[CALL JOINT MEETING TO ORDER]
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TUESDAY JULY 27TH YEAR 2021. WE ARE IN A JOINT MEETING CITY COUNCIL IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I WILL CALL CITY COUNCIL. THEM TO ORDER. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM COUNCILMAN FREDERICK TREASURE IS WITH US VIA TELECONFERENCE. AND YOU SEE, THE REST OF US APPEAR. THEY'RE CALLED THE PLANNING HIS ONLY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER AND WE DO HAVE A CORE IMPRESSIVE. RIGHT? FIRST ORDER BUSINESSES. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS I DO
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (For Non-Public Hearing Agenda Items)]
NOT SHOW ANYBODY I MEAN, SIGNED UP. YOU SPEAK. SOMEBODY. OKAY? UM. IF YOU COME ON UP, BRING THE CARD. IF YOU WOULDN'T HAND IT TO THE. JOSH THERE AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.SURE. THIS IS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. TELL YOU WHAT IF, IF YOU YOU HAVE A NON AGENDA ITEM YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK. I'M LET YOU GO AHEAD AND DO IT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LIKE. I UM, RECEIVED WITH INTEREST. THE ZONING CODE. REVISIONS. WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MCKINNEY FOR SIX YEARS, AND THIS IS THE THIRD ONE WE'VE SEEN. THIRD ITERATION. AND THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR. I'M NOT SURE THE PAGE NUMBER. IT HAS THE MIDDLE HOUSING OR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING GRAPH REPRESENTATION. PAGE NUMBER. UM. AND I MY QUESTION IS, UH AND MY COMMON IS THAT IN RATIO. WITH PLANNING IS THAT REFLECTIVE OF THE. RATIO YOU HOPE FOR WITH SINGLE FAMILY, A SMALL AMOUNT A LARGE, MISSING MIDDLE. AND THEN ON THE LEFT, THERE IS MULTI STORY APARTMENTS. THAT'S THERE WAS NO. I DON'T KNOW IF MY COMMENT NOW IS APPROPRIATE OR IF THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IN YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE I THINK, UH, IF THAT REFLECTS YOUR RATIO YOUR GOAL RATIO. THINK MCKINNEY WILL BECOME JUST A NORTHERN SUBURB LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. STRUGGLING WITH HEAVY. NOT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. AND, UM THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE MCKINNEY. WE HOPE FOR ALSO, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THIS IMPACTS. THE CURRENT ZONING THAT IS ON LAND. IF THAT CAN THEN BE, UH, REVISED WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT. UH THE SORT OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR THE CITIZENS, AND I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT I SUBMITTED SEVERAL TIMES. PROPOSAL THAT ON YOUR WEBSITE WE AS CITIZENS BE ABLE TO FLAG PROPERTIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING IF THERE'S A VACANT LOT NEXT TO OUR HOME, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FLAG THAT AT ANY TIME. THAT KICKS INTO THE P AND Z. ACTION ANY ACTIVITY IS GENERATED ON THAT WE SHOULD GET AN EMAIL.
ABOUT IT. IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE MECHANISM TO TAG PROPERTIES AND IDENTIFY FOR CITIZENS INSTEAD OF THE ARCHAIC LITTLE POSTCARD THAT WE GET. THREE DAYS BEFORE HEARING. WHICH PUTS US BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL AND GETTING INFORMATION FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IN THE HOPPER, PNC FOR MONTHS, WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT THREE DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING. THAT'S IT. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO. I'M EXCITED FOR THE NEW MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS MADE THE TRIP HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. PUBLIC COMMENTS. RIGHT? SEEN ANOTHER. MOVE TO OUR ITEM, 210659 CONSIDER AND DISCUSS THE NEW CODE. MCKINNEY INITIATIVE
[Consider/Discuss the New Code McKinney Initiative (Development Regulations Update), Specifically Related to Residential Uses and Districts]
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS UPDATE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL USES AND DISTRICTS.THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. JENNIFER ARNOLD, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, UM AARON BLACKSTONE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAG TEAMING WITH ME ON THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. UNFORTUNATELY HE'S OUT UNDER THE WEATHER, SO I WILL TRY AND COVER IT ALL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION AS PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. WHEN WE GET TO THAT FLIGHT, I'LL
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KIND OF LINGER ON IT TO TRY AND ADDRESS THAT. THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION SO WELL, THAT'LL JUMP RIGHT IN. SO THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL JOINT WORK SESSIONS THAT WERE HOPING TO HAVE. WITH THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS REGARDING SOME KEY TOPICS RELATED TO THIS NEW CODE MCKINNEY INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE AND LET ME TURN MY CLICKER ON. HERE WE GO. SO FOR TODAY'S MEETING OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES ARE TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL CHANGES TO OUR USES IN DISTRICTS AS PART OF THAT NEW CODE EFFORT. UM AND GET INPUT AND DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING THOSE POTENTIAL CHANGES IF THERE ARE ANY MAJOR RED FLAGS, CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AT THIS STAGE, WE WOULD LOVE TO GATHER THOSE FROM YOU SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AS WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING, I KNOW AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE.HOUSING HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF THE CITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THIS DISCUSSION TODAY WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE OR ATTAINABLE HOUSING. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RESIDENTIAL USES AND DISTRICTS AS IT RELATES INTO THE ZONING CODE. SO THE NEW CODE MCKINNEY INITIATIVE IS A MAJOR UPDATE TO THE CITY ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THAT'S NOT JUST ZONING. IT WOULD BE OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LIGHTING ORDINANCES, SIGNAGE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND REALLY, YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE ON THE SIDE. THE LIST OF GOALS THAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE. ONE OF THE MAJOR GOALS IS IMPLEMENTING THE VISION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2018. SPECIFIC TO THAT IN TODAY'S TOPIC OF RESIDENTIAL USES, AND DISTRICTS WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN OUR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THESE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED. SUBURBAN LIVING IN URBAN LIVING AND OUR GOAL WITH WITH UPDATING OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL USES AND DISTRICTS IS TO HELP US CAPTURE THAT VISION AS PART OF THE ONE MCKINNEY 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS WE DEVELOP THIS POTENTIAL CHANGE FOR ZONING CODE. WE DIDN'T DO IT IN A VACUUM, AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND WE DID A FULL ASSESSMENT WITH OUR CODE CONSULTANT CLEARY ON. AT THE LAUNCH OF THIS INITIATIVE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT OUR EXISTING CODES LOOK LIKE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN, BOTH PUBLICLY AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING. AND ALSO STAFF. WHERE ARE THESE AREAS OF THE CODE THAT WE KNOW MAY NEED TO BE IMPROVED AS IT RELATES TO TODAY'S DISCUSSION. THE THREE PRIMARY THINGS THAT WE WERE FOCUSED ON WITH USES IN DISTRICTS. FINE TUNING THOSE DISTRICTS EXPANDING THE RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THE CITY AND FUTURE RESIDENTS AND REDUCING OUR RELIANCE ON PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. SO WITH THAT I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK REVIEW OF THE EXISTING ZONING THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO THIS IS AN EXCERPT OF THE SCHEDULE OF USES THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN OUR EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE. MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE ARE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE TOP ARE THE SPREAD OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS CURRENTLY IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND DOWN THE LEFT HAND SIDE. YOU SEE THE USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS. WHAT YOU MIGHT REALIZE WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH.
