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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET STARTED. LET ME JUST GRAB MY AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 6:01 JUST TO START OUT PRE-COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'LL DO OUR ROLL CALL. MR. DAVID GRACE. HERE.
MISS TODD IS NOT HERE. MR.. MR. JOHNSON HERE.
MR. WASHINGTON IS RUNNING LATE. MR.. DEFFIBAUGH HERE.
MR.. LONG HERE. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE QUORUM. ALL RIGHT, THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR WORK SESSION.
[C. WORK SESSION AGENDA]
THIS WILL BE FOR C.1 2026-082 DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CREATION OF A HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. JOHNSON. ALL RIGHT.
SO I ASKED THIS ONE TO BE ON THE AGENDA REGARDING CREATING A COMMITTEE FOR FOR THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OF SOME ITEMS AND NOT ITEMS, BUT SOME BUILDINGS OR WHATEVER THE COMMITTEE WOULD DEEM WOULD BE WORTHY OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION.
YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS TO OPERATE BASED ON A CITY LIKE MCKINNEY, MCKINNEY.
MR. JOHNSON, WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. MCKINNEY HAS A WONDERFUL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE WHICH IDENTIFIES SIGNIFICANT LAND VALUES, HISTORICAL MARKERS, DOWNTOWN OVERLAYS.
CITY OF PLANO IS ALSO A LOCAL CITY THAT HAS RAILROAD COMMISSION THE DOWNTOWN AREAS.
PRINCETON IF WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, WE'VE GOT A FEW HISTORICAL MARKERS DOWNTOWN CALDWELL PARK THE HISTORY THERE, A FEW MONUMENTS. BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE STEPHEN AND JUDY DEFFIBAUGH COMMUNITY CENTER, THE OLD COTTON GIN, FEW BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED OVER TIME, SOME WALLS, SIGNIFICANT VALUES.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE ARTIFACTS.
REGIONAL EXAMPLES AS MENTIONED, CITY OF MCKINNEY.
THEY'VE GOT A PRETTY LARGE CONSERVATION COMMISSIONS.
WHAT THIS WOULD TAKE IS THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS TO OPERATE.
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT.
SO IT WOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL OVERALL TO OVERSEE.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LONG TERM MASTER PLANNING AND OVERLAYS, THAT'S WHERE THESE COMMITTEES REALLY START HAVING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN PROCESSES. SO TO PHASE THIS OUT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PHASES. AND YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PUSHED FURTHER, I CAN BRING BACK MORE STEPS AND A PATHWAY TO LEAD INTO THIS, ESPECIALLY WORKING INTO THE NEXT BUDGET AND FISCAL YEAR.
BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE TIME AND MONEY FOR OVERSEEING AN ADDITIONAL BOARD OR COMMISSIONS.
SORRY, I ONLY HAD THREE MINUTES. SO WHICH HAD SIGNIFICANT VALUE OR THE BUILD COMMUNITY AWARENESS.
PHASE TWO, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION, A HYBRID MODEL WHICH IS DEFINED TO REVIEW THE PROCESSES WITH LIMITED REGULATORY TOOLS. SO THAT'S KIND OF A MORE SO STAFF INVOLVEMENT AND COUNCIL VERSUS THE PHASE, YOU KNOW, PHASE THREE CONSIDER FORM FORMING A, YOU KNOW, FORMAL HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD.
YOU KNOW, WITH REDEVELOPMENT PRESSURE AS IT INCREASES, LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF PUSHING DOWN ONCE WE START MASTER PLANNING MORE OF THESE OVERLAYS AND SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT ZONES, I THINK FOR ME, THE, THE, THE REASON WHY I HAVE PUT ON HERE AND AGAIN,
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I THINK THE, THE COMMITTEE, I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH GETTING BOARDS FORMED AS OF LATE.BUT THE OLD COTTON GIN PEOPLE THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN THAT BECAME A POINT OF A DISCUSSION ONLINE AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT I HAVE A TON OF RESPECT FOR REACHED OUT TO ME AND I TOLD THEM THAT I GAVE MY WORD THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, BRING THIS UP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO PRESERVE THAT.
