETTING? TO SAY THAT THE HFC PFC IS BAD, THAT'S CONTINGENT ON WHERE THE LOCATION IS.
MARKET RATE MAY CALL FOR IF THEY CHOOSE TO BUILD THAT GIVEN THE ZONING THAT'S APPROVED FOR THAT LOCATION.
>> I MEAN, HERE'S MY OPINION ON IT.
I FEEL THAT SOME OF IT IS NEEDED.
WE CAN HAVE OUR TEACHERS, OUR NURSES THAT ARE MEDICAL FACILITIES, OUR FIREMEN AND POLICE DO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LIMIT THEM AND THE MAIN REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IT PUTS A BURDEN ON THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY, MAYBE IN THE SOUTHERN EASTERN PART OF TOWN AND A TOWN SQUARE, I'LL JUST SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SCHOOLS DO GET NO MONEY OFF OF IT.
CORRECT? FROM PFC, HFC, THERE'S NO TAX PAY.
>> FAR AS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOUR AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. IT IS TAX.
>> I'LL SAY THIS AS FAR AS TYPICALLY WHEN YOU'RE GOING WITH YOUR NEGOTIATIONS OF HFC PFC AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THIS, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO NEGOTIATE AND LIMIT YOUR TWO AND THREE-BEDROOM UNITS, THE WHERE YOU'RE MORE GOING WITH A SINGLE TO AID AND THE ASPECT OF HAVING MORE ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT.
PART OF THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
>> I JUST ASKED THE COUNSEL. I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF APARTMENTS, WHERE WE HAVE THEM AND EVERYTHING.
ALSO, PFC HFCS, HOW MANY WE HAVE, WHERE ARE THEY ALL LOCATED, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO OUR SCHOOLS.
I KNOW WE HAVE TO PUT CITY FOR US, WE'RE CITY FIRST.
SCHOOLS CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND KEEP THEM IN MIND AS WELL. WITH THAT?
>> COUNCEL TOTHAM, THE DATA DOES NOT SUPPORT.
THE DATA DOESN'T SHOW THAT THESE ARRANGEMENTS BRING IN MUCH STUDENTS.
ALTHOUGH IF THEY DO BRING IN STUDENTS.
I THINK IN ONE OF THE RECENT STUDIES WE LOOKED AT IT WAS LESS THAN 10% OF THE APARTMENTS ACTUALLY HAD A ISD AGE CHILD AND IT WAS LIKE ONE OR TWO, AND SO LIKE IN 300 APARTMENTS.
>> WHENEVER AND THEY'RE ALL BUILT.
>> YOU ARE INTERRUPTING, YOU REALIZE THAT?
>> I KNOW, BUT THE DATA IS WRONG.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND FUND HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE IN THE THEM.
BUT IN THE REVIEW OF THIS, IT DOESN'T SUPPORT THAT THEORY AND I'D BE CURIOUS IF IT HOLDS UP HERE IN SANA.
THE OTHER PART IS THE SCHOOLS DO HAVE FUNDING MECHANISMS OFF OF EACH STUDENT.
ANY STUDENT THAT IS GOING TO OUR SCHOOLS,
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THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES OF INCOME THAT ARE PROVIDED TO OUR ISD.CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS REAL QUICK, AS FAR AS THE INCENTIVE MAYBE USE ONE OF THE PARMORE AS AN EXAMPLE SINCE THAT'S THE ONE WE JUST PUT TO REST.
>> I'LL ANSWER AS FAR AS IN GENERAL LIKE YOU DEAL WITH INCENTIVE COMPONENT. THERE'S TWO THINGS.
ONE AS I MAY BE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DIVERSIFYING AND GROWING OUR ECONOMY.
WE'RE TRYING TO ADD ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS TO THE CITY OF.
HOW WE DO THAT TO INCENTIVIZE CORPORATIONS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH JBI, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH MULTIFAMILY OR BUILDER AND MULTIFAMILY TO BRING THAT POPULATION IN HERE SO WE CAN ATTRACT LIKE YOU HAVE THE HOME DEPOTS, YOU HAVE POTENTIAL OF THE BIG BOXING UNITS THAT ARE COMING IN BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR NOT ONLY IS IT TRAFFIC, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT WHAT THEY CALL CRITICAL MASS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN NUMBERS THAT CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS ARE CERTAIN PARTNERS NEED TO HAVE BEFORE THEY'RE GOING TO INVEST IN INVOLVEMENT WITHIN OUR CITY.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND INCREASE OR REAP THE BENEFIT OF OUR SALES TAX IN ADDITION TO REAP THE BENEFIT OF THE INCREASED PROPERTY VALUE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
YOU'RE INCENTIVIZING FUTURE GROWTH AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY TO INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES AND ALSO YOUR SALES TAX.
YOU'RE DIVERSIFYING YOUR REVENUE STREAMS IN REGARD TO THAT, AS WELL AS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH PITS AND YOURS, YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT, WATER LINES, STREETS, WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE.
TORRES, THAT OUR UTILITY FUND DOESN'T HAVE THAT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
YOU'RE SEEING THAT BEING BUILT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT, WE DO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE UTILITIES, SO ASSET THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BOOKS.
>> AS THOSE COFFERS ARE FILLED BY THESE TWO CORPORATIONS, IS IT DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE THAT WE GET TO LEVERAGE THAT MONEY OR IS IT AT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL AT ANY POINT DURING THE YEAR?