THIS IS THERE'S NOT A WIDE RANGE OF TRUE SINGLE OR SINGLE FAMILY. BUT TRUE RESIDENTIAL USES IN THIS SCHEDULE. YOU'VE GOT A RANGE OF BED AND BREAKFASTS, BOARDING, BOARDING HOUSES, DORMITORIES. AND WATCHMEN OR CARETAKERS QUARTERS, BUT MOST OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT TYPE IS FITTING RIGHT HERE IN THIS MIDDLE SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI FAMILY, AND AS A RESULT, MOST OF WHAT WE SEE THAT GETS BUILT IN THE CITY. KIND OF FALLS IN THAT SAME CATEGORY WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED NEIGHBORHOODS, TOWN HOMES OR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED NEIGHBORHOODS, TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY AND THE NEWER URBAN MULTI FAMILY. AND SO WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT HOW WE WANTED TO APPROACH THE POTENTIAL UPDATES TO THE ZONING CODES, WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT MISSING LITTLE CONCEPT AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. THAT THIS IS A STANDARD GRAPHIC THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH A LOT OF PUBLIC PRACTICE PRACTITIONERS. UM AND, UM, PUBLICATIONS IT IS NOT INTENDED TO SHOW A RANGE OF.
RATIOS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCT TYPES IN A SINGLE COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST TO SHOW THE SPREAD OF DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES THAT CAN OCCUR IN THEIR RANGE, SO SINGLE FAMILY BEING THE LOWEST INTENSITY AND THOSE MID RISE UP TO A HIGH RISE APARTMENT BEING AT THE HIGHER END OF THE RANGE, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO SHOW THAT SPECTRUM NOT NECESSARY, NOT NECESSARILY A RATIO WITHIN A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. GOING BACK TO HOW THIS RELATES TO OUR EXISTING ZONING CODE WHEN YOU SEE WHAT WE SEE IN MCKINNEY. IT'S. SINGLE FAMILY ALL THE WAY TO MULTI FAMILY THAT RANGE IN THE MIDDLE REALLY ISN'T AFFORDED. I'M EASILY WITHIN OUR EXISTING
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ZONING CODE. SO AS WE LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND USES WE REALLY LOOKED AT HOW DO WE IMPROVE THAT SPECTRUM WITH THOSE NEW DISTRICTS THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER WITH THE NEW CODE? SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS LITTLE SPECTRUM GRAPHIC ALONG THE BOTTOM WOULD BE THE PROPOSED NEW RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND ACROSS THE TOP IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE SORT OF THAT INTEGRATION OF SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED TO SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. TRIPLEX QUAD PLEX, MULTI FAMILY ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICITY HERE JUST A MINUTE. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, UM THIS WOULD BE OUR UPDATED SCHEDULE OF USES FOR RESIDENTIAL ONLY, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A WIDER RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.WE ALSO TRIED TO INTEGRATE A WIDER RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL USES. IN OUR EXISTING SCHEDULE.
YOU GO FROM A SINGLE FAMILY TO A TOWN HOME TO A DUPLEX TO MULTI FAMILY AND THESE THAT YOU SEE HERE IN GRAY, THE DUPLEX AND TRIPLEX AND QUAD PLEX THROUGH NOT REALLY AFFORDED. IN OUR CURRENT CODE, A TRIPLEX OR A QUAD PLEX, BUT AUTOMATICALLY BE PUT INTO THAT MULTI FAMILY BUCKET AND WE WANTED TO BETTER INTEGRATE THOSE INTO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OUTSIDE OF JUST MULTI FAMILY. IN ORDER TO DO THAT. WE REALLY HAD TO FLIP OMINOUS. GET PASSED OUT. SO OUR GOAL WITH THAT WOULD BE TOO MODIFYING THOSE USES AND MODIFYING THOSE DISTRICTS. INTEGRATING SOME OF THESE NEWER PRODUCT TYPES THAT WE ARE SEEING INTO OUR CODE, SO THAT BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE IS WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER COTTAGE MULTI FAMILY. LOT OF YOU ALL ARE HEARING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT, SAME KIND OF PRODUCT DUPLEXES, TRIPLEX IS AND KWON PLEX IS YOU SURE CAN. WHICH IS URBAN MALTA. UH IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL TOUCH ON THAT QUITE A BIT. ONCE WE GET TO SOME LATER SIDES IN THE PRESENTATION, AND IF I DON'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WILL YOU REMIND ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT MAN. IT'S PREDOMINANT. IT'S PREDOMINANTLY DENSITY BUILDING HEIGHTS IN THE FORM. THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE A DISTINCTION. SURE. JENNIFER COULD I COULD I ADD ONE THING AS I SEE, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE PRESENTATION AND JUST FOR PEOPLE'S EDIFICATION, UM, CONDOMINIUMS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE ALSO CLASSIFIED AS MULTI FAMILY. CONDOMINIUMS THAT ARE FOR PURCHASE, AND SO WHEN PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT MULTI FAMILY AND SEEING ON A CHART THEY PURCHASED FOR CONDO MILLION DOLLAR CONDO IN WHICH WE HAVE A FEW. NUMBER OF THOSE ACTUALLY NOW IN MCKINNEY, WE SURE DO.
THOSE ARE STILL CONSIDERED. THOSE ARE CONSIDERED MULTI FAMILY. BUT I THINK GENERALLY WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARS MULTI FAMILY THEY'RE NOT THINKING CONDOMINIUMS. JUST SAYING AS THE OTHERS ALL THE OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WERE SHOWN. ARE ALSO CONSIDERED MULTI FAMILY, WHICH SHOULD NOT BE THE GENERAL PERCEPTION. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING THESE OTHER. ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK IT'S SUCH A GREAT POINT. BECAUSE THERE IS THERE IS THIS DISTINCTION BETWEEN BUILDING FORM AND USE, WHICH IS WHAT OUR ZONING CODE REGULATES, AND OWNERSHIP. OUR ZONING CODE IS NOT INTENDED TO REGULATE OWNERSHIP VERSUS RENTALS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONDOMINIUM STRUCTURE COMES IN. THAT'S AN OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE OR A PURCHASE STRUCTURE. THAT'S NOT OUTWARDLY REGULATED BY OUR ZONING CODE BECAUSE OUR FOCUS IS FORM AND USE EXACTLY.