NOW, I KNOW IN TERMS OF THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A MUNICIPALITY WOULD DEEM AS HISTORICAL BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 50 YEAR MARK AND THE BUILDING BEING ORIGINAL, ALL THOSE THINGS.
RIGHT. BUT IF THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS SOME TIES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, IS THERE A WAY? NOT SO MUCH AS PUT IT AS A HISTORICAL, BUT SOME WAY TO PRESERVE IT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL WOULD VOTE TO DO ANYTHING TO IT.
BUT TEN, 15 YEARS FROM NOW, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SAFELY PRESERVE THAT BUILDING? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THE REALITY IS, IS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO GROW.
THERE ARE FACILITIES AND ARTIFACTS OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL VALUE WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
WE KNOW THAT. I MEAN, CALDWELL PARK WAS THE ORIGINAL PRISON OF WAR CAMP.
DOWNTOWN HAD THE, THE RAIL, THE RAILROAD THE COTTON GIN.
STEPHEN AND JUDY DEFFIBAUGH CENTER. SO IDENTIFYING THESE AREAS AS A COMMITTEE OR AN OVERALL BOARD AND THEN LOOKING AT PRESERVING THOSE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE START TO OVERLAY THE DOWNTOWN AREAS, REVITALIZING, YOU KNOW, THESE CALDWELL PARK. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WITH SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT VALUE? DOES IT GET RELOCATED? I THINK JUST IDENTIFYING THOSE KEY COMPONENTS SEEM TO BE THE THE FOCUS AT THIS POINT.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO PRESERVE THEM. AND THEN OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE IDENTIFY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE WITH THOSE AREAS, THEN REALLY BRING A COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, TO THE TABLE TO, TO OVERSEE THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE OVERSIGHT.
SO I THINK I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON I'VE, I THE COTTON GIN SINCE BEFORE MY ELECTION, WANTING IT TO BE REVITALIZED. BUT I THINK WITH WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT CALDWELL PARK AND THE UNILATERAL DECISION THAT WAS MADE FROM THE CITY OR AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CITY TO WIPE OUT THAT HISTORY IS KIND OF WHY SO MANY RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED, CONCERNED AND WANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS STUFF IN PLACE TO PROTECT THOSE THINGS.
I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THINGS SUCH AS I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS HAS THE ORIGINAL PLANS AND STUFF FROM THE, THE, THE P.O.W. CAMP. WE CAN PUT THOSE IN THE DEFFIBAUGH CENTER AND MAKE IT A MUSEUM THAT ACTIVATES GRANTS AND STUFF.
IT ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP US PRESERVE DOWNTOWN.
WE CAN WORK WITH MAIN STREET, YOU KNOW, TEXAS MAIN STREET, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ONCE THIS DOOR GETS OPENED, BUT IT'S A DOOR THAT HAS ACTIVELY BEEN KEPT SHUT.
BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT IN THE PAST TO CREATE A HISTORIC SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THINGS IN PRINCETON, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL IS NOT OKAY.
AND THEY NO LONGER LIVE HERE BECAUSE OF IT. AND WE CAN'T BE DOING THAT.
I'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS. SO IT'S A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS HELPING PUSH FOR THE HISTORIC SOCIETY REPUTATION. PEOPLE WENT AFTER IT.
THINGS WENT NOT SO WELL, AND SHE LEFT THE CITY.
SO IT'S JUST THINGS HAPPEN IN THE CITY, AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT REPEATED.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT OVERALL TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY.
