[00:00:03] WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON. [CALL TO ORDER] REGULAR MEETING MARCH 18TH, 2024. ROLL CALL. IF YOU WILL SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES AND STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALLEGIANCE]. PUBLIC APPEARANCE. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS SECTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A SPEAKER'S INQUIRY, OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO ANY INQUIRY. WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE PORTION. [CONSENT AGENDA] THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COMMISSIONER SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA. THE ONLY ITEM IN THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 20TH, 2024, MEETING. SO, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. NOW. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. [REGULAR AGENDA] PUBLIC HEARING THAT. THAT APPLICANT IS RUNNING LATE AND HAS REQUESTED THAT WE PUT THE MOVE, THAT AGENDA ITEM INTO THE END OF OUR LIST. SO, WE WILL WE'LL CATCH UP WITH THAT ONE AT THE END OF ALL THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. SO, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PL 20233004 PRELIMINARY PLAT, MONTE CARLO DAYCARE ADDITION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING A REQUEST FROM RAVINDRA MATTEI FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A PROPERTY BEING A 1.675-ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE DAVID SHERRY SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 166, CITY OF PRINCETON, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSION CRAIG FISHER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THIS REQUEST IS FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A ONE ACRE OR, EXCUSE ME, A ONE LOT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST MONTE CARLO BOULEVARD. JUST TO THE EAST OF FM 75. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A DAYCARE, A COMMERCIAL DAYCARE. THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S REGULATIONS. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USE, AND THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. FOR REFERENCE, THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, CORRECT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. WE WON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CRAIG. A QUESTION ON THE BACK THAT BACKS UP TO THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES. ARE THEY GOING TO PUT ANY TYPE OF FENCING, PRIVACY, WALL ANYTHING? OR IS THEIR EXISTING FENCING? THERE IS EXISTING FENCING, BUT THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES A MASONRY WALL BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES. I BELIEVE THAT IS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. IF NOT, IT IS REQUIRED OF THIS DEVELOPER TO PUT IN A MASONRY WALL ON BOTH THEIR EASTERN AND NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE MONTE CARLO DAYCARE ADDITION. PL 20233004. SECOND, A MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. PL 20243023. [00:05:04] PRELIMINARY PLAT TRI-NATION. GLOBAL ADDITION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING A REQUEST FROM TRI NATION GLOBAL INVESTMENTS P67 FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A PROPERTY BEING A 1.745-ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE HARDEN WRIGHT SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 957, CITY OF PRINCETON, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A ONE LOT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF US 380 OR WEST PRINCETON DRIVE, JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INDEPENDENT BANK SITE NEAR CYPRESS BEND PARKWAY. THE. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS FOR A RETAIL STORE. THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED C1. THE USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT, AND THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF AND ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH CITY REGULATIONS. SO, THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. SO, THE LOT IS ALREADY ZONED C1. THERE'S NO CHANGING. IT WILL STILL REMAIN C1, CORRECT? AS OF RIGHT NOW IT'S ZONED C1. YOUR OTHER AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING IS PROPOSING TO REZONE TO A PD WITH C2 ZONING. THIS USE WOULD ALSO BE PERMITTED IN THAT DISTRICT IF THAT ZONING CASE IS APPROVED TONIGHT. DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO, WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL BUILDING IT'S GOING TO BE? I THOUGHT I SAW WALGREENS. YES, IT'LL BE A RETAIL WALGREENS AND PHARMACY IS THE PROPOSED USE. THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO EXACTLY WORD MY QUESTION, BUT WITH THE ZONE MAP AMENDMENT, DOES ANYTHING NEED TO FACTOR INTO THIS AGENDA ITEM IN PREPARATION OF A POTENTIAL PATH OF THE OTHER ITEM? SINCE IT IS A. TECHNICALLY, NOTHING'S CHANGING ON THE PLOT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME CLERICAL CHANGES THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, LIKE THE C1 IDENTIFICATION WOULD NO LONGER BE VALID. AND ASSUMING THAT ZONING IS APPROVED, THEN WE COULD GET THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS UPDATED AS THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD TO PERMITTING TO REFLECT THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT. BUT THERE'S REALLY NOT VERY MUCH CHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS. THE PROPOSED USE IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH BOTH STANDARDS THAT ARE PROPOSED. AND THIS LOT DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE OVERALL ZONING CASE THAT YOU'LL HEAR LATER TONIGHT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION, THEN? YEAH. