[1) CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]
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OKAY WE ARE TO START OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE MEETING . IS 531 10 AND WE HAVE A QUORUM.
I AM KRISTAN LEBARON TIKI TERRA JAMES AND ODALIS PIECE.
[3) REGULAR AGENDA]
ELAINE POWELL: . >> WE'RE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MOVE-IN? KICKING BEACON MOVE ONTO IIIA, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTIO ON THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 142026.
KICK IT THE ONLY REVISION I HAD FROM THAT IS IF WE COULD ADD TH CALLOUT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT THINK THAT WAS ONE PART OF THE NARRATIVE THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] TIKI DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WERE YOU GOING TO MENTION THAT?
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEM THRE A AS AMENDED.
>> RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT PROJECT.
>> LET'S TEST THIS OUT. HOW ARE WE DOING? EARLY GOOD? I AM JUST STALLING FOR TERRA.
PERFECT. I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS PRESENTATION UP BY JUST STATING THAT THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PRESENTATION THAT A WHOLE HOST OF INDIVIDUALS GAVE TO COUNSEL WHEN COUNSEL TOOK ACTION ON THE CONTRACT THAT THEY IMPROVE.
THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE IF I FORGET ANYTHING OR A SKIP SOMETHING, REALIZE THERE WERE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS PRESENTATION BOTH FROM STAFF AN FROM CONSULTING STAFF. I WILL DO MY BEST TO GIVE YOU A VERY WIDE OVERVIEW AND JUST LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND AL THAT TYPE OF STUFF. YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT CAME FROM A DOCUMENT YOU ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH. ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED AND 2024 TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS THE MASTER PLAN KIND OF DEVELOPED, THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SUBDISTRICTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF DOWNTOWN, SOME OF WHICH WERE HIGHLY CONCEPTUAL.
THE IMPORTANT THING WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME IS THAT THIS DOWNTOWN FRAMEWORK REALLY, WHAT IT IS REALLY TRYING TO SHOW IS TYPES OF USES. USED COMPATIBILITY.
WHAT OTHER THINGS WE WANT IN A DOWNTOWN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO A LEVEL OF MARKET ANALYSIS, OR THINKING ABOUT SPECIFIC LOTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IS REALLY DESCRIBING ATRIAL 50- FOOT.
IT GAVE US SOME INSIGHT IN WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO TH DOWNTOWN ALL THE WAY FROM PLANNERS TO THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF.
THE IMAGE YOU SEE HERE WAS AN IMAGE THAT WAS DEVELOPED REALLY KIND OF GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO A CONVERSATION WITH COUNSEL AS A PART OF ADVANCING THE MASTER PLAN.
ADVANCING THE MASTER PLAN TAKES INTO ACCOUNT AND MAKE THEM TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGY BEHIND WHAT MAKES US IF HE SUSTAINABLE FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIEC TO THE PUZZLE. SIRIUS CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS A THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION, REDEVELOPMENT, REVITALIZATION. UNDERSTANDING THE COMPONENTS OF OUR EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THINGS THAT PUT US MORE IN A SU
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REGIONAL EFFORT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT FURTHER MARKET TRENDS AND DRAWERS THAT ARE GOING DAVEY COMING FROM.WHAT ARE THE OUTLYING AREAS THA ARE GOING TO AFFECT GOODS AND SERVICES, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN WANT CERTAIN THINGS, BUT LOOKING AT THE VIABILITY OF HIS THIS BUILDING GOING TO BE VACANT IN 18 MONTHS BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER GOING TO FIT HERE. WHETHER THAT'S A CHARACTER ISSUE , A SUPPLY-CHAIN ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S NOT A COMPATIBLE USE FOR THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IS TAK THAT MASTER PLAN, WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO WHAT ARE THE MORE ATTAINABLE THINGS, THE MORE CRITICAL PATH ITEMS THAT NEED T BE CONSIDERED RELATIVE TO A DOWNTOWN PROJECT. WE HAVE GOT THIS AREA WE ARE SHOWING HERE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REALIZ THAT WHAT WE ARE SHOWING HERE I CONCEPTUAL TAPES OF USE.
WE STRESSED THIS TO COUNCIL A LONG TIME AGO.
DON'T GET TO EXCITED ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THE BLOCK OR THE COLOR.