ABSOLUTELY. UM, TRINKET, SO. UM LINGERING ON THIS PICTURE FOR JUST ANOTHER SECOND. OUR APPROACH HERE WITH WIDENING THE DISTRICTS AND WIDENING THE USES WAS TO WIDEN OUR SPECTRUM OF OPTIONS. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE REALLY HAD TO BREAK APART SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY LOOK AT IN OUR ZONING CODE. SO WHAT WE FOCUSED ON IN THIS PROPOSAL IS BROADENING OR LOOKING AT OUR LOTS AND BUILDINGS SO CURRENTLY IN OUR ZONING CODE, WHEN YOU THINK OF A SINGLE FAMILY. DISTRICT OR A SINGLE FAMILY USE. WE ARE SAYING THAT IS ONE UNIT ON ONE LOT. AND WITH THIS PROPOSED CODE, WE'RE ADDING A LAYER TO THAT. SO INSTEAD OF FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON ONE UNIT PER LOT, WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON HOW MANY BUILDINGS CAN BE ON A ON A PARTICULAR LOT. AND I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THAT HERE. WITH YOU ALL AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP AND ASK QUESTIONS. WE ARE TURNING THIS ON IT, TED, FROM WHAT WE'RE USED TO DOING, AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT, UM, COMPLICATED OR COVERS THEM TO TRY AND WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND. SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO
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LOOKING ACROSS THESE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, YOU SEE ARE FIVE ALL THE WAY UP TO THIS MF 60. SO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ALL THE WAY UP TO MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE LIGHT GRAY UNDERNEATH, IT WOULD WOULD LIMIT HOW MANY BUILDINGS WOULD BE PERMITTED ON A SINGLE LOT. SO YOU'LL SEE IN R FIVE AND R THREE, WHICH ARE SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS. WOULD BE ALLOWED ONE BUILDING PER LOT. AND IN THOSE BUILDINGS, YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED ONE UNIT PER BUILDING, WHICH IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE SEE TODAY IN A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. ONE UNIT PER LOT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE GET INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS, THE R 1.8 AND THE R 1.5 WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO INTRODUCED DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCTS.YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU WERE NOW NOT ONLY LOOKING AT BUILDINGS PER LOT. BUT YOU'RE ALSO WOULD ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE UNITS IN A BUILDING AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS ALLOW FOR MORE UNIT TYPES ON A PARTICULAR LOT, BUT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO REGULATE THEIR FORM. AND IN SOME SCENARIOS REGULATE THE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN A PARTICULAR DISTRICT. I WANT TO FOCUS HERE ON THE R 1.8. WHERE IT'S ONE BUILDING PER LOT. AND IN 1.8, YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE UNITS IN EACH BUILDING. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE. FOR MANY OF YOU THAT LOOK AT IT. YOU MIGHT SEE WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER A TOWN HOME. UH BUILDING AND THAT'S VERY TRUE. IT COULD BE A TOWN HOME BUILDING AND WHAT MAKES IT A TOWN HOME RIGHT NOW.
OUR LOT LINES, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE CAUGHT THE RED LINES THAT KIND OF DREW ON TOP OF THAT PICTURE. THOSE LOT LINES ARE WHAT MAKE THIS STRUCTURE FOR OUR CURRENT CODE. A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED UNIT OR A TOWN HOME UNIT. BUT IF YOU WERE TO MOVE THOSE LOT LINES TO THE OUTSIDE OF THAT STRUCTURE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S NOT SINGLE FAMILY ANYMORE. BASED ON OUR CODE. AND SO WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING BY ALLOWING MULTIPLE UNITS ON A SINGLE LOT IN THIS FORMAT YOU CAN YOU CAN ALLOW FOR A RANGE OF PRODUCT TYPES, WHETHER IT BE A TOWN HOME, A DUPLEX OR TRIPLEX OR EVEN A QUAD PLEX. THAT LOOKS AND FEELS THE SAME AS A TOWN HOME WOULD UM. BUT YOU'RE ALLOWING IT TO OCCUR OCCUR MORE NATURALLY, THE ONLY DISTINCTION ARE THOSE LOT LINES, WHICH IN THE REAL FORM OF THE ENVIRONMENT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HOW YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS IT REALLY. IT REALLY ONLY HAS TO DO WITH YOUR LIGHTING PATTERNS, AND THAT'S WHERE ADDING THIS BUILDING'S PER LOT AND UNITS PER BUILDING INTO OUR CODE ALLOWS FOR THAT VARIETY. GOING TO LINGER ON THAT AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DEVELOPING THIS WITH OUR CONSULTANT KIND OF. BLEW OUR MINDS JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THINK ABOUT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT BY BY INTEGRATING IT IN THIS FORMAT, WE DO FEEL THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN DISTRICTS WHERE THESE COULD OCCUR A LITTLE BIT MORE NATURALLY. ARE ADDED REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE FORM AND FUNCTION STILL FEEL LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT A MULTI FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX. UM, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR IT TO HAPPEN. A LITTLE BIT MORE EASE. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON TO ONE OF YES, SIR. OKAY? TRUE DONE TAKING IT OFF. OH, FAMILY FIVE PLUS BUILDING. LOT LINES. EYES TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. THAT WE'LL ASK ALL OVER WHAT CAN BE BUILT THERE. RIGHT? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP.
