[00:00:05]
GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR ROLL CALL. MISS ELLIS. HERE.MR. HESLEP. HERE. AND MISS GOLDSTEIN. HERE, AND MYSELF, MR. SHIFLET HERE. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM FOR THIS EVENING. IF YOU WOULD MIND JOINING ME IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG TO OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE, THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS SET ASIDE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM OF BUSINESS THAT IS NOT FORMALLY SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. AS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC MEETING APPEARANCE CARD PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PRESENT IT TO THE PLANNING TECH. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS UNABLE TO RESPOND, TO, RESPOND TO, OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS PORTION 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 THE INQUIRY.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DIRECTLY, NOT CITY STAFF OR OTHERWISE. BE COURTEOUS, RESPECTFUL AND CORDIAL AND REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL, DEMEANING, INSULTING, THREATENING AND OR DISPARAGING REMARKS. REMARKS AS TO MAINTAIN DECORUM AND SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY FLOW OF THE MEETING.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT.
[E. CONSENT AGENDA]
MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COMMISSIONER. SO REQUESTS IN WHICH THE.THE ONLY THING ON THE AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING IS E.12026-005.
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING MINUTES AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. A MOTION, WE APPROVE ITEM E.12026-005. I'VE GOT A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY, I'M GOING TO OPEN THAT UP FOR A VOTE, PLEASE.
PUSH IT AGAIN. DON'T PUSH IT AGAIN. PUSH IT AGAIN.
AND THAT ONE WILL PASS FOR NOTHING. MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING.
[F. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS F.12026-006. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, RECEIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, DISCUSS THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD.SORRY YOU HAD THE INFORMATION. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A. WHAT? OH, I AM SO SORRY. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY APOLOGIES. TODAY WE HAVE OKAY, LET'S RESTART THIS.
SO IT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUBLIC HEARING FOR IT'S PART OF THE ADOPTION.
NEXT MEETING WILL PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE AT CITY COUNCIL.
WE DID HAVE THIS EXACT SAME PRESENTATION ON 11TH OF JULY AT THE TOWN HALL.
SO IF YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH IT, I WOULD STILL RUN THROUGH IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO'VE NOT SEEN IT.
SO YOU YOU'RE SEEING THE CONSULTANTS ARE NOT HERE TODAY.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE. AND THERE WAS A LITTLE YOU SEE HOW I MESSED UP? YEAH. THERE WAS A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING AND I HAD THEM CANCEL THEIR FLIGHT.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE.
THEY HAVE GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED ME TO USE THEIR PRESENTATION.
AND SO YOU'VE YOU'VE PROBABLY MET MOST OF THEM DURING THE PREPARATION OF THIS COMP PLAN.
SO THIS COMP PLAN IS JUST A PART OF A 2 PART PLANS.
SO THERE WAS A PARKS PLAN AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USUALLY WOULD INCLUDE THE PARKS CHAPTER.
BUT THIS TIME AROUND THEY WANTED TO DO A SEPARATE ONE.
THAT'S WHY THEY STILL ARE CALLING IT COMP PLAN.
AND THEN THE PARKS PLAN BECOMES A SECTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
[00:05:03]
AND THEN THAT BECOMES YOUR COMP PLAN, BECOMES YOUR POLICY GUIDE.SO IT'S FOR P&Z AND FOR CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT IT ON HOW DO THE HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT THE GROWTH TO HAPPEN? WHERE DOES IT WANT THE GROWTH TO HAPPEN? SO WHEN YOU COME, CASES COME IN FRONT OF YOU, PLATS COME IN FRONT OF YOU.
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS WHAT DID THEY WANT? AND THEN OF COURSE, IT'S A GUIDEBOOK LIKE WE SAID TO MAKE.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS IT WAS ONE PROCESS BUT ENDS IN 2 PLANS.
YOU SAW BRENNAN. HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PARKS PLAN, AND KEN WAS IN CHARGE OF THE COMP PLAN.
SO THEY HAD THEIR OWN TEAMS DOING ANALYSIS. AND BECAUSE IT WAS A JOINT, THEY JUST WORKED TOGETHER.
WELL, WE HAVE 1 SEPARATE DOCUMENTS OUT OF THIS EFFORT.
1 IS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE OTHER IS PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
THE PLAN FOLLOWED THE COMMON IDEA OF YOU 1ST GATHER DATA.
YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU LISTEN TO PEOPLE. AND THEN OUT OF ALL THAT, YOU WOULD IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE COMMON THREATS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS? NOBODY'S GOING TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING. WE KNOW THAT.
SO INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING ON PEOPLE'S DISAGREEMENTS, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKS AT WHAT WHAT IS IT THAT EVERYONE CAN AGREE ON AND THEN BUILD ON THAT. SO AFTER THAT, THEY CAME BACK AND PRESENTED IDEAS AND CONCEPTS BACK IN NOVEMBER.
WENT BACK AND REFINED THOSE. AND THEN NOW THERE'S THE DRAFT PLAN.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT REPETITION. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? ALL OF US HAVE SEEN HOW TRAFFIC IS GOING IN OUR CITY.
ALL OF US HAVE SEEN HOUSES JUST COMING UP NEXT TO EACH OTHER, MULTIFAMILY GOING WHEREVER.