>> YES. SO DURING THE BUDGET SEASON, WE DO LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE IN OUR PI FUND, TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE WORTHY FOR US TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TOWARDS.
IF YOU REMEMBER BACK LAST YEAR, WE REVISED OUR PI POLICY WHERE WE SPECIFIED THAT WE WOULD BE USING PI FUNDS FOR FACILITIES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE EXPANDED FIRE STATION 2 TO GET THE BASE THAT WE WANTED OUT THERE TO COVER THE SHORTFALL.
WE USE THE PI FUND AND THE FEES THAT WE COLLECTED FROM HURRICANE CRE TOWARDS THAT PROJECT.
IT'S DURING THAT BUDGET SEASON WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CIP PROJECTS TO SEE IF MONEY OUT OF THAT SHOULD GO TO A PROJECT.
THEN ON OTHER OCCASIONS, I KNOW, IF THERE'S A FACILITY THAT BECOMES A DIRE NEED OR A DIRE IMPROVEMENT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THEN I'LL COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE USE PI MONEY FOR THAT PROJECT.
>> SURE. IF WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING JOINTLY WITH THE IST, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THAT MONEY FOR THAT PURPOSE AS WELL, CORRECT?
>> SAY THE IST DOES GET A STADIUM APPROVED, BUT THE STREETS THAT GET TO THE STADIUM ARE NOT THERE.
WE COULD USE SOME OF THIS MONEY TO HELP CREATE THE STREETS OR INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> OUR POLICY. IT'S PRETTY LOOSE OF WHAT WE CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR.
WE MADE AN INTERNAL POLICY, RIGHT, USE IT TOWARDS FACILITIES, BUT CERTAINLY, I THINK THAT WE COULD USE THAT FOR THAT AS WELL.
>> SURE. THANKS. BERNIE, I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. THANKS, RYAN.
BY THE WAY. RIGHT NOW, THE POC AND HFC ARE GOVERNED.
IT'S THE SAME MEMBERS THAT SIT UP HERE ON THE DS.
AT SOME POINT, DO THESE CORPORATIONS SPIN-OFF AND TO BE THEIR OWN ENTITIES LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH THE EDC AND CDC?
>> I THINK IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HE YOU'RE UTILIZING FOR GROWTH.
I THINK THERE IS A TIME FOR IT BASED ON THE BEGINNING OF THE GROWTH OF A MUNICIPALITY, THERE'S PROBABLY USE FOR IT WHEN YOUR CITY IS DEVELOPED THAT'S DEVELOPED OUT AND YOU'RE COMING IN DOING SOME REDEVELOPMENT.
WHETHER OR NOT THOSE TWO CORPORATIONS OUT ON THEIR OWN ENTITY THAT I CAN.
>> COUNSEL. THANK YOU, BERNIE. THANK YOU, MR. HENDERSON.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, MARY AND, COUNSEL.
I HOPE THAT PRESENTATION WAS INFORMATIVE, BENEFICIAL.
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I WAS REMINDED LAST WEEK WHEN WE STARTED PREPARING THIS.BACK IN 2021, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, WE HAD A WORK SESSION AT OLD CITY HALL ON A SATURDAY MORNING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS IN LIGHT OF THE DEVELOP, THE MULTI FAMILY COMING TO ANATOWN SQUARE.
IT WAS DURING THAT MEETING WHERE THE COUNCIL REAFFIRMED WITH STAFF THE PHILOSOPHY IF WE START WITH, YES.
IT WAS FROM THE MINDSET OF, WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR COMMERCIAL BASE, WE WANT TO BRING IN RETAIL, WE WANT TO BRING IN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.
TO DO THAT, WE WANT TO BRING FORTH DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOP THIS CITY. WE'VE DONE THAT.
I THINK THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEARED TO FRUIT THE VISION AND THE MISSION OF THIS COUNCIL OF THAT COUNCIL BUT OF THE COLLECTIVE COUNCIL OVER TIME, OF BRINGING DEVELOPMENT HERE AND INCREASING OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
I THINK THE QUESTION NOW IS, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? IS THERE STILL A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD AND JUST BRING DEVELOPMENT IN.
I'VE ARGUED AND I'VE TALKED I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE ABOUT, NOT SO MUCH STARTING WITH YES.
A LOT OF HOW DO WE GET TO YES IS BASED OFF OF WHERE THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO GO.
MISS SCOTT-SIMS ASKED, WE WANT TO DO AS STAFF, WHAT THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING FORTH GOOD DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN LINE WITH THE VISION AND MISSION OF THIS COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT THIS PRESENTATION AT LEAST HIGHLIGHTED A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, FROM PROCESSES TO INCENTIVES TO AGREEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING IN QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND BRING IN THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT.
BUT, I KNOW THAT COUNSEL ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF STAFF, AND IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ASK THE QUESTION OF YOU.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD? I KNOW THAT'S A BIG QUESTION.
I MAY TAKE SOME MORE TIME TO REALLY CONSIDER, AND IT MAY TAKE A SESSION WHERE WE GET TOGETHER IN STAFF AND FLESH THAT OUT.
BUT JUST IT DAWNED ON ME THAT, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE HAD THAT.
WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AS WE STARTED SEEING MULTIFAMILY MAKE ITS WAY TO THE CITY, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, WE STILL HEAD HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION?