SO ON THIS CHART WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE R FIVE WELL, LET ME LET ME GO BACK R FIVE R THREE R 1.8 AND ARE 1.5. WE DO HAVE MULTI FAMILY LISTED AS A USE STILL, WHICH WOULD BE FIVE OR MORE UNITS IN A BUILDING THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY. KICK A BUILDING FORM INTO A MULTI FAMILY DISTRICT. SO A TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OCCUR IN OUR MORE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S ONCE YOU KICK INTO THAT FR FLEX RAISE THE M F 30 IN THE MF 60. THOSE ARE WHAT WE WOULD CLASSIFY AS OUR TRUE MULTI FAMILY. ZONING DISTRICTS. SO AS LONG AS YOU WERE LESS THAN FIVE UNITS PER BUILDING, AND YOU CAN MEET THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT PER THIS CHART. YOU WOULD NOT, YOU
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WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP, BUT SHE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP THIS MULTI FAMILY. I CAN GET IT. ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTOOD, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HAPPY TO KEEP OUR ANSWERING QUESTIONS. AND THIS WON'T THIS WON'T NECESSARILY BE THE LAST TIME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH THE COUNCIL. WE REALIZE IT'S A VERY HEAVY TOPIC, AND IT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING. THANK YOU UNDER. OLD. CEREALS? MM HMM. WHAT YEAH. ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT'S WHERE IT IS STILL IMPORTANT FOR US THAT IN THE NEW CODE, WE HAVE TRULY DESIGNATED MULTI FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS BECAUSE MULTI FAMILY STILL OCCURS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FORMS NOW. BUT RIGHT NOW UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE. TRIPLEX IS AND COMPLEXES ARE TREATED AS MULTI FAMILY AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO INTEGRATE A LITTLE BIT MORE NATURALLY INTO SOME OF THESE SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS. WITH WITH THE GUARD RAILS, I SUPPOSE, OR THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY LOOK FEEL, UM AND DEVELOP AS IF THEY WERE A SINGLE FAMILY STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT. MY ULTIMATE CONCERNS IS WHERE SOMEONE MHM.WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO YEAH. I HOPE. AND I MEAN TRUE NEIGHBORS SITTING HERE SAYING, WHY'D YOU LET THAT HAPPEN? RIGHT? AND TRUTH BE TOLD THAT THAT THAT'S A CONCERN. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW. REASONINGS ARE VERY COMMON IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND CHANGING HIS OWNING DISTRICT FROM ONE TO ANOTHER IS. IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW. I WOULD NOT VENTURE TO GUESS THAT MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING CODE WOULD CHANGE THAT FROM HAPPENING. SO JENNIFER, COULD I ADD SOMETHING TO BECAUSE WE'LL BE HELPFUL? I THINK IF. I'VE HEARD IT THIS WAY. I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER PEOPLE HEARD IT THIS WAY. UM ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE APPROACHING. UH THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THE EDIFICATION OF DISTINGUISHING DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCT. THAT'S. NOT WHAT IS PERCEIVED AS MULTI FAMILY, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO HOUSE PEOPLE THAT. YOU KNOW WE WHAT IS OUR MEDIUM PRICE HOME GOING TO BE REALLY NOW AFTER THIS NEW, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE NEW. APPRAISAL THAT'S NOT 350 ANYMORE. IT'S OVER. 400 I THINK IS WHAT IT WILL BE 430 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO INTEGRATE. THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN'T AFFORD 434 $140,000, BUT NOT HAVE TO BE A MULTI FAMILY. WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH. OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE. OUR TEACHERS ARE FARMING OR POLICE AND ALL THE OTHER. PEOPLE THAT WORKING. CAN'T. HAVE 440,000 OTHER HOUSE, RIGHT? EXACTLY AND OUR AGAIN OUR GOAL WITH ADDING THE BUILDINGS PER LOT IN THE UNITS PER BUILDING LAYER. I'LL CALL IT INTO OUR ZONING CODE. IS TO ALLOW FOR THOSE THINGS TO OCCUR, AND CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING UP HERE. THOSE ARE THE ARE 1.8, AND THEY ARE 1.5, WHICH WE HAD PREVIOUSLY CALLED TOWN HOME DISTRICTS, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING, GIVEN THAT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR MORE VARIETY IN THERE. AND SO NOW THE 1.8 AND THE 1.5 RELATE TO THE LOCK SIZE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DISTRICT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND TO THE CONCERNED THAT SOMEBODY YOU KNOW, WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED A LOT NEXT TO HIM. OF COURSE, THEY WOULD ALREADY KNOW WHAT CAN BE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A DISTRICT THAT'S IDENTIFIED THAT IT CAN BE. YES ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND WHEN WE GET TO SOME OF THE LAST FEW SIDES WELL, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF OUR UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL AND PNC. RELATED TO EXISTING ZONING VERSUS NEW ZONING CODE AND HOW WE ROLL OVER, BUT THAT'S THAT'S A BEAST OF A CONVERSATION IN AND OF ITSELF. SO. A GOOD POINT OF TROUBLE. YEAH. SO, MR PHILLIPS, SHE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MULTI FAMILY COMPONENT AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT HERE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES, SO ONCE YOU GET INTO THE F R. ELECTS RESIDENTIAL AND THE MF DISTRICTS, MULTI FAMILY DISTRICTS. THESE ARE WHAT WE WOULD CLASSIFY AS A STAFF AS TRUE MULTI FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS. SO THIS FLEX RAISE IS REALLY A TRIBUTE TO THIS COTTAGE, MULTI FAMILY THAT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF. AND IT IS THAT MULTI FAMILY THAT LOOKS AND FEELS MORE LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. BUT AND IN THE EYES OF OUR ZONING CODE, AND QUITE FRANKLY, IN THE EYES OF STAFF, AS THESE THINGS DEVELOP, THEY ARE STILL IT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. UM
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THE LOOK AND FEEL OF IT IS DIFFERENT THAN A VERTICAL APARTMENT BUILDING. WE DO STILL THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX SHOULD BE HELD TO. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS FLEX ROSE DISTRICT IT ALLOWS FOR A DEVELOPER OR PROPERTY OWNER TO SEEK A ZONING DISTRICT THAT.REMOVES SOME OF THE CONCERN THAT A THREE OR FOUR STOREY MULTI FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX COULD GET BUILT NEXT DOOR TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT GIVES THEM A TRUE ZONING DISTRICT THAT THEY CAN LOOK TO WITH THE CITY. TO SAY, LOOK, ALL I WANT TO DO IS COTTAGE MULTI FAMILY. HERE'S YOUR ZONING DISTRICT, AND HERE'S THE FOREMAN. UH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT YOU WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THESE IN A FEW SLIDES. WE HAVE SEEN THIS MUCH MORE, UM, IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, SO WE FELT LIKE, INCLUDING IT WITH THE NEW CODE WAS. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD AND NECESSARY STEP SO THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM STANDARD THAT CAN BE ESTABLISHED FOR THESE FOLKS COMING IN. ONE THING THAT YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE FLEX RED DISTRICT IS AGAIN TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY SO AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD ONLY BE PERMITTED VIA A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, WHICH IS A LAYER OF ZONING. ON TOP OF THAT, SO. IN THIS DISTRICT, THE ONLY TYPE OF MULTI FAMILY THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED IS THIS ONE THAT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE SINGLE FAMILY, WHETHER THAT BE A COMBINATION OF DUPLEXES ARE YOU KNOW TWO UNITS IN THE BUILDING OR THREE UNITS IN A BUILDING OR ONE UNIT IN THE BUILDING. IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO TWO STORIES.