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PRINCETON IS NO LONGER JUST A LITTLE SMALL HICK TOWN.IT IS GROWING AND GROWING AT A VERY FAST PACE.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, NOT ONLY STUDENTS AND THE YOUNG IN PRINCETON, TO HAVE A SENSE OF PRIDE IN WHERE THEY LIVE AND A SENSE OF BELONGING, BUT FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
I WENT TO THE ONION FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, AND NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT PRINCETON WAS ONCE THE ONION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. AND SO WE'RE FROM A VERY SMALL PLACE THAT SEEMS VERY INSIGNIFICANT, BUT WE ARE NOT. WE HAVE A PIECE OF. WE PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN AMERICA'S HISTORY WITH THE P.O.W.
CAMP, WITH MANY MEMBERS FROM PRINCETON WHO FOUGHT IN THE WARS AND THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD TO PRESERVE.
IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT JUST PRINCETON AND NOT JUST KNOWN FOR THE 380 HEADACHE, BUT THAT WE HAVE A GREATER ROLE AND A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT WE HAVE PLAYED.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S ALSO GOOD TO KNOW THAT OTHER THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
COMING FROM PRINCETON MEANS THAT YOU COME FROM A GOOD PLACE.
PRINCETON TO ME IS THE PEARL OF NORTH TEXAS, AND WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT IT NOT JUST AS A PLACE WHERE WE LIVE, NOT JUST AS A REVOLVING DOOR, NOT JUST AS A HEADACHE, NOT JUST A PLACE THAT WE STOP ON THE WAY TO WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT IT IS A PLACE OF WORTH. IS IT A PLACE THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF AND IT IS THE PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME.
YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IF THE COMMITTEE IS THE ANSWER.
I THINK THE GOAL FOR ME WAS TO PUT SOME TYPE OF PROTECTION IN PLACE FOR THESE BUILDINGS, OR WHETHER WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DOWNTOWN IS REVITALIZED, KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MCKINNEY WAS GOING THROUGH THOSE COTTON MILLS WAS THIS BIG EYESORE AT SOME POINT, BUT THEY MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO BUILD AROUND IT AND INCORPORATE IT INTO WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S A MATTER OF IF IT'S MORE SO WHEN THINGS HAPPEN DOWNTOWN.
I THINK THAT MAY BE A GOOD PLACE TO START AS WELL.
SO IS IT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOUR BOARD CAN LOOK INTO AND WHAT IDEAS WE CAN HAVE FOR, FOR THIS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE? YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IS, YOU KNOW, FURTHER RESEARCH INTO YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN BE HELD AS HISTORICAL, WHAT CAN BE CLASSIFIED, WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT'S THE CONSENSUS AT THIS MOMENT, JUST PRESERVING THOSE ARTIFACTS OR FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS.
SO THAT WAY WHEN WE HAVE A LATER DATE AND AN OVERLAY FOR WHATEVER MASTER PLAN THAT MAY BE, THOSE GET INCORPORATED IN IT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE REVITALIZATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
BUT JUST PRESERVING THEM AT THE MOMENT SEEMS TO BE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL.
YEAH, WE WILL ALL AGREE ON THAT, I THINK. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SPEAK.
YEAH. JUST THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING LOOK INTO THERE ON WHAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH THE PROPERTY OWNERS KIND OF SELF IMPOSING HISTORICAL TYPE LANDMARK DESIGNATION THROUGH ZONING TYPE AVENUES.
PART OF THIS PROCESS DEFINITELY SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
HE WATCHED MOST OF THEM BEING BUILT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WANT TO BE ON ANOTHER ANOTHER BOARD OR COUNCIL, BUT I WOULDN'T MIND PITCHING IN AND HELPING. I SAY THAT WE COULD CONTACT THE COWLEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
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THEY ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH SOME INFORMATION OR THE MAN THAT WAS DOING THAT ABOUT THE VETERANS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY THAT WERE FROM PRINCETON AND THE NUMBER. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HISTORY HERE. AND AND I HAVE BEEN HERE PRETTY LONG, NOT NOT AS LONG AS SOME PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THE GROWTH AND I'VE SEEN THE, SOME OF THE HISTORICAL SITES HERE.I KNOW THAT THERE'S IN SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I NEVER KNEW THAT ANYONE ON OUR COUNCIL ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT FORWARD OR ANYTHING SINCE, I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL SINCE 2005 ABOUT DOING THIS.