ALL HIGHLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WHAT YOU WILL SEE UP THERE IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN IS A BIG GRAY BOX THAT I IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE PARKING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THOMAS, WOULDN'T WE NEEDED AND I WILL SAY WE NEEDED AT SOME POINT IN THEIR FUTURE WHICH IS DETERMINE UP OF REAL DATA IN YOU START LOOKING AT WHAT TYPE OF USES WILL GO INTO THEIR SPACE COME OUT WHEN THOSE USES WILL COME ONLINE WITH THE ULTIMATE GENERATION. AND INERRANT INTERIM PHASED APPROACH, HE WILL HEAR US TALK LOT ABOUT SURFACE PARKING, TEASER PARKING COMMITTEE WILL HEAR US TALKING ABOUT ON STREET PARKING, ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF PARKING.
WHAT WE ARE GENTRIFYING IS THAT WE ARE HEAVILY CONTEMPLATING PARKING NEEDS. NOT ALL PARKING IS CREATED EQUAL . PARKING IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'R IN THE INTERIM PAGES OF YOUR PROJECT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEB BLOCKS THAT ARE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT, THOSE REPRESENT RETAIL. THOSE REPRESENT THINGS LIKE FOO AND BEVERAGE, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PURPLE BUILDING THAT IS KIND OF AT THE CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND 1869, WHAT W CALLED THE AT&T LOTS, THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FO A POTENTIAL TO BE A FUTURE BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
DON'T GET LOCKED IN ON THE SITES , DON'T GET LOCKED IN ON FOR SHAPE. THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING THIS OPPORTUNITY AS YOU BUILD OUT A DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS ANCHORED BY HISTORIC MAIN STREET. THERE IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO COME, STAY DOWNTOWN, LITERALLY LOOK OUT OVER THIS HISTORIC MEAN STREETS AND DO IT REALLY IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE SPACE FOR A LONG-TERM. THE SPACE YOU SEE THERE, THE ORANGE BLOCKS, IT'S NOT A CITY OWNED SITES, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNER. WHAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING THERE I A NEED TO ENSURE THAT AS THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT GROWS AND THI IS A PORTION OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, THAT WE THINK ABOUT TRANSITION MARY. HAD TO GO FROM SOMETHING THAT I RELATIVELY DOWNTOWN ISSUE INTO KIND OF YOUR ZONING THAT ALLOWS
FOR COMMERCIAL IN RESIDENTIAL. >> WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> THE ORANGE BLOCKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
>> AND WHERE IS THAT IN LIFE? PICKY IF YOU WERE TO HEAD UP THAT ROAD TO THE RIGHT OF THAT ROAD, THAT WOULD TAKE YOU RIGHT
NEXT TO THE ROUNDABOUT. >> IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER
ROUNDABOUT? >> WE WILL GET THERE.
>> WAIT, I'M SORRY. SO THAT IS MAIN STREET.
IT IS 1869 AT THE TOP ROUNDABOUT .
SO WHAT IS THE STREETS BELOW TH ORANGE BLOCKS.
WHERE IS MYRTLE? MYRTLE IS IN BETWEEN THE ORANGE BLOCKS IN THE TOP ORANGE BOX. OKAY.
>> WHERE THE EXISTING ROUNDABOU IS.
THE ROUNDABOUT THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT THERE IS HIGHL
CONCEPTUAL. >> IT'S GOING TO KIND OF DEPEND
>> THE REALITY IS, THIS IMAGE AGAIN IS NOT MEANT TO SAY THIS
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IS WHERE THE THINGS GO, IT'S JUST SAY THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS ANALYSIS.FOR BIG BEIGE BUILDING RIGHT THERE, THAT IS A MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. SO THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE BEING THAT THE BUILDING THAT YOU ARE SITTING IN TODAY NOT BE HERE IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD BE SITTING IN THAT LOCATION WHICH IS A REALLY CRITICAL PIECE TO THE PUZZLE OF ANCHORING A HEAVY RETAIL CORRIDOR IS SO WE HAVE DAYTIME ACTIVITY CONTINUING TO ALLOW THOSE FOLKS TO OPERATE IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY.
WHAT DID THIS IF YOU DO? THIS IF HE HAD TWO OPTIONS.