IT WOULD IT WOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN. SO HIGHLIGHTED THIS JUST A MINUTE AGO. THESE ARE THE LOT STANDARDS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE OF THESE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. MINIMUM LOT AREAS OBVIOUSLY WOULD STILL APPLY.
MINIMUM LOT WIDTHS AND DEPTHS, SETBACKS, BUILDING HEIGHTS AND DENSITIES. ALL ARE THINGS THAT WOULD STILL BE PART OF THE CODE A FEW THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF IT IN. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. A FEW THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE. ONE IS THE FLEX RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT FR DISTRICT WOULD HAVE A MINIMUM LIKE TIES OF FIVE ACRES. GOING BACK TO THESE PROTOTYPICAL PHOTOS HERE, KNOWING THAT THESE FLEX REZ DEVELOPMENTS ARE STILL REALLY MULTI FAMILY. WE FELT LIKE THAT MINIMUM LOT SIZE HELPED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE REALLY THOUGHTFULLY PLACED WHEN SOMEBODY DID WANT TO COME IN AND REZONE FOR THAT. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW ABOUT M F 30 AND MF 60. THESE ARE TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY, UM, ZONING DISTRICT SO. BEFORE WE FOCUS ON WHAT COULD BE WITH THE NEW CODE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY QUICKLY WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN OUR ZONING CODE RIGHT NOW, IN OUR ZONING CODE WE HAVE I'LL SAY 3.5 MULTI FAMILY DISTRICTS. M F ONE, F TWO AND M F THREE. AS YOU LOOK DOWN ALL OF THOSE, UM, DISTRICTS. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE ONLY MAJOR DISTINCTION BETWEEN EACH ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS IS THE DENSITIES. M F ONE IS 12 UNITS TO THE ACRE MF TWO IS 16 UNITS TO THE ACRE MF THREE IS 20 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY RIGHT NOW THAT IS OWNED EITHER ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS. THEY ARE ALL ENCUMBERED BY A P D. AND THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THESE EXISTING MULTI FAMILY DISTRICTS ARE VERY ANTIQUATED AND THEY ARE VERY LIMITING FOR MULTI FAMILY. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND DEVELOP MULTI FAMILY THEY ARE FORCED INTO USING A PD OR PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO THAT. ON THE ONE HAND WITH PDS, YOU ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S A LACK OF PREDICTABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND FOR RESIDENTS, AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR STAFF BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE TIME WE ARE HAVING TO NEGOTIATE AND FILTER WITH THE DEVELOPER. WHETHER OR NOT WHAT IT IS THEY'RE SEEKING IONAD SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH THOSE EXISTING MULTI FAMILY DISTRICTS AS THEY JUST AREN'T UTILIZED. UH, YOU C R G 18 UP HERE ON THIS LIST. THAT IS A LEGACY DISTRICT. IT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO REZONE TOO. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THAT HAVE THIS OLD ZONING ENTITLEMENT IN PLACE, AND IT IS ONE THAT PEOPLE STILL ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP UNDER BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY THAT IS PERMITTED. YEAH. 18. THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. SO THERE IS AN ENTIRE TRANSITION STRATEGY THAT WE WILL NEED TO DISCUSS WITH
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THE COUNCIL AND WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND AS TO HOW WE WANT TO TREAT EXISTING ZONING AND ROLL IT INTO THE NEW CODE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE. AND THAT INCLUDES THEY COULD. THEY COULD BE GRANDFATHER FOREVER AND DEVELOP UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING. THEY COULD BE ROLLED INTO THE MOST COMMISERATE NEW ZONING DISTRICT. THEY COULD HAVE SUNSET CLAUSES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS AND WE ARE WORKING ON WHAT THOSE OPTIONS COULD LOOK LIKE INTERNALLY SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY. RIGHT? WE'VE HAD THE SAME SAME SAME CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING INTERNALLY. ABSOLUTELY. MORE THAN. WE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE HAD WE HAD THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION AND DECIDED TO PULL IT OUT, BECAUSE THIS IN AND OF ITSELF IS KIND OF MEATY, AND SO WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE NEW CODE AS AS ITSELF RIGHT NOW AND THEN COME BACK AND HAVE A VERY DELIBERATE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE WANT TO ROLL INTO THIS NEW CODE FROM EXISTING. FOR YOU KNOW, GOING TO CAUSE SOME PEOPLE'S HEADS TO EXPLODE BECAUSE ON ONE HAND, THEY'RE SO ANTI MULTI FAMILY NO MATTER WHAT, REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING, AND YET WE'RE GONNA POTENTIALLY IF YOU TAKE AWAY THAT ZONING REPLACED WITH THE NEW. TURNING UM, THAT'S A VIOLATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE EXPLODING HEADS SOME PEOPLE.HOW THEY INTERPRET AND RECONCILE THIS. YEP, ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN. I CAN'T UNDERSCORE ENOUGH. IT IS TO BE DETERMINED RIGHT NOW. THE GOAL IS TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW DISTRICTS AND TACKLE THE HOW DO WE TRANSITION TO THESE NEW DISTRICTS? AND AS ITS OWN. BIG ISSUE. YEAH. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXISTING MULTI FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS BEFORE ROLLING INTO THE POTENTIAL PROPOSED DISTRICTS. REALLY TO JUST, UM, FOCUS IN ON THE FACT THAT THESE ARE VERY LIMITED. UM, AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PROPERTY IN MCKINNEY THAT ZONED.