I THINK WE COULD DO THAT. THERE'S LOTS OF BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN.
THERE'S OTHER PLACES THAT THAT IF WE HAD A COMMITTEE OR SOMEONE TO GO AROUND, OR AT LEAST THE COLLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MIGHT HELP US PINPOINT SOME OF THESE PLACES TO POINT THESE OUT AND, AND TO PRESERVE THEM.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT SERVING ON THE CDC AND I KNEW ABOUT THE THE, THE BLUEPRINTS FOR ALL THE HOUSING FOR THE PRISONERS OF WAR. OF COURSE, OF COURSE. IT WAS A, A MIGRANT WORK CAMP BEFORE IT WAS A P.O.W.
CAMP. AND BUT THEY HAVE THOSE PLANS UP AT PUBLIC WORKS.
AND IT WAS ONCE BROUGHT UP, WE KICKED IT AROUND, A FEW OF US TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH THE CDC.
AND WE ACTUALLY THERE'S A SECTION THERE ON THERE, THE [INAUDIBLE] PARK THAT'S RIGHT OFF THE BEACH.
ON THE BEACH IN COLLEGE ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER IS KIND OF UNUSABLE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING THAT INTO A HISTORICAL SITE THERE AND ACTUALLY GETTING VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, DONATED MATERIAL AND USING THE SAME PLANS THAT WERE USED TO, TO BUILD, CONSTRUCT AND MAKE A LITTLE POW TYPE CAMP THERE HISTORICAL THING AND PUT ARTIFACTS IN THERE. AND ACTUALLY WE HAD ENGINEERING TO LOOK AT THE, THE WATER TOWER DOWN THERE, BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT ABOUT MOVING IT TO THAT SITE.
SO IT WOULD BE RIGHT THERE WITH THE, THE, THE HOUSING OR THE BARRACKS OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CALL IT, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA. BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA THAT IT, THAT WE DO NEED.
WE GOT A LOT OF HISTORY HERE IN THIS THIS COMMUNITY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T LIVED HERE BUT 5 OR 6 YEARS.
THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE ALL NEWCOMERS.
BUT, BUT WE DO NEED TO PRESERVE. I MEAN, I CAN I DRIVE AROUND TOWN, I SEE LOTS OF BUILDINGS ARE GONE AND PLACES AND YOU CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT WAR STORIES ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PLACES, BUT RATHER NOT, NOT PUBLICLY.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA AS, AS FAR AS BEING ON THE COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T MIND GIVING MY INPUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO SERVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
SO WILL YOU HANDLE THIS, I GUESS, MOVING FORWARD AND REPORT BACK TO US ABOUT WHAT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE? WILL DO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THIS WILL GO INTO ITEM C.2 2026-083. A DISCUSSION REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTALS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A QUICK RESEARCH WE DID ON SHORT TERM RENTALS.
WE LOOKED AT THE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO EVALUATE CURRENT APPROACH, WHICH IS DO NOTHING OR STRENGTHEN OUR REGULATIONS OR EXPAND OR RESTRICT SHORT TERM RENTAL ACTIVITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT SHORT TERM RENTALS, WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES.
WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES, ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY.
AND THEN WHAT'S THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK WE WOULD DO THIS UNDER? SO SHORT TERM RENTAL IS ANY CURRENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT'S RENTED OUT LESS THAN 30 DAYS WOULD COME UNDER SHORT TERM RENTAL.
IT COULD INCLUDE ENTIRE HOMES, ROOMS OR ACCESSORY UNITS.