ONE, WE COULD AS THE OWNER OF THE PROJECTS, THE CITY, ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE SAFETY WE COULD DO AND THINK IN PLAN AND DIRECT AND DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WE WOULD NOT DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT, SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT OR INSTEAD OF HERE HIRING BUNCH OF STAFF, WE ELECTED TO BRING ON PROJECT MANAGER. THIS GROUP SERVES AS AN EXTENSION OF STAFF. THE OTHER COOL THING IS THIS THEY HAVE GOT INCREDIBLE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN THIS AREA.
NOT ONLY DO THEY BRING EXPERTISE , BUT THEY BRING THE ABILITY TO COME ON, EMBED THEMSELVES WITH STAFF, WORK THROUGH THE LIFECYCLE OF THIS AMAZING PROJECT, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, AT THE FELICITY TRANSITIONS INTO DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PROJECT, THEY CAN BE ON THE CITY TEAM, DECIDE TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN WE HAVE THAT FOR YOUR.
THAT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD WAY FOR BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF THE CITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH PROJECTS LIKE THESE.
HERE IS THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE SCRIPT FOR THE FIRST PHRASE OF THE PROJECT. THERE IS A LOT OF WORDS ON THE SCREEN. I DESCRIBED THE PROJECT ROUGHLY IN THREE MAIN PHASES, THE FIRST PHASE IS DOING ALL OF THE WORK IT TAKES NECESSARY TO REALLY GE A CONCEPT TO A PLACE THAT WE CA START MAKING DECISIONS ON WHERE THE ROADS NEED TO GO.
WHERE THE UTILITIES NEED TO BE. WHERE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO DESIGN TO GET OURSELVES TO A POINT TO GO FURTHER.
I JUST DESCRIBED TO YOU A YEARS WORTH OF WORK.
MY POINT IS, BEFORE YOU DO ALL OF THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS WORK DONE. TECHNICAL STUDIES, DUE DILIGENCE , A BIG PIECE OF THIS IS IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT PARTS FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. HOWEVER THE TOURISM GOING TO WORK, THERE ARE ALL THESE DIFFERENT FINANCING TOOLS THAT NEED TO BE ANALYZED. WE NEED SOMEONE TO BRING ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND DO IT IN A SHORT TIMEFRAME.
THOSE THINGS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
THIS GETS US TO THE POINT WHERE THE CITY WILL HAVE THE TRAITS T MOVE ON TO PHASE TOO. PHASE II IS DESIGNING ALL OF TH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS SUBGRADE IN TO START PUTTING THAT STUFF, I DESCRIBE IT AS CREATING PAD SITES, WE ARE GETTING IT READY FOR PHASE THREE WHICH WOULD BE THE LAUNCH ON A PORTION OF THE PROJECT. PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE SO COMPLEX IN FLUID, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE GOING T WALK THROUGH THIS, THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AS YOU GO HERE AND THERE. WHAT IS THE IMPLICATIONS OF TEXTILE, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE MARKET.
WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL MARKET GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE MAJOR FACTORS. CITIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE GOIN THROUGH PROJECTS LIKE THIS. THE CHEWING OVER TO THE CONTRAC IS GRIFFIN [INDISCERNIBLE] FREIGHT HE'S GOT A LONG LIST OF PROJECTS THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE SLIDES THEY INCLUDED. THEY HAVE GOT OVER 500 PROJECTS IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THEIR SPECIALTY.
THEY WORK AS A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GET CONFUSED BECAUSE THERE ARE COUPLE DIFFERENT WORDS, THOSE WORDS YO WILL HEAR IN OUR INDUSTRY.
IF GOT CONSULTANTS, THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE DESIGN SOMETHING OR THEY GIVE YOU A PLAN AND THEN YOU HAVE DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE WHO BUILD THINGS FREIGHT THE COOL THING ABOUT THEM AS THEY ARE A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER.
THEY WALK THROUGH WITH YOU AND THEY SET FOR CITY UP TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OPTIONS, SELECT WHICH OPTIONS THEY WANT TO MOVE THROUGH, AND THINK ABOUT IT FRO CRADLE-TO-GRAVE.