AND THAT IS WHY THIS EFFORT IS IMPORTANT IS YOU NEED TO KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE, NOT JUST TODAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING, BUT FOR THAT, YOU HAVE TO ASK THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
AND AGAIN, IT HELPS IF WE HAVE AN AGREED UPON PLAN SO THAT STAFF CAN KNOW WHAT IS IT THE COMMUNITY WANTS WHEN WE COME IN FRONT OF YOU? WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AND THIS IS WHAT MAJORITY WANTED.
IT'S A DEMOCRACY. SO MAJORITY WINS. NOT AGAIN.
NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT THAT HELPS YOU ALL TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO SAY, OKAY, MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY WANTED THIS. SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT WAS THE MAJOR PART OF THIS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THEY HAD DONE.
ONE THAT IS NOT HERE IS THE TOWN HALL FOR JULY 11TH.
SO ENGAGING PRINCETON. AT THE VERY END YOU CAN SEE WEBSITE CONVERSATIONS, COMMUNITY SURVEYS, OPEN HOUSES, WORKSHOPS, VISIONING SESSION. IF YOU COUNT ALL OF THIS, WE HAVE IN 8300 PLUS IN-PERSON CONTACT AND 5600 PLUS SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS.
SO BY ALL LOOKING AT HOW COMPREHENSIVE PLANS GO, THIS IS A VERY GOOD RESPONSE.
SO COMMUNITY VISION, ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS.
SO I WON'T READ IT. BUT THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT EVERY PUBLIC MEETING, EVERY MAP, EVERY EVERY TIME THEY WERE ASKED WHAT THEY WANTED. THESE ARE THE IDEAS. IT'S SAFE, WELL CONNECTED, FAMILY CENTERED COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWTH. OUR DAILY NEEDS NEED TO BE MET LOCALLY AND THE SMALL TOWN CHARACTER WOULD BE STRENGTHENED THROUGH WELL-PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS. SO THE VISION IS WE WILL IMPROVE MOBILITY, ATTRACT QUALITY RETAIL AND SERVICES, EXPAND PARKS AND AMENITIES, AND MAKE TRANSPARENT, RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS THAT REINFORCE TRUST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
[00:10:04]
NOW, OUT OF THAT VISION ARE THESE VALUES OR GUIDEPOSTS.SO ALL YOUR NEXT COMING GOALS, STRATEGIES, EVERYTHING IS BUILT ON THESE VALUES INFRASTRUCTURE, RESPONSIBLE BALANCE, GROWTH, LOCAL ACCESS TO DAILY NEEDS, SAFE, WALKABLE, CONNECTED MOBILITY.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT CARS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T CROSS THE ROAD.
SO EVERY MORNING WHEN I COME IN ON 380, I'LL SEE ONE OR SOME KIDS JUST RUNNING ACROSS THE CITY TO GET TO SCHOOL. THAT'S A VERY SCARY THING TO WATCH.
BUT PARKS, RECREATION, YOUTH AMENITIES, SO EVERYONE WANTS THAT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SMALL TOWN CHARACTER AND PLACEMAKING. WE REALLY NEED SOME QUALITY DESIGN, PUBLIC SPACES, PRESERVATION, PUBLIC SPACES WHERE PUBLIC ACTUALLY WANTS TO HANG OUT, AND THEN PRESERVATION OF COMMUNITY CHARACTER.
THE LAST 1 IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN DO OR PLANNING, BUT WE CAN DO IT AS A CITY. CITY DECISIONS MUST BE TRANSPARENT AND GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY PRIORITIES.
SO THE DEPARTMENT CAN DO SOMETHING, BUT NOT THE PLAN ITSELF OR LAND USE WON'T HELP.
SO NOW THE PLANS CITY WIDE. SO FIRST THING FOR EVERYONE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A VISION, AN IDEA, A GUIDE. IT IS NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT. IT IS NOT ZONING.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT. IT'S A ROADMAP ON WHICH YOU CAN BASE YOUR POLICY.
AND THEN ZONING BECOMES YOUR LEGAL WAY TO IMPLEMENT THIS COMP PLAN.
SO YOU'LL CHANGE YOUR ZONING TO MAKE SURE YOU GET KIND OF THE VISION PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR.
SO IT'S JUST A ROADMAP. THERE IS HIERARCHY OF DOCUMENTS.
THE TOP LEVEL IS THE COMP PLAN, 50,000 FEET AN IDEA.
AND THEN YOU KIND OF GO DOWN AND DOWN. SO. HOW DO YOU USE THE PLAN POLICY FUNDING PRIORITIES, AND THEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LOOKS AT THE COMP PLAN TO MAKE ZONING AND PLANNING DECISIONS.
AS CITY STAFF, WE WILL REVIEW ALL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AGAINST THE COMP PLAN.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE DEVELOPERS ALSO LIKE KNOWING WHAT THE CITY WANTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEND THEIR TIME IN PLACES WHERE THEY KNOW THEY THEY CAN'T MEET SOMETHING OR YOU JUST CHANGE RULES ON THEM AS SOON AS THEY COME IN.
SO THEY DON'T WANT THAT UNCERTAINTY. AND THIS COMP PLAN, WELL WRITTEN, WILL GIVE THAT CERTAINTY TO KNOW, OKAY, THERE ARE DESIGN EXPECTATIONS, THERE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS.