IT COMMON PLATFORMS ARE AIRBNB AND VRBO. TEXAS
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STATE LAW NO STATEWIDE LICENSING FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS.CITIES CONTROL IT LOCALLY. HOSTS MUST COLLECT 6% HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CITIES, WHAT THEY CAN REGULATE IS PERMITTING REGISTRATION, ZONING WITH LIMITATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND SOMEONE LIVES THERE, THEN IT'S A LITTLE HARD, BUT NOISE, OCCUPANCY, PARKING HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
ALL OF THIS WE CAN REGULATE. AND THEN WHAT WE MUST AVOID IS REGULATIONS THAT PROHIBIT ENTIRELY THE SHORT TERM RENTALS WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION AND UNEQUAL TREATMENT VERSUS SIMILAR RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO LOOK AT.
SO IT MAY NOT BE ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE, BUT THIS WAS JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN IDEA OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY TODAY ABOUT AND THEN WE TRIED A LITTLE HEAT MAP THING SO YOU CAN SEE WHICH AREAS IT'S REALLY GETTING CONCENTRATED IN.
BUT FOR NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 112 ACTIVE SHORT TERM RENTALS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THAT WE CAN FIND IN AROUND US AND IN COLLIN COUNTY, THERE'S ALMOST 300 TO 600 PLUS SHORT TERM RENTALS.
AND OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL GROWTH IS DUE TO THE LAKE LAVON RAPID RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND ALSO PROXIMITY TO DFW. ANECDOTALLY, WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE MOVING HERE, THEY MIGHT COME RENT A HOUSE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE THEY'RE GETTING, BUYING A HOME OR SOMETHING OR LOOKING.
OUR VISITOR PROFILE IS WEEKEND OR SHORT STAYS 2 TO 3 DAYS TYPICALLY.
AND RECREATION AND RELOCATION VISITS IS WHAT MAINLY TAKES UP OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A POLICY SPECTRUM LOOKED AT CITIES ALL AROUND WEATHERFORD.
THEY ALLOW IT WITH PERMITS. MCKINNEY AND FRISCO.
THEY HAVE BOTH REGISTRATION AND STANDARDS FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL.
PLANO AND FORT WORTH ARE BY FAR THE MOST RESTRICTIVE.
THEY JUST BAN SHORT TERM RENTALS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN ARLINGTON ALLOWS IT IN LIMITED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
COMPARABLE CITIES, I WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THEM ANNUAL REGISTRATION IN MCKINNEY LOCAL CONTACT.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO IS.
SO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.
SO WE NEED A LOCAL CONTACT AND AN OWNERSHIP DISCLOSURE.
MCKINNEY REQUIRES THAT. THEY DO HAVE STRONG TRACKING AND ENFORCEMENT.
JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, MOST OF THE ISSUES COME BECAUSE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT AROUND AT NIGHT OR ON WEEKENDS, AND THAT'S SOMETIMES ISSUES COME UP AT THAT TIME.
SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT CAN WE ENFORCE THE RULES THAT WE ARE CREATING? AND THEN FRISCO THEY REQUIRE REGISTRATION. THEY REQUIRE AN ANNUAL FEE.
THEY HAVE A SAFETY CHECKLIST AND DOCUMENTATION.
AND THEN PLANO JUST BENDS IT IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT ONLY ALLOWS THOSE THAT ARE GRANDFATHERED NOW AND THEN IN COMMERCIAL ZONES.
OUR SIZE, GROWTH LEVEL OF GROWTH, MOST OF THEM ARE ALLOWING IT WEATHERFORD ALLOWS IN RESIDENTIAL.
FOR US, THE KEY ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT WOULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS LIKE NOISE AND PARTIES, PARKING OVERFLOW, TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY, OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES, WE DO NOT HAVE 24-7 CONTACT ENFORCEMENT.
WE BASICALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT INVENTORY WE HAVE.
SO THERE IS A LITTLE GAP THERE. AND THEN LIMITED INSPECTION AUTHORITY.
OUR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, WE GET HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE GROWTH.