>> WELL, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER FOR THAT, I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONVOLUTED.
I KNOW WHEN WE WOULD GO TO ICSC FOR YEARS AND NOBODY WANTED TO TALK TO ANNA.
SUDDENLY WE STARTED GETTING HITS, AND EVERYBODY STARTED COMING OVER TO US.
INEVITABLY, ALWAYS, THE CONVERSATION RIGHT AFTER THAT WAS, HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT MULTIFAMILY? I MEAN, THAT WAS ONCE WE STARTED TO BLOW UP, THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION.
ONE THING THAT I LEARNED OVER THE COURSE OF THAT PROCESS IS THAT DENSITY IS GOING TO GET YOU THERE NO MATTER WHAT.
I THINK BERNIE SAID IT JUST PERFECTLY.
ALL OF THE SHOPS THAT EVERYBODY SAID THEY WANTED, ALL OF THOSE THINGS DON'T GET THERE IF YOU DON'T HAVE DENSITY.
THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES HOW MUCH? I BROUGHT UP A NUMBER GOT CRUCIFIED FOR IT ONE TIME WITH 25% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS AREA LIVE IN APARTMENTS.
I'M STILL GOING TO SAY THAT I THINK THE BIGGER PROBLEM, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED HAS TO DO WITH THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT ARE RENTED.
I'M ALWAYS GOING TO SAY, DO WE HAVE AN APARTMENT PROBLEM OR DO WE HAVE A RENTAL, AND UNTIL WE ADDRESS THAT, I THINK THAT'S GOT TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO WANT TO COMMIT.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO BUYING A HOUSE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO? IF WE CUT OFF APARTMENTS OR REDUCE APARTMENTS, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS WITH PEOPLE AT 40, 50, 60% IN SOME CASES.
WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT TOO.
>> I WOULD SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EMAILED ME AND GAVE SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS LIKE,
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HEY, WE NEED THIS.FROM SOMEBODY WHO DOES DEVELOPMENT, I OWN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, I OPERATE MY BUSINESS OUT OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, WHEN I FIRST DID THAT, IT WAS TOUCH OR GO, WHETHER OR NOT I COULD GET THE CLIENTELE.
I DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE ANYMORE.
NOW WE'RE IN GROWTH PHASE BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OF ME THAT WILL COME IN AND USE MY SERVICES, WHICH MEANS I CAN PAY MY EMPLOYEES, I CAN TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY MAYBE I CAN GO ON A VACATION IN MAY OR JUNE BECAUSE I'VE MADE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WE, I'M GOING TO SAY ME.
I WANT LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS, I WANT BOUTIQUES, I WANT SOMEBODY THAT'S SITTING IN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW TO HAVE AN IDEA, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND FOR THEM TO SAY, I'M GOING TO GO AND I'M GOING TO GO OPEN A BUSINESS IN ANNA AND THEN I WANT THERE TO BE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SUSTAIN THAT BUSINESS.
I ALSO DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE TO DRIVE TO MCKINNEY, ALLEN, RICHARDSON, AND PLANO TO WORK.
I WANT THERE TO BE JOBS HERE THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE $90,000, $100,000, $150,000, $500,000, WHATEVER IT IS.
I CAN'T QUOTE FACTS ON THIS, BUT I FEEL LIKE MOST PEOPLE LEAVE THIS TOWN AND GO TO WORK.
THEY GET UP IN THE MORNING AND THEY DRIVE AWAY FROM HERE.
WHY DO THEY DO THAT? IT'S COMMON SENSE.
THEY DO THAT BECAUSE THOSE SUSTAINED JOBS ARE NOT HERE, MANUFACTURING JOBS.
I BUTCHER THE WORD, WE HARDLY HAVE ANY LAND THAT'S ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE EDC, THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE AND BERNIE'S LIKE, WE NEED TO GET SOME INDUSTRIAL LAND BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRACTOR AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN WORK AND YOU CAN LEAVE THAT JOB AND YOU MAKE $150,000.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RENT AND YOU CAN BUY ONE OF THOSE MANSIONS OR YOU CAN BUY $600,000 HOUSE, AND IT'S LITERALLY TWO MILES FROM WHERE YOU LIVE.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THAT.
I AM NOT OPPOSED TO MULTIFAMILY AT ALL, AND I NEVER WILL BE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT OUR TOWN IS GROWING, AND IF WE STOP GROWING, WE'LL BE JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT STOP GROWING AND OUR BUILDINGS WILL BE DILAPIDATED, THEY'LL START TO FALL, NOBODY WILL COME HERE ANYMORE, AND THEN YOU'LL JUST KEEP RAISING THE TAX RATE ON PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ROADS.
I WANT DENSITY, BUT NOW I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GROWING.
WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE OUR DENSITY.
WE NOW CAN SAY, HEY, YOU WANT TO PUT, AND I'LL USE THE LIBERTY HILL, FOR EXAMPLE, WHY WOULD WE EVER APPROVE SOMEBODY TO PUT A MULTI FAMILY ON THE BACKSIDE OF LIBERTY HILL WHEN THEY HAVE 75? THAT'S NOT RIGHT TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT OWN THAT PROPERTY.
NOW, I'LL TELL YOU THIS, DO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FIVE ACRE AND 10 ACRE LOTS? NO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TO 75, BUT THAT'S MY PREFERENCE, AND THAT'S HOW I'LL VOTE.
YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO VOTE, WHERE I'M GOING TO STAND, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SCENARIO THAT EVERYBODY GETS TO HAVE AN OPINION, THEY GET TO COME UP HERE, THEY CAN EMAIL US, THEY CAN TALK, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE THE WAY THAT WE'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT UNLESS IT'S COMPELLING FOR EVERYBODY ON THE STAFF AND THE PNZ TO BE LIKE, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT MULTIFAMILY BESIDE FIVE ACRE LOTS AND LITTER THESE PEOPLE OWN THE SAME LAND UP BY 75.
I WANT DENSITY WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
THAT MEANS THAT SOMETIMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TELL DEVELOPERS NO, AND THAT'S COMPLETELY FINE.
THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SAY IS, I FEEL LIKE PNZ GETS HUNG OUT TO DRY. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I FEEL LIKE THEY GET HUNG OUT TO DRY.
I KNOW THIS IS THE LAW AND I KNOW IT'S THE RULES.
THEY DON'T GET TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION LIKE WE DO.
THEY'RE STANDING UP THERE, THE PUBLIC IS COMING AFTER THEM, WHICH IS FINE.
WE ALL SIGNED UP FOR THIS, I'M A BIG BOY, I CAN HANDLE IT.
I'VE BEEN BLOWN UP SO I CAN TAKE PEOPLE YELLING AT ME, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT THEY'RE GETTING ATTACKED.
THEN TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S CONFUSING FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THESE HAVE 45 FOOT LOTS.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN APPROVE THAT.
I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE 45 FOOT LOTS.
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I DON'T CARE?
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BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LIVE ON A 45 FOOT LOT.PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT THAT TYPE OF LOT.
I'LL SAY ALL THAT. I HOPE THAT GIVES MY DIRECTION.
>> WELL, I WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING YOU SAID BECAUSE IT WAS MUSIC TO MY EARS ABOUT FIGHTING FOR GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU ALL, COUNSEL, YOU HAVE A STAFF THAT IS MORE THAN PREPARED FOR THAT FIGHT, A FIGHT FOR GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
NOT JUST SAYING YES RIGHT AWAY, BUT SAYING, HOW DO WE GET TO YES? HOW DO WE GET THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THE VISION THAT WE HAVE OF GOOD DEVELOPMENT? YOU HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WHICH COMES FROM A VERY PROFICIENT PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND YOU HAVE A PLANNING MANAGER THAT'S BEEN THROUGH THE FIGHT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, YOU HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR NEW AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON INCENTIVIZING OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN THAT COMMERCIAL THROUGH THAT GOOD DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHO WANTS TO SUPPORT THIS STAFF AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CARRY OUT THE VISION OF THIS COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT BECAUSE WE'RE PREPARED TO FIGHT FOR GOOD DEVELOPMENT AND TO BRING FORTH GOOD DEVELOPMENT TO THIS COUNCIL.
>> I'D LIKE TO DOVETAIL OFF OF WHAT TO WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY THERE.
WE NEED TO GROWTH, WE REALLY DO, BUT PEOPLE FROM WEATHERFORD AREN'T GOING TO COME TO ANNA TO GO TO WHATABURGER, OR STARBUCKS, OR WHATEVER.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT DOWNTOWN AREA AND I KNOW WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT HERE.
UNLIKE SOME OF THE CITIES THAT ARE NEAR US, I WON'T MENTION NAMES, THAT HAVE NO HISTORY LEFT, THEY'RE TEARING THEIR BUILDINGS DOWN, WE'VE GOT A GREAT HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON IDENTIFYING THAT.
WE CAN MAKE THIS DOWNTOWN AREA A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE REGION WILL COME AND SPEND A WEEKEND IF WE HAD A HOTEL, IF WE HAD A NICE DOWNTOWN AREA, IF WE HAD SOMETHING HERE TO BRING PEOPLE IN.
DAVE TELLING OFF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE GROWTH, WE NEED THAT.
WE NEED TO HAVE 75 DEVELOP AND HAVE ALL THE REGIONAL SHOPPING.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT LEAVE ANNA TO GO TO HOME DEPOT, FORTUNATELY, WE'RE GETTING ONE, BUT YOU LOOK AT ALL THE MONEY THAT LEAVES, MY WIFE WILL GET IN THE CAR AND HEAD TO MCKINNEY AND SHE DON'T EVEN REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HERE IN ANNA ALREADY BECAUSE SHE'S SO USED TO GOING TO MCKINNEY.
THAT'S A LOT OF BLEED GOING OUT.
WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT BUILDING SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN OTHER REGIONS WILL WANT TO COME TO ANNA FOR.
>> I DON'T WANT ANNA TO BE STUCK WITH APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT NO ONE'S RENTING.
THAT'S MY CONCERN BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT COMING ONLINE ALREADY, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AND SEE THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT.
THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN MELISSA, MARKET RATE VALUE, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OLD, AND IT'S 50% RENTED AND IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR A YEAR.
THE AMOUNT OF APARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING ONLINE DOES SCARE ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SIT EMPTY.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH APARTMENTS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH APARTMENTS IS THE AMOUNT OF HFC, PFCS THAT WE HAVE AND THE LOCATIONS OF A LOT OF THEM.
SOME OF THEM, THIS COUNCIL, THE STAFF, INHERITED.
THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO ABOUT IT.
BUT THE ONES COMING ONLINE NOW, THERE'S STUFF WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
I THINK LEE, YOU SAID 25%, I FEEL WHENEVER ALL OF THIS IS BUILT OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE.
IF I MURDERED YOU ON YOUR 25%, I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE IT'S OUTRAGEOUS, THE RATIO FROM APARTMENTS TO HOMES THAT WE HAVE.
I FEEL WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE 2050 PLAN AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP, COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
WHEN WE CREATED OUR RENTAL REGISTRATION, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES ON THE COUNCIL MAYBE STAND, IT WAS TO DETER THE AMOUNT OF RENTALS WE HAD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE HAD SOME NEIGHBORHOODS BUILT SPECIFICALLY JUST TO BE RENTALS.
WE HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT EVEN ONLINE YET THAT'S HUGE.
I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF APARTMENTS COMING.
WHENEVER WE HAD A BUNCH OF APARTMENTS COMING, WE THOUGHT, MAYBE THIS IS HOW WE GET RID OF THE RENTALS.
LET'S APPROVE SOME OF THESE APARTMENTS TO MAYBE THE PEOPLE RENTING HOMES THAT WANT TO LIVE IN ANNA,
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BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A HOME, THEY'LL MOVE TO AN APARTMENT.BUT HOW MANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES DO WE NEED? THERE SUCCESSFUL CITIES IN THE DFW AREA THAT HAVE ZERO APARTMENTS IN THEIR CITY LIMITS.
YOU MENTIONED LIBERTY HILLS IN 75, IT'S A HUGE COMMERCIAL LAND.
I THINK IT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR THE COMMERCIAL PART OF IT FOR ANNA.
I THINK WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO GET OVER THAT HUMP THAT WE'VE BEEN CHASING FOR A LONG TIME WITH COMMERCIAL.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP, I HAD NO IDEA, WHY WOULDN'T OUR 2050 PLAN INCLUDE MORE INDUSTRIAL? WE STILL OWNED THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, I BELIEVE IN 2020, OR WE JUST SOLD IT?
>> WE STILL OWNED IT. THEN MAYBE OWNING MORE INDUSTRIAL PARK WASN'T EVEN ON ANYONE'S MIND, SO WHY DON'T WE HAVE MORE INDUSTRIAL? WHY HAVEN'T WE LOOKED AT THAT ALREADY.
OUR CITY TO THE NORTH, I HATE BRINGING THEM UP AGAIN, BUT THEY FILLED THEIR INDUSTRIAL PARK.
WHAT DID THEY DO AFTER THEY FILLED IT? THEY BOUGHT MORE LAND.
HAVE WE LOOKED INTO DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S SOMETHING I HATE TO TELL YOU, THIS STAFF IS GOING TO BE BUSY FOR A WHILE BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL HAVE A PLAN.
THERE'S SOME FEW HUMPS THAT THIS COUNCIL NEED TO GET OVER, BUT I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE ON WHERE WE WANT THIS CITY TO BE.
BUT THERE'S SOME CHANGES TO THIS 2050 PLAN AND SOME ORDINANCES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE AND WE NEED TO GET DONE QUICK BEFORE WE REGRET A LOT OF DECISIONS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I APPRECIATE YOUR STAFF.
I KNOW YOU ALL WORKED HARD ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR, ON A OFF COUNCIL NIGHT, COMING UP.
>> THIS IS HUGE. THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GIVEN TO US, I HOPE EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC GOES BACK AND WATCHES IT BECAUSE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ALL HAVE, I KNOW IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE THEIR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.
I'LL STAND UP TO ANY ONE OF THEM AND TELL THEM THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THAT'S JUST NOT THE TRUTH, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT ALL THE STAFF HAS DONE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
THE LAW, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH OUT.
IF THEY DO THIS HERE, THEY HAVE THESE RIGHTS TO DO THESE THINGS, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN ANNA OR THE ETJ.
THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SAY IS, AND THIS IS A PHILOSOPHY OF MINE, IT IS VERY HARD FOR THE CITY, FOR THE SCHOOL, FOR THE FIRE AND POLICE TO TRY AND REGULATE THINGS THAT ARE PROBLEMS WITHIN INDIVIDUALS.
I'LL USE A TERM, I'LL GIVE YOU AN ANALOGY, SO BEAR WITH ME HERE FOR A SECOND.
IF YOU EVER GET IN A FACEBOOK GROUP BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT CHILDREN THAT ARE UNRULY AT A SCHOOL AND THEN EVERYBODY'S LIKE, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
WE DON'T HAVE GOOD TEACHERS, WE DON'T HAVE THIS, THIS IS THE PROBLEM, THE PARENTS AREN'T TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN.
NOW YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND EVERYBODY JUST SPENDS AND SPENDS, AND THEN THEY HAVEN'T GOT ANYWHERE.
ALL THEY DID WAS JUST COMPLAIN.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, THIS IS NOT NEW.
IN THE MARKET TODAY, UNITED STATES WIDE, YOU CAN GO READ IT, YOU CAN GO STUDY, AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO, THERE IS A HOUSING PROBLEM, PERIOD, END OF STORY.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH APARTMENTS.