ANY OF THESE MULTI FAMILY DISTRICTS, 12 OR THREE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT REALLY BUILDABLE IN TODAY'S MARKET. BUT WE DID USE THAT SORT OF AS A FOOTPRINT FOR HOW WE LOOKED AT POTENTIAL NEW MULTI FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DO CONSIDER THAT FLEX RESIDENTIAL AS A MULTI FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. THAT WOULD WOULD HAVE FALLEN UNDER THIS FLEX REZ. I APOLOGIZE THAT BLUE IS NOT THAT EASY TO READ HERE ON THE SCREEN, BUT STORYBOOK RANCH, WHICH WAS JUST RECENTLY APPROVED. PAINTED TREE AND MCKINNEY URBAN VILLAGE OVER DOWN BY STATE HIGHWAY FIVE AND AT THE HOSPITAL. ALL OF THOSE WERE DEVELOPED UNDER PDS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. HOWEVER THEY REALLY COULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN, UH, FUNNELED THROUGH THAT FLEX ZONING DISTRICT, SO. REMOVE THE POTENTIAL NEED FOR A PD. THERE'S A STRAIGHT CLONING DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR THEM WITH SOME ADDED PROTECTIONS THAT TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY WOULDN'T BE BUILT IN THOSE DISTRICTS. SO LOOKING AT M F 30 AND F 60, 30 AND 60 DO REPRESENT DENSITIES, AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT DENSITIES ARE VERY HOT TOPIC WHEN IT COMES TO MULTI FAMILY. HOWEVER WHEN WE LOOKED AT DEVELOPING THESE TWO DISTRICTS, WE REALLY DID WANT TO TRY AND BREAK APART WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY. THIS IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT YOU WOULD SEE ANYWHERE IN SUBURBIA. EXAMPLES OF THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE JUST RECENTLY APPROVED THE JAMES PITTS MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THE MURANO, MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND PAINTED TREE, OR SOME EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE FIT UNDER THAT MF 30. AND THEN THE MF 60 IS REALLY KIND OF TIPPING OVER INTO THAT MORE URBAN, UM, FORM AND SO YOU CAN SEE A HIGHER DENSITY. YOU CAN SEE A HIGHER POTENTIAL BUILDING HEIGHT. EXAMPLES OF THOSE HERE IN MCKINNEY WOULD INCLUDE COLIN SQUARE, COLE PARK AND PARK CITED CRAIG RANCH. SO IN YOUR MIND, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALREADY KIND OF DRIVING THROUGH THOSE. THOSE ARE IN THE CRAIG RANCH CORPORATE CENTER AREA WHERE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THAT DENSITY. AND UM YOU KNOW THE MASSING OF BUILDINGS. COLE PARK IS OVER AT CRAIG RANCH JUST AT THE BALL FIELDS THE BALL FIELDS AT CROW BRANCH AREA. SO HIGHLY URBAN AREA. IT'S WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE HIGHER DENSITIES OF MULTI FAMILY. SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT DENSITIES CAN BE A SENSITIVE TOPIC WHEN IT COMES TO MULTI FAMILY. FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 24 UNIT TO THE ACRE MULTI FAMILY PROJECT.
AND A 28 UNIT TO THE ACRE MULTI FAMILY PROJECT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL DIFFERENT. MOST PEOPLE
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DRIVING THROUGH WOULD NOT KNOW THAT THAT 24 R VERSUS 28. AND SO DENSITY WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT, IT IS NOT ONE OF THE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE. AND WHAT A MULTI FAMILY PROJECT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE THINGS LIKE BUILDING HEIGHTS. SETBACKS PARKING, UM.LANDSCAPING THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN REALLY IMPACT HOW THOSE DEVELOPMENTS OCCUR MORE SO THAN A DENSITY NUMBER. AND SO WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, NOT ONLY WERE WE LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS. WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD SEEN COME THROUGH AND GET APPROVED FOR MULTI FAMILY IN THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS AND VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM FOR A TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY. FALLING UNDER THAT 30 DENSITY OR THAT 30 UNITS TO THE ACRE DENSITY. UM AND SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHY WE ARE. WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT DENSITY FOR OUR TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY. IT IS HIGH ENOUGH THAT WE FEEL CONFIDENT WILL CAPTURE MOST OF YOUR TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY THAT COMES THROUGH, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY TIPPING THE SCALE TO SO HIGH THAT WE'RE NOW REALLY FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD MOVE INTO A MORE URBAN FORM. WHICH IS WHERE THAT MF 60 COMES INTO PLAY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU TONIGHT IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THESE ARE ALL RELATED TO YOUR YOUR LOT IN SPACE LIMITS. UM PARKING REQUIREMENTS IF YOU ARE DOING AN MF 60. WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE IDEA OF. WE WOULD CONSIDER AN URBAN STREET SECTION TO ENSURE THAT THAT HIGHER DENSITY PRODUCT IS MARRIED WITH A MORE URBAN FORM, UM, GARAGE PARKING FOR AN M F 60 DISTRICT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT AS WELL. SO. RIGHT NOW. THE NOTION IS, IS THERE A COMFORT LEVEL FOR HAVING THESE TYPES OF MULTI FAMILY DISTRICTS IN THE NEW CODE? ARE THE DENSITIES BEING CONSIDERED JUST TOO FAR OUTSIDE OF THE BOX OF COMFORT THAT WE NEED TO SCALE IT BACK? WE REALLY DO VALUE THAT THE FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THE MARK AS WE MOVE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PIECE. AND I THINK. THERE ARE ALREADY JUMPED THE GUN ON MY QUESTIONS. UM. IT'S REALLY WHERE THE PRESENTATION END. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR JUST ANY CONVERSATION OR DIALOGUE RELATED TO THE NEW DISTRICTS RELATED TO MULTI FAMILY JUST HEY, I'M JUST. STILL NOT REALLY SURE EXACTLY WHAT THIS ALL MEANS. WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT. REALLY NOT SURE WHAT ALL THIS MAN. SO WE'RE THE MERIT TALKED ABOUT CONDOMS. YOU KNOW WHAT A HIGH RISE FOLLOWING THAT THIS WOULD BE HONEST. THEY WANTED TO COME IN AND DO ATTENDANCE STORY. BUILDING OCCUPANTS. MM. THAT'S WHERE. SO WHEN I'M 60 IF IT WERE 10 STORIES, SO YOU DO SEE HERE THAT WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS A HEIGHT MAXIMUM OF FIVE STORIES FOR MF 60. IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WANTED TO COME IN FOR 10 STORIES. THERE IS STILL A PLACE FOR PDS AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE PD. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT HIGH RISE BUILDING OR A HIGHER DENSITY, MULTI FAMILY IF IT CAN FIT UNDER THE MF 60. THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD GO. IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING JUST WAY ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, IT WOULD STILL BE A PD. I THINK SOME OF OUR CONCERN AS WELL IS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CONTROL NOW OVER MATERIALS HAVING PDS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE CUMBERSOME TO GO THROUGH.