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SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE POLICY OPTIONS. WE DIVIDED IT INTO PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.PHASE ONE WOULD BE 0 TO 6. AND THIS IS IF COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE ACTION.
WE IMPLEMENT A MANDATORY ANNUAL REGISTRATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT. AND THEN IN PHASES 6 TO 12, WE CAN EVALUATE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS WE GOT, IS THERE GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTERING HAPPENING? AND DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER ANY ZONING ADJUSTMENTS? SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE POLICY OPTIONS THAT Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT.
OUR FISCAL IMPACT ON THE REVENUE SIDE. WE WOULD HAVE INCREASED HOT TAX COLLECTION AND PERMIT AND REGISTRATION FEES. BUT ON THE COST SIDE, YOU WOULD HAVE STAFF TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT PERMITTING.
WE'D NEED MORE STAFF THERE. AND THEN ALSO SOFTWARE AND TRACKING SYSTEM TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF THIS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FISCAL IMPACTS. AND THEN KEY COUNCIL DECISIONS NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WOULD BE A WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD? AND B, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF REGULATIONS, HOW PERMISSIVE, HOW RESTRICTIVE, WHAT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION PRIORITY? WHAT ENFORCEMENT INVESTMENT ARE WE WILLING TO MAKE? AND THEN POLITICAL TOLERANCE FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL GROWTH.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HOW HOA'S CAN BE A PART OF THIS? BECAUSE THE HOA I'M I'M IN WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS HAVING OUR OWN POLICY IN THE CC AND RS TO HELP REGULATE HOW MANY OF THESE ARE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN AVENUE THAT CAN ALSO BE JOINTLY SHARED.
OR HAS THE NEW HOMES ARE BEING CREATED WITHIN THE CITY.
MAYBE WE CAN ENCOURAGE, THROUGH OUR REGULATIONS OR ORDINANCES TO HELP CURB THOSE.
JUST ANOTHER AVENUE. YEAH. MR. LONG. I'M A LITTLE FAMILIAR WITH THAT ISSUE AS WELL.
YEAH, I MEAN, EXISTING BECAUSE OF SOME TEXAS SUPREME COURT CASE THAT CAME OUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT BASICALLY SAID SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HAD SOME OLDER CC AND R'S THAT DID NOT CONTAIN.
THEY JUST TALKED ABOUT PROHIBITING ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL OR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
A LOT OF A LOT OF HOAS HAVE GONE BACK AND AMENDED THEIR CC&RS.
THEIR CC&RS ARE NOW NEWER DEVELOPMENTS ARE ADDING THOSE KIND OF PROVISIONS THAT RESTRICT RENTAL PROPERTIES TO SOMETHING THAT'S AT LEAST MORE THAN 30 DAYS AND MANY TIMES MORE THAN SIX MONTHS MINIMUM, SOME EVEN AS MUCH AS A YEAR IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN DONE, AND PARTICULARLY AS WE REVIEW CARS AS IT RELATES TO NEW SUBDIVISIONS COMING IN, WHICH SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, CITIES REQUIRE US TO DO YOU KNOW, I'M SEEING A LOT MORE OF THAT.
SO WORKING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, OF COURSE, AGAIN, THEY CAN DO THAT AND WE, WE WON'T ENFORCE IT.
IT'LL BE UP TO THE HOA TO DO THAT. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER AVENUE TO KIND OF CONTROL AND IN SOME CASES PROHIBIT SHORT TERM RENTALS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN A, IN A DEVELOPMENT IN A MANNER THAT MAYBE CITIES EVEN CAN'T AT THIS POINT.
AS WE LOOK AT THIS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS.
THAT IS QUITE A LARGE AMOUNT. AND DO WE REQUIRE CURRENTLY REQUIRE HAVING A REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
SO THEN THIS NUMBER MAY BE VERY CONSERVATIVE.