SO AND THEN RESIDENTS. YES, MA'AM. WHAT DO WE DO? AND THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN LIKE A QUESTION OF MINE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DESIGN EXPECTATIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DEVELOPERS.
ONCE WE SET THOSE EXPECTATIONS, EXPECTATIONS IN STONE.
HOW DO WE GET THE EXISTING COMPANIES TO TRANSFORM TO FIT THE NEW DESIGN? SO THAT'S A VERY SLOW PROCESS. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS YOU GET HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENTS.
MORE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO COME IN TOWN AND THEN THE OTHER PROPERTIES START REDEVELOPING.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN APPLY THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS, BUT YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND DO IT.
SO IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING WHEN P&Z AND COUNCIL WILL PUT DESIGN STANDARDS AND THEN NOT ACTUALLY SEE IT IN PERSON. FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY ALREADY HAD SUBMITTED A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION BY THE TIME COUNCIL APPROVES DESIGN STANDARDS, YOU WILL SEE A BRAND NEW STRUCTURE GO UP WITHOUT THE DESIGN STANDARD.
SO PEOPLE NEED TO BE 20 YEARS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO CHANGE THE FACE OF A COMMUNITY.
YOU REMEMBER WHAT FRISCO WAS LIKE 20 YEARS AGO.
WHAT MCKINNEY WAS LIKE 20 YEARS AGO. THEY'RE KIND OF GRANDFATHERED IN AT THAT POINT.
YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR STOREFRONT. BUT THEY'RE KIND OF GRANDFATHERED IN WITH THE WAY THAT THINGS WERE IN THE PAST. SO THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO GO BACK AND SAY, WELL, NOW YOU GOTTA, NOW YOU GOTTA GET UP TO THIS PART, RIGHT? THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN WHERE THEY'RE AT. ONCE WE GET THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN, IT BRINGS IN THE EXTRA,
[00:15:06]
THE EXTRA FUNDING, THE CASH FLOW, THE, YOU KNOW, WE BRING IN THE TAXPAYERS AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE THE THE CAPITAL TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO. THAT'S THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M SAYING THAT THEY THEY WANT THEY MAY WANT TO, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BROUGHT IN ON THE PREVIOUS STIPULATIONS THAT WE HAD.OKAY. WE'RE ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
WE CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
THAT'S IT. SO IMPORTANT TERMS. YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE.
I WON'T READ THROUGH IT. ITS VISION IS THE TOP VALUES.
NEXT, THEN COME THE GOALS, THEN THE STRATEGIES, AND THEN THE TASKS AND ACTION PLAN.
SO THAT'S HOW A COMP PLAN WILL FLOW. AND THEN IT ALSO HAS SECTIONS AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO AGAIN SECTIONS, WHICH TOPICS THE VISION AND THE VALUES.
BUT THEN IN COMPONENTS YOU'LL SEE LAND USE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.
ALL THE OTHER SECTIONS ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THE LAND USE.
SO WE HAVE LAND USE AND GROWTH AND THEN PLACEMAKING AND PUBLIC SPACES.
WE HAVE A SECTION ON TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY AND A SECTION ON PARKS.
BUT TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY IS JUST A FRAMEWORK.
AND SO WHAT STAFF DOES WHEN WE GET THIS IS WE GO TO THOSE OTHER DOCUMENTS AND REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL AGAINST THOSE. SO YES, REAL QUICK THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
IS THAT YOUR TEAM OR IS THAT PUBLIC WORKS OR IS IT BOTH? USUALLY A THOROUGHFARE PLAN GOES OUT OF PLANNING, BUT SOMETIMES IT GOES OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS, MOSTLY PLANNING OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BECAUSE THE LAND USE IS VERY MUCH THERE.
AND WE DO LONG RANGE. SO WE WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT DONE.
THANK YOU. AND SO YOU CAN SEE OUR PLANNING LIMITS.
THAT CITY LIMITS. AND THEN LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED SURROUNDING THAT.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE. YES, THAT'S OUR ETJ.
AND HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN OUR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
WE CAN ONLY DO PLATTING THERE. WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING ELSE.
SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME IDEAS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT OVER THE YEAR WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS COMP PLAN ON SOME IDEAS AND DURING THE YOUR ACTION PLAN SECTION 7 .
THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIONS IN THERE, SO TASKS.
SO 1 OF THEM WOULD BE HOW TO DO THIS. SO NOW THE FRAMEWORKS LAND USE AND GROWTH.
I CAN SAY IF YOU DID NOT GO TO THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR KROGER, IT WAS AWESOME.
IT WAS GREAT, AND IT'S HAPPENING. SO THE FIRST BULLET YOU JUST HAD ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN, THE GROCERY STORE THAT'S COMING AND THE MEDICAL SERVICES IS COMING AS WELL.
SO EXCELLENT. AND SO LAND USE GOALS WE YOU LOOK AT IS A FRAMEWORK.
I WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE 5 GOALS Y'ALL CAN READ, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IT IS VERY FUZZY LINES. THAT IS VERY DELIBERATE BECAUSE IT'S A GUIDE.
YOU DON'T GO BY PROPERTY LINE AND PROPERTY LINE THE WAY YOU DO YOUR ZONING.