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. PL 20243023. PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR TRI-NATION GLOBAL EDITION. I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. NEXT ITEM. PL 20243015. PRELIMINARY PLAT. CROSS MILL. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AND RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING A REQUEST FROM DOUBLE R DEVCO FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A PROPERTY BEING A 153.967-ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE HART AND WIGHT SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 957, CITY OF PRINCETON, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSION. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUEST FOR A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. IT CONSISTS OF 574 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, TWO TRACTS OF LAND THAT HAVE BEEN DEEDED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR FUTURE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THERE'S ONE AMENITY CENTER LOT. THE PRELIMINARY PLAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT WAS APPROVED AT CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY. AND THE ENGINEERING PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH CITY REGULATIONS. THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE OR EXCUSE ME IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. OKAY, THIS MIGHT BE A VERY SILLY QUESTION, BUT I HAVE TO ASK IT. HOW MANY MORE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ARE WE GOING TO KEEP ADDING AND APPROVING AND. WE'VE ALREADY GOT SO MANY. [00:10:02] AND I MEAN, WE APPROVED 1.199 .517 ACRES BETWEEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, AND NOW WE'RE ADDING 574 MORE HOMES. AND I MEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BASICALLY BE GOING TO BECAUSE OUR WE ALL KNOW HOW OUR TRAFFIC IS AROUND HERE. SO, I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY MORE? ARE WE'RE GOING TO JUST KEEP ADDING? IF THAT'S A SILLY QUESTION OR NOT. NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S A SILLY QUESTION. I WILL POINT OUT THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR ESSENTIALLY THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY ENTITLED THEY'RE REQUIRED TO THEN GO THROUGH ZONING AND PLANNING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, AND THAT MIGHT BE A TIME TO DISCUSS THESE TYPES OF THINGS. BUT THIS PROPERTY IS ENTITLED FOR THIS USE. THEIR PRELIMINARY PLAT CONFORMS WITH CITY ORDINANCES. AND SO BASICALLY, THE ANSWER IS THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CRAIG OR THE DEVELOPER? OR DOES THE DEVELOPER HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL, ANY KIND OF PRESENTATION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE DEAL WITH THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE I KNOW THE SCHOOL IS KIND OF HURTING WITH LOTS FOR BUILDING, SO I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING WITH ALL THE PEOPLE COMING IN. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED. I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. PL 20243015 PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR CROSS MILL. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND IT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE DISCUSSION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON. SO, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AT OUR LAST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. WE TABLED TO THIS THIS ITEM TO TODAY'S MEETING TO GIVE YOU ALL MORE TIME TO, TO DIGEST AND READ THROUGH THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. TONIGHT, MY HOPE IS TO GET ANY FEEDBACK THAT THE PUBLIC AND YOU ALL MAY HAVE ON THE PLAN AT THIS TIME. I'M NOT READY TO TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, CITY COUNCIL IS HOLDING A LEADERSHIP RETREAT THIS WEEKEND TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE VISION OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON. AND THERE'S THOUGHTS THAT THIS PLAN MAY GET REWORKED ANYWAY, BUT I WOULD LOVE YOUR INPUT AND WE'LL TAKE THAT. ANY THOUGHTS YOU HAVE INTO CONSIDERATION AS THIS PLAN IS MOLDED AND AMENDED TO MEET THE COUNCIL'S VISION MOVING FORWARD. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE OR. I WOULD START BY SAYING THAT THAT I LOOKED OVER MOST OF ALL OF THIS OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW HOURS TODAY. I WOULD REALLY LIKE. AND I KNOW THIS IS NOBODY'S FAULT, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE THE ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE PDFS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO KIND OF GO OFF YOUR MAIN SCREEN. AND I THINK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND REFERENCE THOSE PDFS AGAIN, I HATE TO I HATE TO SUGGEST THAT WE TABLE THIS AGAIN, BUT I KIND OF FEEL. FEEL A LITTLE BIT HANDCUFFED HERE. AND MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT I'M NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR ANY ACTION FROM YOU ALL TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AFTER WE TAKE IN CITY COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS AND AS THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A NEW VISION AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO BECOME, IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND DEFINITELY SORT OUT THE IT ISSUES BY THEN AND HAVE THAT AVAILABLE DURING THE MEETING. SO, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. I WILL SAY MOST OF MOST OF THE CHANGES THAT I SAW, I MADE PERFECT SENSE AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL AND THE MIXED-USE STUFF ALONG THE NEW LOOP THOROUGHFARE. SO, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME THAT THAT I THOUGHT WAS. [00:15:05] OUT OF LINE. I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT 618. IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT HAS LOOKED OVER THE AGENDA ITEM ONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT. IF NOT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 619. SO, WE CAN GO AHEAD, NICKY. I KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP HADN'T CHANGED. I REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING CHANGING. AND THEN HEARING THAT, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A MOOT POINT ANYWAY BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH AT THE TIME. FINE TOOTH COMB. I'M NOT REALLY SURE THAT THERE'S MUCH WE CAN DO. I KNOW I MENTIONED LAST TIME I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WORK SESSION SO WE CAN SIT DOWN AND KIND OF GO THROUGH IT AND ASK QUESTIONS KIND OF AS WE SEE THEM COME UP. YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE PLANNING WITH COUNCIL. I NOTICED THAT MOST OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES WERE INVITED, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY. IF IT'S A PLANNING SESSION, WHY PLANNING WASN'T INVITED, BUT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN KIND OF INVOLVED IN SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT AT LEAST AT THE VERY MINIMUM, A WORK SESSION BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE COMFORTABLE GIVING ANY SORT OF FINALITY DIRECTION. MY PERSONALLY, I AGREE. NO, I AGREE NOTED. AND I WILL POINT OUT P AND Z WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS LAST YEAR BEFORE YOUR APPOINTMENT. NO, I MEAN THE MEETING THAT'S COMING UP. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHICH MEETING YOU'RE REFERRING TO. THE ONE YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT COUNCIL'S DOING A PLANNING SESSION. THE OTHER COMMITTEES WERE INCLUDED IN THOSE BASED ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT THEY POSTED. OKAY. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE RETREAT THIS WEEKEND? YES. GO AHEAD, MR. LAND. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. TURN THE MICROPHONE ON. THERE YOU GO. DOES THAT WORK? YEP. DO I HOLD IT THE WHOLE TIME? NO. OKAY. VERY NICE. JOHN LAND, I'M YOUR NEW DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. THE COUNCIL IS HAVING ITS FIRST EVER STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ON THAT, BUT IT'S MORE KIND OF A BIGGER PICTURE. CORE VALUES, VISION FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, RESOURCE EXPERTS. WE HAVE THE CITY. THE FORMER CITY MANAGER OF FRISCO COMING IN, FORMER CITY MANAGER FROM GARLAND AND SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HAD KIND OF A SIMILAR TRAJECTORY TO WHAT PRINCETON IS GOING THROUGH. AND WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN FROM SOME OF THE EXPERTS AND THEN COME BACK WITH THAT AND THEN START WORKING THROUGH THE BOARDS WITH THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. I WOULD SUSPECT THERE WOULD BE A JOINT PLANNING AND ZONING CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT SOME POINT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN AN IDENTIFIED GOAL OF MEETING WITH SEVERAL OF THE BOARDS, LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL, TOGETHER TO HAVE SOME JOINT PLANNING SESSIONS. I THINK ONCE WE GET SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, THEY'LL PROBABLY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE WORK SESSIONS BEFORE P AND Z, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO DO THAT SOMETIMES BEFORE THE, THE AGENDA STARTS TO KIND OF GET IN THERE AND WORK ON SOME THINGS. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A BIG THING. THIS IS A FAST-GROWING CITY. AND KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM AT LEAST FROM THE MAYOR, IS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. WE NEED TO PUSH FOR HIGHER QUALITY. THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF A MORATORIUM ON MULTIFAMILY, FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS THAT ARE ENTITLED OR THEY'RE KIND OF ALREADY IN THE PROCESS. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE DIFFICULT TO TO HALT. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THOSE THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE PARTNERSHIPS WITH. BUT ON IN OTHER CASES, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PUSH FOR A LITTLE HIGHER QUALITY, MAYBE LOWER DENSITY, MORE AMENITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, I THINK YOU'LL SEE A VERY DIFFERENT CHANGE IN THE TONE ON PIDS AND TIFS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE. BUT IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS WE'RE GOING THROUGH. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME COUNCIL'S HAD A RETREAT, AND THERE'S ONLY SO MANY TOPICS THAT WE CAN COVER, YOU KNOW, ON THAT. IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT. BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME EXPERT PRESENTATIONS AND JUST TRY TO LISTEN TO THINGS AND SEE HOW WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR PLACES IN THE PAST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT I THINK I TALKED LONG ENOUGH. AT LEAST WE'LL YOU'RE READY TO SAY I DID. YEAH. SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. I ACTUALLY SAT ON THE ORIGINAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE. SO, I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH IT. AND I'M, I WAS JUST REFERRING TO HE SAID THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE COVERED IN THAT MEETING. AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THE AGENDA FOR THAT WORK SESSION OR WHATEVER YOU'RE CALLING IT, INVITED OTHER COMMITTEES. AND SO, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS BEING DISCUSSED, WHY IT WAS INVITED. SO, IT'S NOT BEING DISCUSSED. IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE GOING TO I MEAN, THERE IS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TOPIC ON, YOU KNOW, OVERARCHING GOALS FOR THE COUNCIL AND THERE'S A KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY MAP THAT'S SHOWING PROPERTY THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY DEVELOPED YET. AND WHAT WOULD THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL BE? BUT IT'S NOT ANYTHING AS DEEP AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I WILL. I GUESS I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. PUBLIC HEARING. [00:20:02] ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING MAJOR AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON ZONING ORDINANCE. SO, SIMILARLY TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO YOU IN FEBRUARY AND TABLED TO THIS MEETING FOR FURTHER INPUT. I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND NO ACTION TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE FEEDBACK ON THIS, WE'LL TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT THIS WILL BE REVISITED IN THE FUTURE. THESE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO, CHANGES WILL BE COMING. WE HAD TO HAVE IT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA SINCE IT WAS TABLED LAST MEETING. SO, YOU'LL NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY FEEDBACK YOU ALL HAVE. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 624. IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 624. YEAH, I LOOKED THROUGH THIS ONE, TOO. IT JUST LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF ADDITIONS OF SOME MIXED-USE ZONING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. ONCE AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT THAT KIND OF MADE SENSE WITH THE. COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ALONG THE NEW LOOP. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR INPUT FROM ANYONE? OKAY. WE WILL GO BACK TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. IS THAT APPLICANT PRESENT NOW? YES. YES. OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING ZA 20243021. ZONE MAP AMENDMENT DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING A REQUEST FROM TRI NATION GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, P 67 PARTNERSHIP AND RETAIL PARTNERS MC PRINCETON, LLC FOR A ZONE MAP AMENDMENT FOR A PROPERTY BEING A 91.169-ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE HART AND WRIGHT SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 957, CITY OF PRINCETON, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION. CRAIG FISHER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED C-1, ON PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY, AND PD 39 ON THE EASTERN PORTION. THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING TO REZONE TO PD 43. PD 43 PROPOSES A BASE ZONING OF C-2 WITH SOME REDUCTIONS TO THE REQUIRED PARKING. NOW I'LL GET THOSE ON THE SCREEN IN JUST A MOMENT. THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR RETAIL SUPERSTORES TO FOUR AND A HALF SPACES FOR EVERY 1000FT² OF FLOOR AREA. AND THEN FOR RETAIL SUPERSTORES, FOR BUILDING MATERIALS AND HARDWARE SALES REDUCTION TO THREE PARKING SPACES PER 1000, AND THEN ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL SALES THAT AREN'T SUPERSTORES. TO REDUCE THE PARKING FROM FIVE PARKING SPACES PER THOUSAND TO 4.8 SPACES PER 1000. THE OVERALL REQUEST IS STILL SLIGHTLY, JUST BARELY UNDER WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED. OF