AND SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE CONSIDER REGISTRATION FOR ALL SHORT TERM RENTALS. WE SHOULD. AND ESPECIALLY IN CONSIDERATION OF RESIDENTS WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER NOISE
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CONTROL LIKE ON THE WEEKENDS BETWEEN MAYBE TEN AND SEVEN, 10 P.M.SO AT LEAST WE MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF INDIVIDUALS BEING ABLE TO FEEL FREE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES.
WE ALSO WOULD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS IN THOSE PLACES.
AND IF THEY ARE, AND MAYBE AFTER 1 OR 3 TIMES WE REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL TYPE OF REGULATION TO DISCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'VE THEY HAVE A TRANSIENT POPULATION.
NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POLICE RESOURCES.
SO HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT AND WHO PAYS FOR THAT? SO I'M THINKING ALSO THAT THEY SHOULD BE REGISTERED.
AND I AM THINKING THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS IMPLEMENTED AS WELL, THAT WILL HELP TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE SURVEILLANCE OF THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS. I HAVEN'T FULLY LOOKED AT ALL OF THAT, BUT JUST THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND OFFHAND AS WE CONSIDER MOVING INTO THESE AREAS AND PUTTING SOME REGULATORY OVERSIGHT IN PLACE FOR THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS SO THAT THEY'RE WELL MANAGED.
I CAN SEE MAYBE THE NEED FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT AIRBNB, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST OTHER SIMILAR PROPERTIES ON THE, ON THE RISE. WE DO NOT HAVE HOTELS, A HOTEL HERE IN PRINCETON PER SE, BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE NEED TO APPLY THE HOTEL, WHATEVER TAX THERE IS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING ALL THE RESOURCES OF THE CITY, AND I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE. AND WE ALSO NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO DEVELOPERS OR TO INDIVIDUALS WHO JUST PURCHASE HOMES AND PUT THEM ON RENTAL THAT WE REALLY WILL NOT BE JUST A FREE FOR ALL MOVING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOING THAT, THAT THERE IS SOME RESTRICTION AND THAT IT IS MANAGED.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDER THOSE POINTS.
YEAH, I KNOW, I, I REQUESTED TO HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
AND MY REASONING FOR THAT IS THE, THE DENSITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY, WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH DENSITY AND GETTING PEOPLE HERE IN TERMS OF LIVING, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL BAN COULD PROBABLY PROBABLY HELPED NOT RESOLVE, BUT ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAVEL IN AND OUT OF 380.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I WAS INTERESTED IN IT.
AND ANOTHER THING IS HAVING THE SHORT TERM RENTALS HERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A DISNEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO WHERE SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO COME IN HERE. IT BRINGS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CROWD, EITHER USE A PARTY HOUSE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
I JUST DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING IT NOW.
BUT I DO KNOW WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE COMING, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF, TO HAVE THAT ESTABLISHED. SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT TRYING, WE'RE MORE PROACTIVE AS OPPOSED TO BEING REACTIVE WHEN THEY DO GET HERE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO REASONS WHY I WAS MOSTLY IN SUPPORT OF GETTING THIS ON THE AGENDA.
WE DID HAVE SOME RESIDENTS WHO REACHED OUT. THEY OWNERS THEY HAVE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OF ECONOMIC WORTH TO THEM. BUT WE ALSO DO NEED TO CONSIDER THE REST OF THE CITY THE IMPACT AND HOW WE CAN REALLY REGULATE IT SO IT DOES NOT GET OUT OF CONTROL.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, BUT DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH DIRECTION AS FAR AS FROM COUNCIL TO MAYBE BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US TO YEAH, AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN PUT IN PLACE.
SO DOES THE COUNCIL AGREE TO CREATING AN ORDINANCE AND BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION? I BELIEVE SO, YES. OKAY. THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED.
ALL RIGHT. THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME THE REST OF THE PRE-COUNCIL MEETING,
[00:35:02]
I WILL PUSH TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY GOING OVER.AND THEN AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
YOUR HONOR, I MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 6:36,
AND THIS WILL TAKE US INTO.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.