THE LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
YOU'VE GOT GEN Z, YOU'VE GOT ALL THOSE OTHER PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE COMING THROUGH, AND MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT A YARD, MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MOW THE YARD, MAYBE THEY'RE OKAY WITH LIVING IN TOWN HOMES OR APARTMENTS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE, AND THAT'S COMPLETELY FINE, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT WE CAN'T TRY TO REGULATE OUT THE WAY THAT THE ECONOMY IS GOING BECAUSE THEN I THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU'LL MOVE AWAY FROM CERTAIN STYLES OF HOMES, AND YOU WON'T BUILD THEM, AND OUR CITY WILL BECOME UNAFFORDABLE.
IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A REASON.
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I WANT MY CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOME AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE 50-YEARS-OLD WHEN THEY DO IT.THAT LANDSCAPE IS DRASTICALLY CHANGING, AND IT HAS SINCE COVID, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE 2050 PLAN.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE WERE SITTING RIGHT AT, I THINK ABOUT 17,000, AND WE HAVE BASICALLY DOUBLED.
WE'VE DOUBLED AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE AGAIN UNLESS WE JUST SAY NO, AND THEN THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, THAT'S NO GROWTH, AND THEN THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
I HOPE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL, I HOPE THAT THE PNZ, THAT WE ALL LOOK AT DIFFERENT FORMS OF HOUSING L WE DON'T JUST THROW THEM OUT, WE LOOK AT THEM AS A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
BRING DIFFERENT STYLES OF HOUSING IN FRONT OF US THAT SOMEBODY COULD SAY, THAT'S THE FIRST HOME I'M GOING TO BUY.
THAT MAY NOT BE WHERE THEY END UP, BUT IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO OUR ECONOMY.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO, IS TRY TO HELP PEOPLE BE ABLE TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S A TOWN HOME OR ANYTHING ELSE.
>> IF I CAN RUN BACK ON THAT FOR JUST A SECOND.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.
ONE OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS USED TO TOLD ME YOU'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH IF YOU HAVE SEEN YOUR MISTAKES, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU'VE MESSED A FEW THINGS UP AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS NOTICED IS NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, AND I'VE BEEN UP HERE LONG ENOUGH, I CAN GIVE A LIST, WOMEN SHELTERS, RACE TRACKS, THE WALMART, STORAGE AREAS.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT THINGS BY THEM.
THEY JUST DON'T WANT THINGS BY THEM AND THEY DO HAVE THE ACRONYM, NOT IN MY BACKYARD, AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT SOME PEOPLE WILL ALSO COMPLAIN THAT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HERE, BUT YOU CAN GET ON HIGHWAY 75 AND GET TO FOUR CITIES OF 200,000 PEOPLE IN 20 MINUTES.
I'M ALWAYS POINTING OUT THAT COLLIN COUNTY HAS BEEN HOT SINCE 1990, REALLY SINCE THE TECH BOOM, AND ANNA WAS THE FOURTH FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO STOP, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES, I THINK JODI POINTED OUT, THAT TURN DOWN GROWTH AND MANY NAMES ABOUT THEM, BUT IT TOOK THEM DECADES TO COME BACK.
I THINK OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH ARE WILLING TO PLAY WHERE THEY WEREN'T BEFORE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IF WE DO PUT ANYTIME YOU PUT APARTMENTS IN, IT'S GOING TO BE IN SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE IN PECON GROVE OR JUST OUTSIDE TARA FARMS, IT'S GOING TO BE IN SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S QUALITY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IN THE ETJ, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, AND THAT'S ALL.
>> COUNSEL AND STAFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE VERY GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
WE CAN'T MEET MORE THAN TWO OF US AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO EVEN FIND OUT WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS THINKING.
I WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING UP TO THIS MEETING AND BEING PREPARED.
STEPHANIE, WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
I KNOW I PUT YOU IN THE HOT SEAT.
I HAD A COUNCILMAN TELL ME, I'LL PUT YOU IN THE HOT SEAT.
I APPRECIATE IT'S A PRETTY SAFE PLACE IN HERE BECAUSE WE ALL ARE TRYING TO STRUGGLE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND ACCOMPLISH THINGS.
YOU GIVE ME SOME STUFF TO THINK ABOUT.
ONE OF THEM, I WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO THE COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.
I THINK THIS IS MAYBE MORE FOR CLARK.
WE SPENT MONTHS DEVELOPING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ONE DID ACTUALLY LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF TOTAL AND FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, IT WAS JUST 535 PEOPLE, I THINK WAS THE ORIGINAL ROSTER THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT NOT TO MENTION ALL THE SURVEYS AND THAT STUFF.
IF I UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESS CORRECTLY, WE GIVE NOTICE ON FRIDAY THAT IN FOUR DAYS THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO MAKE A DECISION TO CHANGE ANY PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE FOUR DAYS TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND BASED ON THAT INPUT,
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IT COULD BE CHANGED WITHIN FOUR DAYS.>> YEAH, 72 HOURS. CORRECT. IT SEEMS TO ME, WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, BUT WE'VE HEARD THIS FOR YEARS FROM VARIOUS POCKETS OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THEY DO KNOW ABOUT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE METICULOUS ABOUT CHANGES TO THAT PLAN. NOT ZONING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW WE GO ABOUT IT SO THAT IT JUST SEEMS REALLY WRONG THAT IN FOUR DAYS WE CAN OR EXCUSE ME, 72 HOURS WE CAN MAKE SUCH CHANGES.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ANY CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS TO GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FIRST BEFORE IT EVEN COMES TO CITY COUNCIL.
IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE MORE THAN 72 HOURS BEFORE COUNCIL CHANGES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
>> IT COULD BE A MINIMUM OF TWO WEEKS.
>> MORE THAN THAT, BUT YES. SIX WEEKS.
>> USUALLY, WE WOULD FOLLOW THE ZONING.
PLANNING AND ZONING IS THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, THEN IT WOULD BE THE SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE MONTH.
STAND OUT ALONE, WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WITH THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
WE'VE UPDATED THAT TWICE OVER THE LAST YEARS.
I'VE NOTICED IN THE NEWSPAPER, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE READS IT, BUT I HAVE DONE THAT.
I'VE UPDATED OUR WEBSITE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, ANY UPDATE TO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, SO WE DO TRY TO GET IT OUT THERE.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
CITY COUNCIL HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> SURE. SO WE WENT FROM LET'S GO TO THE 500 NUMBER.
WE WENT FROM 500 PEOPLE TO 14 IF YOU HAVE QUORUMS AT BOTH OF THEM.
MAKING A DECISION WITHIN JUST A HANDFUL OF WEEKS VERSUS SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED ON FOR AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD OF TIME.
IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE OBSERVATION THAT IT DOES SEEM A BIT UNBALANCED COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO IT.
COUNCILMAN TOTEN, I THINK YOU WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.
>> I'M CONFUSED ON THE 72 HOURS.
IS 72 HOURS THAT WE POST A MEETING THAT WE'RE GOING TO THAT ON THE AGENDA IS CHANGES.
WE'RE MAKING CHANGES IN 72 HOURS, BUT JUST TO GET YOUR NUMBERS CORRECTLY, IT WAS 500 SOMETHING THAT FILLED OUT THE SURVEY.
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WAS ON THE BOARD TASK FORCE WAS 20 OR 30 GIVE OR TAKE A COUPLE BECAUSE IT WAS TWO FROM A BOARD AND TWO FROM A COUNCIL, TWO FROM HISTORICAL, SO 500 WAS THAT SURVEY WAS PUT OUT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ONLY 500 AND SOMETHING PEOPLE JUST LIKE WHEN WE HAVE OUR ELECTIONS, ONLY 500 SOMETHING ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE NOWADAYS, BUT IN 2020, ABOUT 500 SOMETHING PEOPLE SHOW UP.
THAT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE, 500 SOMETHING WAS THE AMOUNT OF SURVEY.
>> WE ALSO HAD IT WAS A OVER [INAUDIBLE].
WE HAD AN ENTIRELY FULL CAFETERIA THAT WE BROKE OUT INTO A WHOLE LOT OF GROUPS, EACH TAKING ON DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF IT.
BUT REGARDLESS, IT WAS A BIG NUMBER, IT WAS A LOT MORE THAN 14.
THANKS, KEVIN. I APPRECIATE YOUR ADD IN.
BY THE WAY, I WANT TO TELL YOU FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, IN ALL OF YEARS I'VE SERVED.
I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU APOLOGIZE TO COUNCILMAN MILLER, AND THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
I THINK WE'RE HAVING A GREAT NIGHT.
YOU WERE ASKING FOR SOME DIRECTION, RYAN.
HERE'S SOME THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE AND COUNCILMAN BILL HAS COVERED SOME OF THIS.
THE APARTMENTS THEMSELVES DON'T SCARE ME.
WHAT COUNCIL LADY HERNDON SAID ABOUT THE OCCUPANCY, THAT CONCERNS ME.
IT ALSO CONCERNS ME THAT IT IS A BUSINESS, AND IF THEY CAN'T GET THE TENANTS THAT THEY DESIRE AND THEY'RE NOT UNDER ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION, THEY'RE GOING TO FIND SOMEBODY TO PAY RENT, EVEN IF IT MEANS DISCOUNTING IT CONSIDERABLY AND SO I AM VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHERE WE GO WITH THESE.
IN RECENT MONTHS, WE'VE HAD DEVELOPERS BRING SOME REALLY NICE HOUSING PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS, BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR NUMBERS WORK IN THIS ECONOMY, THEY'VE ALSO INTRODUCED APARTMENTS.
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ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE HOLDING TO OUR BUILDING STANDARDS, THEY ARE SETTING IN A HISTORY OF SELF MANAGEMENT OR CAN PROVE THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST FLIPPING APARTMENTS.BUT BACK TO COUNCILMAN BILL, I AM REALLY CONCERNED THAT OUR ECONOMY DOESN'T HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT IT.
I'M GLAD THAT EDC HAS BEEN WORKING HARD FOR YEARS ON THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL SIDE OF IT, THE RESTAURANT SIDE OF IT, SOME BIG BOXES, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF ANNA AND THE ISD, I THINK OUR NEXT EMPLOYER MAYBE 50 EMPLOYEES OR LESS, WE NEED THAT KIND OF BUSINESS HERE.
MATTER OF FACT, WE'LL GET ALL THESE RESTAURANTS THAT EVERYBODY ALWAYS SENDS US FOR A WISH LIST.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE DAYTIME TRAFFIC.
IT'S GOT TO BE HERE IN THE CITY OF DANA, AND WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO START ATTRACTING MANUFACTURERS TECH.
WE HAVE A MASSIVE TECH STRUCTURE RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR DOORS, ALL UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY 75.