THIS IS AN IDEA. SO JUST IN CASE IT SAYS ONE THING, BUT THE NEIGHBORING COLOR IS FUSING INTO IT.
[00:20:03]
SO THOSE ARE TRANSITION AREAS WHERE IT IS ON THE P&Z AND COUNCIL TO LOOK AT IS, IS THIS MAKING SENSE? DOES IT STILL GET US TO THE VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS AND NOT BE STUCK ON? OH, IT HAS TO BE THIS USE. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE COMP PLAN WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT WITH KIND OF BLURRY BOUNDARIES SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND SO A LOT OF IT IS FOR HOW DO WE GET NICE DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN? HOW DO WE GET COMMERCIAL? HOW DO WE GET HIGH QUALITY OR HIGHER VALUE HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY? SO ALL OF THIS TOGETHER HELPED US CREATE THAT.AND I ASKED QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ALONG THAT OUTER LOOP HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NORTH EAST FREEWAY THAT THE COUNTY IS BUILDING.
AND I THINK 6TH AUGUST IS THEIR OPEN HOUSE FOR LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS.
SO WE JUST PUT A LINE IN A GENERAL LOCATION, BUT WHENEVER THEY GET THEIR LOCATION FIXED, WILL AMEND THE MAP TO BRING IT IN. AND THEN DISTRICTS AND DESTINATIONS, THIS IS JUST BREAKING IT FURTHER DOWN.
YOUR LAND USES TO SAY, WHAT ARE WHERE SHOULD YOU DO DESTINATION TYPE REGIONAL ACTIVITIES? WHERE DO YOU DO EMPLOYMENT? WHERE IS THAT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION? WHAT IS YOU KNOW, WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT HERE? AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CREATED ANOTHER OR SECTION HERE CALLED DISTRICTS AND DESTINATIONS. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE CREATE IDENTIFIABLE DESTINATIONS, MAKE DOWNTOWN MORE VIBRANT AND UNLOCK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF RETAIL RECREATION DESTINATIONS IN OUR NATURAL FEATURES. ECONOMIC VITALITY.
WHAT WE HEARD WAS PEOPLE WANT. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FILL GAPS IN NEEDS.
GROWTH IN THE ETJ IS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ENTITLED ALL THE WAY.
THERE'S NOT MUCH LAND LEFT TO DO SOMETHING HERE.
SO THERE ARE ABOUT 1 THERE'S ONE GOAL FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY AND 1 FOR GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS YOU SEE THIS IS AGAIN JUST A DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT I DIA.
IT'S A FRAMEWORK, YOU KNOW, WHERE SHOULD THE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS BE? THESE GREEN ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL AREAS POSSIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL AREAS.
THIS DARK BROWN IS EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. AND SO AND THIS YOU SEE IS JUST COLORED ALONG 380.
AND THAT'S AREA FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD APPLY THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
ETJ. WE CAN DO PLATTING BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE.
SO WE HAVE TO GET INTO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THEN KIND OF SHAPE WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THE PROJECTS WOULD BE AND WHEN DO THEY ANNEX IN. SO THAT'S ONE IDEA THERE.
AND THEN INCENTIVES. WE WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT BY INCENTIVES IN THE ETJ.
BECAUSE WHY WOULD PEOPLE WANT TO COME IN? WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM.
PLACEMAKING AND PUBLIC SPACES HEARD FOR DISTINCT AUTHENTIC PRINCETON HEARD ABOUT FUNCTIONALITY ESTHETIC IMPROVEMENT AND MIXED REACTIONS TO DESIGN REQUIREMENTS IN NEW DEVELOPMENT.
I'M NOT SURE WHY, BUT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANTED.
SO IF YOU LOOK HERE, THESE THE BIG CIRCLE HERE AND I THINK HERE, THESE
[00:25:05]
ARE NO THIS ONE IS A TRAIL ENTRANCE. AND THESE BIG CIRCLES ARE MAJOR GATEWAYS.THEN THE OTHERS ARE THIS DARK COLOR HERE IS DOWNTOWN GATEWAYS.
THE CIRCLES REST OF THEM ARE JUST. MINOR GATEWAYS.
ONE OF THE THINGS HERE IS HIGH AMENITY CORRIDOR AND HIGH AMENITY CORRIDOR.
JUST MEANS IT HAS SIDEWALKS, TREES, LANDSCAPING, CONNECTIONS TO LIKE MAKE IT REALLY NICE AMENITIES. IT AUSTIN DID A PROJECT WHERE THEY STARTED TAKING SPACES ALONG THEIR ROADWAYS TO CREATE, PUT ART OR PUT SEATING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT A HIGH AMENITY CORRIDORS.
AND THEN TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS THE BIG THING THAT CAME OUT IN EVERY MEETING WAS IMPROVE 3.AD AND IMPROVE OVERALL CONNECTIVITY.
PLAN FOR GROWTH AND THEN PRACTICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
THE CITY IS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE ADOPTED IT OR IS IN ALMOST DONE WITH SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
MOBILITY. SAFETY ACTION PLAN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
BUT THAT IS FOR YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE IMPROVE SAFETY FOR ALL USERS ON OUR ROADS AND THEN TRANSPORTATION AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT QUALITY LIFE? IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, IF I BUILD A DEVELOPMENT HERE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET IN AND OUT? THE RIGHT DEVELOPERS THINK ABOUT THAT.
SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE A QUICK PROFIT. IT'S NOT GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
SO THERE ARE A FEW GOALS HERE. 5 GOALS. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WHEN WE DO DO A THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WE WILL LOOK AT THESE GOALS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN KIND OF ALIGNS WITH THEM.
PARKS AND TRAILS AGAIN, ACCESSIBLE PARKS, SUPPORT FOR WALKING TRAILS, BETTER CONNECTIONS AND PROTECT OPEN SPACE. SO THAT'S 1 THING THAT CAME OUT IS TO PRESERVE NATURAL AREAS WHILE CREATING RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.
1 THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS WHEN YOU DO PROTECT AND PRESERVE NATURAL AREAS, IT MAKES SENSE IF THEY ARE CONNECTED, IF THEY'RE ON YOUR PARKS, MASTER PLAN, IF THERE IS A PATH GOING THROUGH THERE.
SO INSTEAD OF, OH, THERE'S A BUNCH OF TREES HERE, SO LET'S PRESERVE THAT, THEN GO THERE.
AND THERE'S NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE 2 PRESERVED AREAS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ALL OF THESE FOR. THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE.
AND THESE ARE 5 GOALS THAT ALL IN YOUR PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
AND I GUESS THEY'RE SELF-EXPLANATORY. AND THEN WE COME TO THE ACTION PLAN. THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENTS WORK PLANS GOING FORWARD.
IT'S THE NEXT STEPS. IT IDENTIFIES HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
AND NOT JUST FUNDING, BUT WHAT ARE THOSE POLICIES YOU NEED TO MAKE.
SO ACTION PLAN MATRIX, THEY HAVE A MATRIX IN, IN THE PLAN WHERE IT IS OWNERSHIP AND PARTNERS, RELATIVE COST IMPACT AND ACTION TYPE AND TIME FRAME WORK.
BECAUSE IT'S A LONG RANGE PLAN, IT'S 20 YEARS.
WE CAN'T REALLY BE SURE ABOUT IT. IT IS JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA OF WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE NOW OR WHETHER IT'S GOING TO TAKE 20, 25 YEARS. SO THOSE DOLLAR SIGNS IN THOSE DON'T ACTUALLY MEAN THAT THEY'RE
[00:30:08]
DOLLAR SIGNS. YOU SHOULD LOOK AT IT AS YES. WHEN THERE'S $4 SIGNS, THAT MEANS 15 YEARS.SO HERE'S WHAT THEY DID. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT.
THE X THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THOSE TEN TO BE PRECISE.
THAT'S THE HOT LIST OR THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT FIRST FOR ANY OF YOUR OTHER ACTIONS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'VE KIND OF MARKED OUT FOR US THE NEXT STEPS LIST.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE THE X IN YOUR. SO YOU SEE THERE'S KEY INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLANS.
THERE IS A MASTER. AND THEN THERE'S MOBILITY AND CONGESTION IMPROVEMENT.
ESTABLISH ETJ GROWTH MANAGEMENT, HAVE SOME VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION TOOLS READY.
AND THEN COMPLETE PRIORITY SIDEWALK. SO THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS WE LOOK AT OUR COMP PLAN AND OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN. AND SO WHEN A DEVELOPMENT COMES, WE HAVE THEM BUILT, WHATEVER IS IN OUR MASTER PLANS.
SO ARE WE PARTNER WITH THEM TO BUILD THOSE THINGS.
DEPENDS. AND THEN ACTIVATE AND IMPROVE PARKS.
SO THOSE ARE THE OH THERE'S MORE. OKAY. MEDICAL CAMPUS HEALTHCARE SERVICES. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON OUR WAY FOR THAT ONE.
UPDATE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES TO ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT GROWTH CONDITIONS.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY UPDATE THE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FEES, UPDATE IMPACT FEES AND POLICIES, WHICH MEANS YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE, YOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, PARKING SIGNAGE, ALL OF IT DEVELOPMENT RELATED ORDINANCES IN THE CITY NEED TO BE UPDATED VERY DESPERATELY. SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR ONE OF YOUR NEXT STEPS.
SO FOR THE PLAN, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? THE PROJECT WEBSITES STILL ACTIVE.
THE PARKS BOARD HEARD AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PARKS PLAN.
ON JULY 7TH, WE ARE DOING A PUBLIC HEARING. JULY 20TH, EVERYTHING GOES TODAY.
THEN COUNCIL WILL HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ON AUGUST 10TH.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE PROJECT WEBSITE WILL HAVE THE PLAN.
AND SO WE'RE NOT MAKING CHANGES RIGHT NOW. WE DID ON JULY 11TH, PEOPLE GAVE US COMMENTS.
WE'VE KEPT THOSE COMMENTS. WE'RE NOT CHANGING EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
WHEN YOU TELL US WHATEVER WE HEAR FROM YOU, WHATEVER YOU PUT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION WILL TAKE NOTES AND WE'LL PRESENT IT TO CITY COUNCIL SAYING, WE HEARD THIS THROUGH THE WEBSITE, WE HEARD THIS THROUGH THIS, AND THIS IS YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? SO WHATEVER THE FINAL CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION WILL BE, WILL BE, WE WILL CHANGE THIS WHOLE PLAN TO ADD THAT IN THERE. SO THOSE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS. I THINK WE SHOULD BE READY FOR QUESTIONS OR OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I DO HAVE TO COMMENT. AS I COMMENTED LAST MEETING, THE COMP PLAN IS GREAT. I WOULD THOUGH LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF COMPARISON.