FREIGHT WHAT ARE THE WAYS THEY DO THAT IS NOT ONLY AS A DEVELOPER AROUND FOR A WHILE DOING THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF WORK
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BUT THEY HAVE TWO OTHER COMPANIES, GENERAL CONTRACTING ARM AND THEY HAVE A FACILITY SOLUTIONS.WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT A PROJECT WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THEY ARE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT THE CITY IS GOIN TO WALK-THROUGH WITH THEM, THEY ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST HOW DOES THE CITY FINANCE IT, HOW DOES THE CITY OR PRIVAT DEVELOPER BUILD IT? BUT ALSO, HOW DO THEY MAINTAIN THIS. HOW DOES IT FUNCTION WITHIN THE CONTEXT. SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE ALREADY HAD WITH THEM IS HOW CA WE MAKE SURE AS WE DO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THIS TO HAPPEN THAT W HAVE THE ABILITY TO REROUTE TRAFFIC AROUND MAINSTREET SO MAYBE WE COULD SHUT DOWN IN STREET.
ALLOW FOR A STREET FAIR TYPE OF THINGS TO HAPPEN.
CREATE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO ORGANIZE AND GATHER.
SO THEY HAVE A PRETTY WELL-ROUNDED APPROACH TO ALL OF THIS. THEY BRING WITH THEM A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TEAM OF SUBCONSULTANTS IN THE CITY WAS PART OF MAKING SURE THAT WE KNE WHO THE SUBCONSULTANTS WERE.
A LOT OF GREAT FOLKS IN THERE. OF NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME T HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THEM. THEY DO A LOT OF PROJECTS AROUN THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE JUST KIND OF INDICATIN WHERE THEY'VE DONE SOME GOOD PROJECTS.
THERE ARE SOME OF THE MORE RECENT PROJECTS YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT STUFF IN SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, DFW, YOU CAN SEE THEY DID THE SALINA DOWNTOWN CENTER. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THIS GROUP IS EFFECTIVE AT DELIVERIN WHAT THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE WORKING FOR WANTS. THEY DO PROVIDE THE KIND OF A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FREIGHT A LOT OF WORK IN MC KINNEY AND THOSE TYPES OF SURROUNDING AREAS.
HERE IS THE PICTURE THAT EVERYBODY LOVES, THIS IS THE FIRST RENDERING OF A SMALL PORTION, THAT FIRST PHASE WE TALKED ABOUT. IF YOU WERE TO VISUALIZE WHERE YOU ARE STANDING. YOU'RE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON HOVERING OVER THE MEMORIAL PLAZ RATE LP JILL LOOKING OVER WHAT WOULD BE 1869 MOVING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN DOWN T THE LEFT. YOU HAVE GOT A MUNICIPAL CONCEP INVISION BACK THERAPY INTO LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVATION ENTRIES THERE.
THE FIRST FLOOR OF THAT MUNICIPAL COMPLEX IS ACTUALLY INVISION TO HAVE SOME RETAIL COMPONENTS OF MET FACILITY TO CREATE FURTHER ACTIVATION INSID AND AROUND THAT BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE THE AMPHITHEATER IS THERE ON THE LEFT.
IT IS A VERY OPEN SPACE IT IS VERY PROGRAMMABLE.
AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT SEASONS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO HOLD ANY FESTIVALS AND THINGS OF THA NATURE. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LOT OF WAL ABILITY. EVEN IN PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS JUST FROM A KICKOFF PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED REALLY AS A PRIMARY THAT HAS COME OUT OF TH STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
I DON'T IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT W ARE DOING MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT WE ARE TAKING THAT INFORMATION.
HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE THIS? YOU WILL SEE THAT BUILDING ON THE RIGHT THERE HAS GOT KIND OF A DARK ROOF, THAT THIS PRINTING 1869, THAT IS TO REPRESENT RETAIL.
AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS HIGHLY CONCEPTUAL.
ALL OF THIS IS FOCUSED IN ON TYPES AND USES.
IS THIS MORE OF A GROUND-FLOOR PERSPECTIVE.
THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF SCALE OF WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE. TO MY FAR LEFT WOULD BE THE MEMORIAL PLAZA, PROBABLY RIGHT NOW, STANDING SOMEWHERE ON THE BACKSIDE OF PARTRIDGES AS THIS WILL FEEL LIKE RUNNING DOWN ALONG 1869. WHATEVER ENDS UP GETTING IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ESPECIALLY, I WILL BE IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS VERY ACTIVE SPACED, WE CAN BRIN A LOT OF ACTIVITY FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA. REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE WHERE WE ARE ENVISIONING A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
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SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WIT FOLKS LIKE THE CHAMBER IN THE ALL CO- RELATED, SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME LEARN ABOUT THE CITY, DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY WE THINK ABOUT IT IS ALL OFTHOSE THINGS. >> IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
WE ARE HERE, JULY 2026. THAT IS REALLY THAT FIRST PHASE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES SOME OF THAT OUTSIDE CREATION. RELATIVELY QUICKLY, AND WHEN I SAY RELATIVELY QUICKLY, PROBABL WON'T FEEL QUICKLY TO EVERYBODY HERE. AND THE GROOM SCHEME BEFORE YOU AGREE PROJECTS LIKE THIS. IT WILL FEEL QUICK COMPARED TO OTHER PROJECTS. AND THINGS WENT WELL AND THEY BUILT THE PHASE THAT WE ARE ENVISIONING IN OUR HEADS, THAT FIRST IMAGE WE LOOKED AT WHICH IS ANCHORED BY 1869 KIND OF THA SQUARE THERE, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS REALISTIC FRO A CONSTRUCTION PHASE. YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT GRAND OPENING AND THE FALSE LAST WINTER OF 2029.
>> FOR THAT FIRST PHASE. >> YES, PHASE ONE.
I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A LON TIME.
I'M GOING TO PAUSE AND SEE IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. THERE ARE PROBABLY QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO WHEN WILL WE GET AN UPDATE, OR WHAT WILL THE PROCES BE FOR THIS MOVING FORWARD, OR CRITICAL PATH ITEMS. I DON'T WANT TO PRESUME A WANT TO PAUSE AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO
ASK ANYTHING SPECIFIC. >> TIMMY, IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.
THIS WOULD BE THE IMPLEMENTATIO OF THAT.
IT IS KIND OF THE NEXT PHASE. WE HAD OUR MASTER PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED IN JULY OF 2024 AND NO WE ARE PUTTING BOTH NEXT STEPS.
>> PARTIALLY, I WOULD SAY. >> IS THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WAS VERY YOU CAN ONLY GET SO FA IN MASTER PLAN.
AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO START GETTING INTO SOME OF THE WORK W DID. WHAT PENCILS, WHAT THINGS THEY NEEDED, JUST KIND OF A NONSTARTER.
THAT STARTS INFORMING THE WORK THERE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPES OF HIGH-LEVEL. SO IMPLEMENTATION, YES, A LOT O DIFFERENT PIECES, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE EDC WAS INTERESTED IN A PROJECT AROUND THIS AROUND THE TIME THA THE MASTER PLAN HAD COME OUT. THEY HAD TAKE MY PLAN AND SAID WE WANT TO ADVANCE PROJECTS THA SUPPORT THE MASTER PLAN.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT JUST DIDN'T GET OFF THE GROUND FLOOR.
WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIO WITH CITY COUNCIL ABOUT--WE HAV THIS GREAT MASTER PLAN. IN EDC IF IT WANTED TO BE A PAR OF IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN, OR A PORTION OF THIS PLAN.
>> THIS IS MORE IN THIS ORANGE AREA.
>> S. IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL FOR DEVELOPING SOMETHING LIKE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IMAGE, AND THINGS ARE CONCEPTUALLY WE'RE ALREADY SEEING, THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, THIS CLOSES OFF THE SPACECRAFT WE NEED MORE OPEN SPACE, THINGS LIKE THAT. IF THAT IS SUCCESSFUL, SOME OF
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THE PINK AREA AND CERTAINLY THE BLUE AREA THOSE THINGS ARE GOIN TO DEVELOP. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.THIS CONVERSATION REALLY STARTE BACK IN NOVEMBER.
SHOULD BE INVESTING IN DOWNTOWN THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT THAT INVESTMENT LOOKS DIFFERENT. DOWNTOWN, THE SAFETY HAS TO BE THROUGH A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. AND HAVE TO BE THE CATALYST, OR WE HAVE TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT IS DOWN THERE NOW, IN THER FOR QUITE SOME TIME BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS AN ANCHOR PROJEC THAT TIPS THE SCALE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE THIS KIND OF TRANSITION NARRATE PERIOD HAPPEN.
THE OTHER THING IS KEY, THE PROJECT THAT GETS DEVELOPED ON THEIR WILL SET THE TONE, SET TH STAGE FOR THE QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPENS AROUND AT .
THE COOL THING IS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HISTORICAL ANCHOR ON MAI STREET. IF WE GOT SOMETHING IF PRIVATE BUILT SOMETHING THAT THROUGH TH CITY WE ARE ABLE TO CONTROL WHA THAT LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE SURE IT IS COMPLEMENTARY OF WHAT IS ALREADY DOWN THERE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT REALLY FEELS DISJOINTED OR HEAVILY URBAN, THINGS THAT JUST WOULD NOT BE A COMPATIBLE USE TO EVERYTHING WE HEAR FROM RESIDENTS.