THAT PROCESS DOES GIVE US SOME ACCESS TO HAVE SOME CONTROL ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. CORRECT SO ARE WE LOSING SOME OF THAT CONTROL? BY ADOPTING THIS NEW. STANDARD SO IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL, WE LOSE NOTHING BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S IN A PD OR A STRAIGHT ZONING, WE AREN'T ABLE TO REGULATE ARCHITECTURAL THROUGH ZONING. I WOULD SAY THAT WE AREN'T NECESSARILY LOSING ANYTHING BY PUTTING IN A STANDARD ZONING DISTRICT BECAUSE ALL OF THE TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS STILL APPLY. THE ONE THING THAT WE MAY LOSE, UM BY NOT DOING MULTI FAMILY THROUGH A PD IS IF THEY WANTED TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO TIE DOWN A LAYOUT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY MAJOR THING THAT COMES TO MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. OTHERWISE ALL OF THOSE OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PARKING OPEN SPACE SETBACKS, LANDSCAPING BUILDING HEIGHTS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD STILL BE COVERED UNDER THE CURRENT CODE. IT'S THE SPECIAL EXTRAS THAT WE MAY LOSE OUT ON THAT YOU COULD GET IN A P D. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET BACK TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THAT'S NOT A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S A BIG CONCERN. IT IS. AT WHAT POINT DO WE START TO ADDRESS THAT? SO I DO KNOW THAT WITH OUR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND THE ROUTE STUDY THAT THEY'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, AND I MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE AT PAUL NOT TO THROW A CURVE BALL AT HIM. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S STILL SOME MORE POLICY DISCUSSION ON WHERE THE TARGETS
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ARE THAT THE CITY WANTS TO TRY AND HIT PARTICIPATE IN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND HOW DO WE WANT TO FILL THOSE GAPS? UNTIL THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A BIT PREMATURE TO TRY AND FOLD THEM INTO POTENTIAL ZONING CODE, AND I'LL JUST SO. HAD THE STUDY DONE BY ROUTE POLICY RESEARCH. WE CAME BACK WE BROUGHT YOU BASICALLY THE FINDINGS OF THEIR STUDY IN THAT WE WOULD BE IN THE COMING WE BREAK THOSE INTO CHUNKS, AND IN THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE INDIVIDUAL. SORT OF POLICIES TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. WE WERE NOT YOU. THE COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE ROOT POLICY STUDY DOESN'T MEAN YOU AGREED TO ANYTHING. IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME OF THESE IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS. APPROPRIATE IN THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS. THAT AND THEN WE LAY THAT ALONGSIDE THE ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING FORWARD ITS NEXT WEEK.THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION STUDY, THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION STUDIES SPECIFIC TO THE EAST SIDE. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SORT OF HAPPENING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM AND YOU KNOW COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE POLICY DECISIONS ON WHAT WHAT DO WE MEAN BY AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WHAT ARE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY ROUTE POLICY RESEARCH? AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THOSE? AND WHERE, WHEN AND WHERE? THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT KIND OF HOW A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. RECENT. FIVE THANK YOU. UHH! SO. WOULD THERE BE FIVE STORY BUILDINGS? ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY, AND WOULD THERE BE A DIS PROPERTY LINE DISTANCE? I FOUND BEING NATURAL OR. MASON ERI HAS ANY OF THAT CHANGED? AND MY SECOND PART IS JUST GIVING. DEVELOPERS AN EASIER IS JUST MAKING MULTI FAMILY EASIER IN THE CITY OR WOULD JUST MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT. SO LET ME ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION. SCREENING AND BUFFERING IS ABSOLUTELY STILL PART OF THE CODE. SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE SORT OF UNVEILING OR DISCUSSING THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMPONENT, WHICH IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THOSE THINGS. AND ABSOLUTELY SETBACKS, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, SCREENING AND BUFFERING. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD STILL APPLY. SO IF A MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WANTED TO COME IN, THEY WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A PROPER SEPARATION AND COMPATIBILITY OF USES. AND YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS RELATED TO ARE WE MAKING IT EASIER FOR MULTI FAMILY? UH I'M GONNA ANSWER THAT IN TWO PARTS.
I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, WHETHER WE GO TO STRAIGHT MULTI FAMILY DISTRICTS OR CONTINUE TO UTILIZE PDS ON A PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T ALREADY HAVE MULTI FAMILIES OWNING IN PLACE, A REZONING WOULD STILL BE NECESSARY. SO WHAT IT DOES, IS IT IT ALMOST STANDARDIZES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPECTATION WHEN WE HAVE A STRAIGHT ZONING DISTRICT THAT SOMEBODY COULD GO TO, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH A P D, SO IT MAY MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM IN THAT SENSE THAT THEY COULD SAY, OH, THIS IS THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REZONE TOO. UM AND AGAIN, AND I THINK DR FELTUS YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT ARE WE MAKING IT? ARE WE LOSING OUT BY NOT DOING PDS? I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS ADDED THINGS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN A PD. THE QUESTION BECOMES. IS THERE IS THERE ENOUGH INTEREST IN THE VALUE THAT THOSE COULD POTENTIALLY BRING THAT ADMINISTERING PDS FOR THE SAKE OF MULTI FAMILY IS WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO GO. OUR RECOMMENDATION AS A STAFF WOULD BE TO REALLY CONSIDER STRAIGHT ZONING DISTRICT. PREDICTABILITY STANDARDIZATION. PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. IF THERE ARE ADDED THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE THOSE IN THE MULTI A STRAIGHT MULTI FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. OPEN SPACE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. WHERE WE COULD ADD A LAYER OF OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTI FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO ALWAYS HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THOSE TO REPEAT E. JENNIFER ADDING THESE, UM. DOES NOT PRECLUDE US FROM STILL CONSIDERING PD ON ANY GIVEN PIECE OF PROPERTY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I'M SAYING WE DON'T WE STILL THIS IS JUST GIVING SOME. THEY COME IN AND TALK ABOUT MULTI FAMILY WE HAVE. WE HAVE CATEGORIES THAT ARE. ARE COMPARTMENTALIZED IDENTIFIABLE AS SOMETHING THAT SETS THE EXPECTATION ON THE FRONT SIDE, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY OUR ABILITY TO ENTER INTO A PD AND. ACTUALLY ANY PROPERTY IF WE SO CHOOSE. THAT'S RIGHT PIECE. THERE IS A PLACE FOR PDS.
THEY WON'T GO AWAY. BUT KNOWING THAT THAT WAS SAYING ADOPTING THIS DOES NOT PRECLEARANCE THAT
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IN CASE THAT WAS THE GOD THAT'S RIGHT. AND VERY WELL COULD ADOPT THOSE IN EVERY MULTI FAMILY COULD STILL COME THROUGH AS A PD, BUT OUR GOAL WAS TO TRY AND MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, MODERN OR RELEVANT DISTRICTS BASED ON PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN COME THROUGH IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THE MULTI FAMILY COMPONENTS.UM, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE UNITS PER BUILDING AND BUILDINGS PER LOT. ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT INTEGRATING. THOSE UM, LESS INTENSE, DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES INTO THE ZONING CODE. NOT FOR ME, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS THAT'S WHAT THE ZONING IS. WE WOULD KNOW THAT ON THE FRONT SIDE THAT NOBODY WOULD BE SURPRISED THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN AND HE WAS GETTING BUILT. THEY DIDN'T EXPECT YEAH. FOR ME.