IT MIGHT BE APPLES AND ORANGES FROM THE PRIOR COMP PLAN TO THIS COMP PLAN, BUT STILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SEE. WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH? DID WE ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING FROM THE COMP PLAN AND JUST SEE WHERE WE'RE AT NOW? WOULD YOU LIKE STAFF TO DO THAT? IF WE COULD, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, JUST TO HAVE THAT AS SOMETHING AND I'M SORRY, JUST REAL QUICK QUESTION. CAN WE CONTINUE WITHOUT TOM? HE STEPPED AWAY FOR A MOMENT. YEAH. PAUSE UNTIL HE COMES BACK.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. WE HAVE TO PAUSE UNTIL HE COMES BACK.
[00:35:05]
UNTIL HE CAME BACK. BEFORE I EVEN OPENED IT UP. SO. OKAY.ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE NOW.
DID YOU DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR SHY? NO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:07.
SO THOSE CORRECTIONS WILL BE INCORPORATED BEFORE THE, THE PLAN DOES GET ADOPTED, RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD IT RIGHT.
THEN YES, IT'LL BE INCORPORATED. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU.
NOW, MOVING TO THE BROADER STRATEGY, A COMP PLAN IS ONLY AS VALUABLE AS ITS EXECUTION.
TOO OFTEN THESE PLANS SUFFER FROM SHELF LIFE.
THEY ARE PRODUCED WITH GREAT EFFORT, ONLY TO GATHER DUST AS PRIORITIES SHIFT OR PERSONNEL CHANGES AS THE BODY CHARGED WITH GUARDING PRINCETON LONG TERM GROWTH. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THIS PLAN HAS THE INSTITUTIONAL TEETH TO SURVIVE PERSONNEL TURNOVER AND POLITICAL CYCLES.
SPECIFICALLY, I ASK THAT YOU ADVOCATE FOR THE FOLLOWING 5 ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS. ONE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTING. WE NEED MORE THAN A PLAN.
FIRST VALUE. I WAS ENCOURAGED BY RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGARDING HER INTENT HERE, AND I URGE THIS COMMISSION TO COORDINATE WITH THE PARKS AND REC BOARD TO ENSURE THAT THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN IS SYNCHRONIZED UNDER THE SAME ANNUAL REVIEW CYCLE. COMMISSIONER MISS ELLIS.
[00:40:02]
IT WILL BE GREAT IF YOU. I KNOW YOU SIT ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.IF YOU CAN TAKE THAT, RESIDENTS WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
2 CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
MANY CRITICAL ACTIONS SUCH AS HOUSING, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVOLVE OVERLAPPING RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE EDC, THE CDC AND FINANCE. HOW WILL THE CITY IMPLEMENT A UNIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO IMPLEMENTATION GAPS IN THIS CRITICAL, 0 TO 3 YEAR WINDOW? 3 CIP SYNCHRONIZATION. THE NEXT STEPS LIST CORRECTLY PRIORITIZES UPDATES TO OUR WATER SANITARY SEWER AND MOBILITY MASTER PLANS. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC TIMELINE FOR THESE UPDATES AND WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL TO ENSURE THE CIP IS AUTOMATICALLY.
GR 2.1.1. WE ARE COMMITTED TO UPDATING OUR IMPACT FEE STRUCTURE.
I STRONGLY URGE THE CITY TO CONDUCT A RIGOROUS PEER CITY COMPARISON.
THIS DATA IS READY TO USE FOR THE EDC TO AGGRESSIVELY RECRUIT THE HOSPITAL'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND HIGH QUALITY COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS WE DESIRE. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THIS MATERIAL TO BE DEPLOYED IN OUR EXTERNAL MARKETING EFFORTS? I RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THESE OPERATIONAL PROCESSES FALL OUTSIDE THE DIRECT PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION.
IT IS THE SOLEMN DUTY OF THIS COMMISSION TO LOOK BEYOND SIMPLE ADOPTION.
YOUR MANDATE IS TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM DAY 1.
FURTHERMORE, I ASK THAT YOU UTILIZE YOUR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON AS AN ACTIVE, PERSISTENT VOICE, ENSURING THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT IS HELD STRICTLY TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OUTLINED IN THIS PLAN.
THIS IS THE ONLY PATH FORWARD FOR TRUE IMPLEMENTATION.
AND ONLY THEN WE WILL RESTORE LASTING TRUST IN THE PROCESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SEND OUR COMMISSION A COPY OF THOSE 5 ITEMS VIA EMAIL? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FURTHER? ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:14.
WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS TONIGHT TOO, RIGHT? PARDON? WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS TO COUNCIL TONIGHT. YES.
IF YOU WOULD. OKAY. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE TO CITY COUNCIL ON THIS THIS ITEM.
[00:45:02]
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL.I'VE GOT A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION A SECOND.
GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP FOR A VOTE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
YOURS IS GOOD. YOURS IS GOOD. AND THAT WILL PASS 4 TO NOTHING.
MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. F.2 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, RECEIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, DISCUSS THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 82 OF THE PRINCETON CODE OF ORDINANCES AND CONSIDER.
THIS ITEM IS WAS REQUESTED I THINK BY THE KNOW BY CITY COUNCIL COMMISSION WAS SUPPOSED TO HOWEVER SO WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. NOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, DATA CENTERS ARE A BIG THING THESE DAYS.
THEY'RE SHOWING INTEREST AND WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR, FOR IT.
SO WE HAVE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING 3 CHANGES TO CHAPTER 82.
THE FIRST IS OUR CHART. AND IF YOU SEE, WE ALLOW DATA CENTERS CURRENTLY BY RIGHT IN C1, C2, M1, AND M2. SO BASICALLY IF THEY CAME TO US AND HAD THE ZONING, WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THEM A PERMIT TO DO IT.
SO, AND THERE WERE NO RULES ON HOW THEY SHOULD BE BUILDING IT EITHER.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS FIRST SECTION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE DATA CENTERS ARE SUCH A HIGH, HIGH INTENSITY, BUT NOT REALLY HIGH INTENSITY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, BUT THEY CAN DISRUPT LIFE IN A CITY VERY MUCH. AND SO THEY DESERVE TO BE LOOKED AT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY GO INTO WE DON'T ALLOW THEM ANYWHERE BUT IN M2 WITH A SUP.
NOW YOU WILL SEE THERE IS NO M2 IN OUR ZONING MAP ON OUR ZONING MAP.
AND SO THE REASON FOR SAYING IT'S ALLOWED IN M2 IS TWICE THEY WILL HAVE TO COME TO YOU AND DISCUSS THIS TWICE. YOU GET 2 CHANCES AT IT. FIRST WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE ZONING, TO REZONE WHATEVER, WHEREVER THEY WANT TO DO THIS TO M2.
SO WE GET TO SEE, OKAY, HOW ARE YOU BUILDING IT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND THEN THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO GET AN SOOY.
SO THEN AGAIN, WE CAN MAKE SURE TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON.
HOW ARE YOU LAYING THIS OUT? FIRST, WE'LL JUST LOOK AT THE USE AND SEE, OKAY.
IS THIS OKAY? NEXT TIME WE'LL SEE. DOES EVERYTHING MEET OUR DESIGN STANDARDS? HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THEM BY THEN. AND THEN THE SECOND IS SECTION 82-28.
AND AS WITH MOST OF OUR ORDINANCE, WE ARE LEFT TO JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.
WHAT SHOULD WE REGULAR SERVER ROOMS CAN ALSO BE COVERED IN OUR CURRENT DATA CENTER DEFINITION.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO REALLY DEFINE IT SO THAT THERE'S GREATER REGULATORY CERTAINTY.
AND WE'RE DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN WHAT REALLY IS A DATA CENTER.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP FOCUS ATTENTION NOT ONLY ON THE SERVER SPACE, BUT ALSO PROPOSED DEFINITION INCLUDES ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO LIKE COOLING SYSTEM SUBSTATIONS. NOW WE KNOW THAT IT IS A DATA CENTER AND NOT JUST SERVER DATA SERVER AREA FOR AN OFFICE. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR DATA CENTERS. SO WE ADDED A SECTION IN ARE WE RECOMMENDING ADDING A SECTION IN 82-29, WHICH IS DATA CENTERS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE 19 REQUIREMENTS IN THERE.
WE ALSO IN THAT SECTION, IT'S DEFINED NOT JUST HOW THE DATA CENTERS.
[00:50:03]
SO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEANS COUNCIL 2 IS LIKE, WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT? SO IT GIVES SOME REAL GOOD GUIDANCE IN HERE ON WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT.IT'S NOT JUST WALK IN AND HERE WE ARE. SO I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THESE 19 THINGS.
OR Y'ALL CAN ASK ME QUESTIONS, BUT JUST ON A GENERAL BASIS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING IN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M A PLANNER, I THINK EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN LISTENING IN.
BUT IF THEY ARE, THEN WE DO COVER OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT.
WE DO COVER NOISE, WE DO COVER LANDSCAPING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE, THE COOLING SYSTEMS. WE'RE BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT IT'S THE NEW COOLING SYSTEM, CLOSED LOOP AND NOT USING WATER LIKE NO ONE'S BUSINESS. AND SO THAT'S JUST GENERALLY WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO.
DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTANCE FROM PARKS.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE REGULATIONS IN THOSE 19 POINTS THERE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. YES, I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
NUMBER ONE, YOUR 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER NEEDS TO BE 50FT.
NUMBER 2 500 TO 1000FT AWAY FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL AREA TOO CLOSE.
NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST HALF A MILE. 1000 FEET IS 0.19 MILES.
SO STUDIES SHOW THAT AT LEAST HALF A MILE, OR 2640FT SHOULD BE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
NUMBER 3, I'M SURE EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS, BUT A DATA CENTER CONSUMES ENOUGH WATER, THE EQUIVALENT OF 1000 HOUSES. IT'S BEEN PROVEN YOU CAN'T GET AROUND IT.
OKAY, SO I DO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DATA CENTERS, MAYBE 10 TO 12 PEOPLE. UNLESS IT'S A NAME DATA CENTER.