FIVE SPACES PER 1000, THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE PARKED AT 4.8 SPACES PER 1000, AND THE APPLICANT COULD SPEAK MORE TO THE REASONS FOR THEIR PARKING REDUCTION TO MEET MARKET DEMAND. ONE OTHER STIPULATION WOULD INCREASE OR DECREASE THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH TO 60FT AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT FROM 35FT TO 45FT. HERE'S A CONCEPT PLAN SHOWING THE PROPOSED SHOPPING CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PD. THIS REQUEST IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CURRENT ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO? NAME AND ADDRESS TO START, PLEASE. AND TURN ON THAT MICROPHONE, PLEASE. THERE'S A BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM. THERE YOU GO. MY NAME IS ROB LEWIS. I'M WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES. ADDRESSES 2600 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS. WE DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING, BUT I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE REASON BEHIND THE CHANGES? SURE. SO, TO DIG A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREENS IN FRONT OF YOU. [00:25:04] SO, THE PARKING REDUCTION REQUEST THAT CRAIG LISTED, THEY ARE ONLY FOR THE AREA IN THE CROSSHATCH. SO, WE'RE NOT REQUESTING A PARKING REDUCTION FOR ANY OF THE OUT PARCELS. ALL OF THE OUT PARCELS AND EVERYTHING FRONTING 380 WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO PARK AT CITY CODE. THE REDUCTION REQUEST IS A FUNCTION OF SPECIFIC USERS AND TENANTS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THAT FIT INTO THIS SITE PLAN. MEETING THEIR NEEDS AND THEN PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY KNOWING THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES TO THIS PLAN AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO THAT THAT SLIGHT REDUCTION ALLOWS US FLEXIBILITY WITH SOME OF THE SKINNIER LOTS, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH TO 60FT, SO THAT WE CAN PARCEL ALL OF THOSE OUT TOGETHER. LIKE I SAID, PRIMARILY THE FLEXIBILITY BASED ON THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'VE DRAWN TO DATE. DO WE KNOW IN TOTAL HOW MANY REDUCED SPACES IS BEING REQUESTED ON THIS PROPOSED PLAN? I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE PLAN YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN MEETS THE 4.8 PER THOUSAND GROSS SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING AREA. I NOTICED THIS IS TAKING A CHUNK OUT OF PD 39 AND WRAPPING THIS INTO THAT. SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE GROCERY ASPECT OF THE ORIGINAL PD? SO, I'M SURE YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THIS SITE PLAN IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND APPROVED BEFORE. THAT GROCER PARCEL IS STILL PARKING AT 4.8 OR BETTER, SO THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENT ON THEIR LOT WILL STILL BE MET. I APOLOGIZE, I WASN'T CLEAR. I'M NOT REFERRING TO PARKING. I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. IS THAT DEVELOPMENT STILL HAPPENING? IS THE GROCERY ASPECT STILL BEING CONSIDERED AS A PART OF THIS PLAN? I'M GOING TO SAY I'M PRETTY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE MULTIFAMILY HAS BEEN REMOVED AS WELL. THE PRIOR USER IS WHO IS REFLECTED ON THE PLAN. NOW, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE DEVELOPED, YES, THAT IS THE SAME. USER JUST WITH THE MODIFIED SITE PLAN. MISS CRUMMY, I WILL CONFIRM THAT THE MULTIFAMILY THAT WAS PERMITTED UNDER PD 39 IS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED LONGER WITH THIS IS APPROVED. AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING IS TECHNICALLY FIVE SPACES, SO WE'RE ONLY REDUCING BY 20%, OR I GUESS BY 80%. NO, 20%. IT'S 4.8, RIGHT? OVERALL, IT'S A 4% REDUCTION. IN TOTAL, IT'S JUST 4%. I'M NOT DOING MATH IN MY HEAD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. I'M SUPER THRILLED THAT THIS IS REMOVING THE MULTI-FAMILY. UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OH. DID YOU DO THE PUBLIC HEARING? I DID NOT DO THE PUBLIC HEARING. LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 632. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:32, AND NOW I'LL TAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING ZONE MAP AMENDMENT FOR PD 43 WSA 20243021 SECOND. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION IN THREE SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO THE INFORMATION SECTION. [INFORMATION] NEXT MEETING. MONDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2024. NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS AT THIS TIME. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA? NUMBER THREE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CRAIG ON ONGOING PROJECTS UPDATES? WILL WE GET AN UPDATE FROM THE MEETING THAT THEY'RE HAVING THIS COMING WEEKEND? AT THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. I CAN PUT THAT ONTO THE AGENDA AND HAVE THAT PROVIDED. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. [00:30:04] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND. HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION -CARRIES 7-0. WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.