I THINK IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE HAVE MAJOR TECH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF US OVER IN MCKINNEY.
WE HAVE MAJOR TECH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF US.
THEN WE HAVE PROBABLY TWO DOZEN SATELLITES FLOATING OVER US THAT ARE PUSHING BROADBAND INTERNET.
WE HAVE A MASSIVE FOOTPRINT OF LAND THAT HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNATED FOR ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN FULLY SUPPORT INDUSTRY.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE AND WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT PRETTY QUICK.
I WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY SPACE WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, WE OUGHT TO REALLY FIGURE THAT OUT QUICK.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME OF IT.
ALSO THINK THAT BOTTOM HAS INTRODUCED AN ANOMALY THAT DIDN'T EXIST WHENEVER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS WORKED ON.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY'VE INTRODUCED BADARK LAKE.
THERE'S OTHER DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON IN THEIR NECK OF THE WOODS, 121 NEEDS TO BE ACTIVATED.
MELISSA HAS BUILT RIGHT UP TO OUR BORDERS, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT OUR SEWER FOOTPRINT.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT DRAW A WHOLE LOT MORE RED UP AND DOWN 121 ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL.
WE ALSO NEED TO FIGURE OUT OUR ENTERTAINMENT SPACES, AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
KEVIN MENTIONED IT EARLIER, THAT WE HAVE THIS ZONING FOR EVENT, RECREATION, WHATEVER IT WAS CALLED.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE FLEECED ANYBODY OUT THERE TO ATTRACT THEM TO THE CITY OF ANNA AFTER COVID.
BEFORE COVID, WE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE KNOCKING ON OUR DOORS, BUILT THEATERS, BOWLING ALLEYS, ALL THAT SORT STUFF, BUT AFTER COVID, THAT'S NOT HAPPENED AGAIN.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE RED CARPET IS ROLLED OUT TO FILL THOSE.
I THINK THAT WE'LL TAKE CARE OF OUR APARTMENT CONCERN FILLING THOSE APARTMENTS.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IN OUR PFC HFC COMPLEXES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT DATA IS ACQUIRABLE OR NOT, BUT IF WE CAN GET SOMEWHERE CLOSE.
I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE US THE DATA WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS REGARDING THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS.
WE ALSO HAVE I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CRIME ASSESSMENT.
A LOT OF TIMES APARTMENTS GET PENNED FOR INCREASING CRIME ON CITIES AND THE DATA HISTORICALLY HAS NOT SUPPORTED THAT.
WE WILL TELL YOU THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOES NOT HAVE APARTMENTS, CRIME HAS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN HEINOUS CRIMES THAT DID NOT EXIST PRIOR TO ALL OF THESE HOUSES BECOMING RENTALS.
I'M ALSO AWARE THAT WE HAVE A SECTION 8 CONCERN, NOT IN THE APARTMENTS THAT WE'RE APPROVING, BUT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER SECTION 8 HOUSING, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW IF WE HAVE SOME TOOLS TO DEFLECT THAT.
IF IT MEANS RAISING RENTAL RATES.
I MEAN, THE WHOLE IDEA WITH THE RENTAL RATES WAS TO ALLOW NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALLOW APARTMENTS TO BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT READY TO MOVE INTO HOUSES AND OWN HOUSES.
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I THINK AS FAR AS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW GOES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE REVISE IT, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE CHARACTER OF CERTAIN AREAS OF ANNA.WEST ANNA LOOKS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN CENTRAL ANNA.
FOR THAT MATTER, OVER IN 121 SHEPHERD HILLS, THE BARNHILL VINEYARDS AREA, THE WILD ROSE LOOKS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN CENTRAL ANNA.
THEN EVENTUALLY, IT'S WITHIN OUR ANNEXATION ABILITIES.
WESTMINSTER LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THIS PART OF THIS.
WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THE ATTRIBUTES OF THOSE AREAS TO HELP DEVELOPERS, POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS, STAFF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WANT TO PROTECT OVER THERE.
MAKE SURE I HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING. I HAVE.
BY THE WAY, COUNCILMAN BILL, HE ASKED ABOUT POPULATION OF THE ETJ.
THE CENSUS SAYS THAT'S ABOUT 22,249.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN OLD NUMBER AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WHAT WE WERE AT THE TURN OF THE DECADE.
LASTLY, GROWTH PROMOTES GROWTH.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION AND SUPPORTING SERVICES FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT WATER AND SEWER.
WE GOT STAFF THAT KILL IT IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT AND THE ROADS.
YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU LEAVE ANNA'S ROADS AND ENTER INTO THE COUNTY'S ROADS.
WE DO A GOOD JOB OF TAKING CARE OF ROADS.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ANCILLARY SERVICES TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
THAT'S ALL I GOT. AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARMER.
THANK YOU TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FOR BEING WILLING TO COME UP HERE OFF TUESDAY.
HAD SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU, GREG, STEPHANIE, BERNIE, LAUREN, BRIAN, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
THIS PRESENTATION, IS IT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE?
>> WE WILL MAKE IT AVAILABLE ONLINE.
>> GOOD. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
A LOT MORE PEOPLE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND REALLY LEARN THE PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TO GET THINGS DONE.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SPEND TWO HOURS UP HERE ON AN OFF NIGHT.
>> COUNCIL, ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING NO OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.