I'M SORRY, MEANS IT UP THERE. SOMETHING'S LAID THERE. I'LL GO BACK HERE.
12. 14 14. WE WOULD BE GOING TOO GO BACK TO THIS ONE. 15. SINGLE SINGLE FAMILY ONLY.
OKAY, SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. LET ME GO BACK. AND WHEN WE RECOUNT HERE, I MAY NOT HAVE MADE NO, I THINK I THINK YOU DID. I THINK I JUST MISUNDERSTOOD 12345. 67 WE HAVE SEVEN. SO UM, ALL OF THE SF DISTRICTS THAT YOU SEE THERE IN GREEN AND THEN THE RED DISTRICTS AND GRAY ARE ALL CONSIDERED SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS. AND WITH THE NEW CODE. WOULD HAVE 12345. I BELIEVE IT'S NINE. UM. STARTING FROM OUR FIVE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE R E. APOLOGIES ARE THREE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE R E TWO. MHM. AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE EVERYTHING FROM THAT ARE THREE TO THE R E TWO WOULD STILL BE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.
IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO ONLY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED SO. THESE TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY, NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY WOULD STILL VERY MUCH BE INTACT. SO THE INTEGRATION OF THESE NEWER PRODUCT TYPES WOULD HAPPEN IN SOME OF THESE NEWER ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WHICH AGAIN WOULD STILL REQUIRE REZONING FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO COME IN AND DEVELOP UNDER THEM. WAS THERE ANY? I DIDN'T SEE A REFERENCE TO THE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS 2.3. 0.3 THE X. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT TYPE ACT? SO THAT'S FOR THE TRIBE WHERE YOU'RE TRYING YOUR QUALITY, SO WE ARE STILL FINALIZING THOSE BUT THE TWO PRIMARY THINGS FOR THOSE WOULD BE THAT ALL OF THOSE UNITS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A STREET ACCESS. BECAUSE AGAIN THAT THAT REALLY IS WHAT MAKES A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD VERY DIFFERENT FROM MULTI FAMILY. MULTI FAMILY. YOU'RE COMING IN THROUGH A GATE, AND THEN YOU'RE CIRCULATING THROUGH YOUR PARKING LOT IN YOUR FIRE LANES.
SO. BY HAVING THAT CONDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT EVERY UNIT HAS TO HAVE STREET FRONTAGE. IT REALLY DOES, UH, I'LL GO TO THIS ONE KIND OF GUARANTEE THAT FORM THAT YOU SEE UNDER THE DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND COMPLEX. UM WE ARE STILL HEATED IN A HEATED DEBATE. WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD ALLOW STACKED UNITS. SO THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. AND WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU ALL DURING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, DISCUSSIONS, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT MORE ABOUT THE STREET FRONTAGE IS THE MAJOR THING. REFER TO MY QUESTION OR COMMENT ABOUT CONDOS. NONE OF THESE ARE ADDRESSING THAT. BUT WHAT WILL WE DO WITH CONDOS, SO CONDOS ARE AN OWNERSHIP OR PURCHASE STRUCTURE. SO THERE IS NOTHING IN OUR CODE RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD PRECLUDE OR EXCLUDE CONDOS FROM BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP IN ANY PARTICULAR DISTRICT. UM I DON'T KNOW WHERE MICHAEL IS. I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS A MORE ELOQUENT RESPONSE TO WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD BETTER REGULATE CONDOS IN THE ZONING CODE, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON. USES AND FORM. WE
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HAVE NOT INCLUDED A CONDO DISTRICT. UM, BECAUSE THE FORM AND FUNCTION REALLY WOULDN'T CHANGE FOR MANY OF OUR STANDARD ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WERE SHOWING. I GUESS WHAT? I'M MY CONCERN. THERE IS SOMEBODY WANTING TO COME IN AND BUILD. 25 CONDOS WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME IN AND REZONING FOR MULTI FAMILY. WHICH IS A. SHOULD BE A LITTLE MISS CONCEPTION MOST PEOPLE'S PART AS TO WHAT THAT ZONING WAS. YEAH I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE FORM. YOU KNOW IF IT WAS IF THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO 25 CONDOS IN A SINGLE BUILDING. I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT WOULD THEY WOULD STILL BE. SUBJECT TO A MULTI FAMILY DISTRICT IF THEY WERE WANTING TO DO A CONDO ASSOCIATION AND ONE OF THE TRIPLEX OR QUAD FLEX FORMS THEY COULD GO INTO. ONE OF THE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME MORE AND SEE IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO INTEGRATE IT. BUT OUR APPROACH WAS TO SORT OF LEAVE CONDOS OUT SINCE WE DO SEE IT AS AN OWNERSHIP. STRUCTURE AS OPPOSED TO A FORM AND USE STRUCTURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, UM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN. THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW USES IN DISTRICTS AGAIN. OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR FROM NOW, WHEN WE ARE READY FOR FINAL ACTION ON THE CODE, THERE'S COMFORT AND UNDERSTANDING WITH WHERE WE'RE GOING, SO LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AGAIN WITH THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF THIS DISCUSSION IN ABOUT A MONTH. AND IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME OR AARON BLOXHAM. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UM, WITH WHERE WE MIGHT BE GONE. THANK YOU. SO ON COUNCIL SERVICE. ANY COMMENTS ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE BEFORE WE ADJOURNED. MORE TO COME. MHM. MEMBERS OF COMMENT. QUESTIONS OF MISS ARNOLD. ANYONE. DID OVERCOME. I DO THINK IT'S THIS IS VERY TIMELY AND. IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND DON'T LIVE HERE. HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS IN WHERE THEY LIVE AND HOW THEY LIVE. REVIEW OF IT IS NOT. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? BUT WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF. DIFFERENT WAYS TO LIVE IN MCKINNEY, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IMPORTANT TO NOTE. THANK YOU, MISS ARM. ANYONE ELSE? MOTION ON FROM COUNCIL TO IT. WELL WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS. ALREADY HAD COMMENTS SO MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVE. IN FAVOR HIGH MEMBERS HERE. LIKE MOTION TO ADJOURN OF EMOTION IN A SECOND. I FORGOT I WAS ON THE LINE. OH, IS MR FRASER THROUGH CAN. THAT'S OKAY. I JUST CONCUR WITH WHATEVER CHARLIE SAID. I'M TO DIGEST ALL THAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECRETARY JOURNEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I WAS THOSE SAME SIGN.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.