OKAY. THAT GOES OFF THE CHARTS BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET ANY SALES TAX REVENUE.
BUT IF IT'S AN INDEPENDENT CENTER THAT STORES DATA FOR MULTIPLE PEOPLE, THEN THAT'S WHERE YOUR, THAT'S WHERE YOUR, YOUR BENEFIT IS. BUT I'D ALSO ENCOURAGE THERE ARE NO ABATEMENTS, NO INCENTIVES.
LOOK, YOU WANT TO COME HERE, HERE'S, HERE'S WHO WE ARE AND HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
AND HERE'S WHAT YOU GOT GOT TO DO TO GET HERE.
NUMBER 5, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE M.2 IS. I'VE SEARCHED M2.
IT'S NOT. THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID. I KNOW SHE SAID THAT.
NO, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ONE CURRENTLY.
WE HAVE NO M2 AREAS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO US AND ASK FOR A REZONING.
SO THERE'S NOTHING SHE CAN SHOW US. I KNOW THAT.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WE BE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC WHEN WE DESIGNATE THAT M2.
IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY LIMITS.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE. BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO OUR BOARD.
AND FORTUNATELY, THOSE WERE IN HIGH INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AREAS THAT WEREN'T EVEN WITHIN 2 MILES OF ANY KIND OF RETAIL HOMESTEAD. ETC. ETC. ETC. NUMBER 3, A DATA CENTER GOES DOWN NOW MOST BIG COMPANIES, UNLESS THEY'RE MICROSOFT OR GOOGLE OR WHOEVER, BUT MICROSOFT AND GOOGLE AREN'T GOING TO COME HERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN INDEPENDENT DATA CENTER. IF THEY GO DOWN AND A BANK FORECLOSES ON THOSE, THEN THEY WILL SIT THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
ELEVATED FLOORING, CLIMATE CONTROLLED ROOMS, THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND ENCOURAGE, NOT SEE, ENCOURAGE A REAL DETAILED STUDY ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, NOT ONLY FROM A WATER PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM AN ELECTRICAL PERSPECTIVE.
[00:55:05]
HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT STILL, WE'RE PROJECTED TO HAVE 1000 HOMES A YEAR FOR THE NEXT 7 YEARS COME ONLINE. THAT'S WHAT WAS IN YOUR LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOLUME BUILDERS THAT ARE COMING IN, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE STRAINED, SO I'D JUST BE CAREFUL. THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY. QUICK QUESTION.
THE ITEMS LISTED IN HERE. DOES THAT COVER WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TODD HAD MENTIONED THAT NIGHT AT CITY COUNCIL? YES. YES MA'AM. WE WE DID GO THROUGH HER DOCUMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOKED UP THE THINGS THAT SHE'D WANTED US TO LOOK AT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANKS. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE TO CITY COUNCIL.
MY APOLOGIES, I WAS CORRECTED. I FORGOT, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:26. THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO MOTION THAT. WE DO REVIEW THE CHANGES SUGGESTED BY MR. HESLEP AND THEN RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE, 3 THINGS FOR THE ORDINANCE LANDSCAPE, DISTANCE, LANDSCAPING, BUFFER, DISTANCE FROM HOMES AND ASKING FOR SOME DETAILED STUDIES.
AND THOSE WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS NO ABATEMENTS OR INCENTIVES, BUT WE CAN'T PUT THAT IN THE ORDINANCE. WAS THAT A DETAILED STUDY FOR THE WATER AND ELECTRICITY THAT WOULD BE NEEDED? OKAY. I DO HAVE A MOTION TO REVIEW THOSE CHANGES.
AND DID I HEAR A SECOND ON THAT AS WELL? I SECOND.
SECOND. OKAY. CAN WE OPEN IT UP FOR A VOTE, PLEASE? AND THAT WILL PASS FOUR TO NOTHING. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA G.1 2026-008.
[G. REGULAR AGENDA]
CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS.YOU HAVE MY ITEM REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE WHAT WAS ON THE PRIOR COMPARED TO WHAT'S ON NOW? THANK YOU. WOULD THAT JUST BE A REPORT OR A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? YOU COULD PRESENT IT AS A REPORT.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM SO IT CAN BE PUBLIC.
WHAT WOULD BE WHEN YOU PRESENT IT TO US AT A MEETING, SHE WOULD PRESENT IT TO US.
SO IT'D BE PUBLIC. YES. ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? I THINK YOU CAN JUST LET US KNOW.
OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE I DIDN'T NEED TO VOTE ON SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT SECTION, THE REPORT AGENDA.
[H. REPORT AGENDA]
FIRST THING ON HERE. NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MONDAY, JULY 27TH, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M..NEXT. REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M..
CURRENT TENTATIVE MILESTONES FOR THE LIVE PRINCETON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDE THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AUGUST THE 10TH, 2026. AND THE LAST THING ON HERE IS GOING TO BE THE PRINCETON TOWN CENTER UPDATE.
SO THE TOWN CENTER UPDATE IS JULY 15TH. KROGER BROKE GROUND.
SO FOR EVERYONE WHO'S WANTING TO KNOW WHEN KROGER IS COMING, WE'VE STARTED.
[01:00:05]
THEY'RE ON THE WAY. GOOD TO HEAR. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. 7:30. WE ARE ADJOURNED. Y'ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.