>> I LOVE IT. I THINK THE VISION IS WONDERFUL.
I WISH THAT WE HAD HAD SOME SAY IN THAT.
I WISH WE HAD HAD SOME PREVIEW OR AT LEAST AS A COURTESY TO HAVE SEEN BEFORE THE NEWS RELEASES WENT OUT OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST AS DRC HAS AND WE HAD GREAT MOMENTUM O A LOT OF THINGS AND SO THAT PART , I'M JUST TRYING NOT TO FEEL SUPER TENDER ABOUT.
BUT I LOVE IT AND I FULLY SUPPORTED.
THINK IT'S AMAZING. ONE THING, ANOTHER THING I GUESS , NOT JUST ONE, JUST ONE MORE, I DO THINK THAT, WELL I KNOW THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW, ARE REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE WEEDS, TREE IN OUR PHASE ONE STREETSCAPE THEY ARE NOT SURVIVING, THEY AR NOT BEING PAID ATTENTION TO.
THAT IS AND SLIGHTLY OFF TALK I SUBJECT THAT I HAVE BEEN KIND O COOKING UP A DATE OF SERVICE WHICH WE COULD PUT ON THE FUTUR AGENDA TO HELP THEM, BUT I WORR ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW AND HOW THEY AR FEELING LIKE IT'S KIND OF A GRAVEYARD RIGHT NOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS HOW IT LOOKS KIND OF DEAD RIGHT NOW AND THE WEEDS THAT ARE HIP HIGH IN FRON OF SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES DON'T HELP, AND THE NIC THESE BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS WITH ALL THESE TREES AND LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL GREEN AND I'M THINKIN IF WE CAN'T EVEN SURELY DUMP A VINE THERE WILL BE OUR STAFF, I'M GUESSING THAT IS PART OF TH VISION, BUT YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING? TO GET SO THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS THERE, I WILL TRY TO HIT THEM ALL SEQUENTIALL BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY MY BRAIN WORKS. THE FIRST THING IS YOU HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT INPUT YOU CREATED THE FREEMARK RATE UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WAS PROTECTED BY EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT OF BEEN ABLE TO PURSU OTHER PROPERTIES WE WERE PURSUING HAD THIS BEEN PUBLIC.
I KNOW THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANYBOD FEEL BETTER, BUT TRUST US, THE MOMENT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY, WE DID.
IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT YOUR MEETING HAPPENED I THINK THAT MEETING WE TOOK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, IT WAS BEFORE OUR SCU OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, SO THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> FROM AND A GENDER PERSPECTIVE , WE COULDN'T GET IT ON. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO GET
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IN FRONT OF YOU AS QUICKLY AS W COULD.>> I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING COUL HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY, I'M JUST TENDER ABOUT IT. MY FEELINGS ARE HURT.
>> TOTALLY. THE COOL THING IS WE ARE HERE, AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT, IF YOU GO LOOK AT COMMUNITIES HAVE BUILT FULL JET PROJECT LIKE THI IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DOWNTOWN MASTER PLANS, BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO START THE MOMENTUM, IT WAS TEN YEARS ON AVERAGE. SO I THINK I SAID THIS THE FIRS OF MAY TALK TO YOU BECAUSE, COMING TO LIBERTY HILL, ABJECT PULL OUT A LOT OF PLANS, THERE WAS A MASTER BUILDING PLAN FOR SIDE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT T SEE THAT AGAIN, WE NEED TO FIX THIS, BUT THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WAS VERY WELL DONE AND SET THE CITY UP FOR THIS OPPORTUNIT OF THE CITY, EDC IN A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN ALL OF THESE THINGS BEING ABLE TO COME TOGETHER WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. THE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED RELATIVE TO DOWNTOWN IN THE CURRENT STATE, WE ARE WORKING O THAT. IT'S NO SECRET WE ARE GOING THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS WITH COUNCIL.
THAT BUDGET PROCESS I JOKE STARTED IN JANUARY, WE HAVE BEE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, COUNCIL HUSBAND GIVING DIRECTION, TAKIN ACTION, THEY HAVE APPROVED A LO OF THINGS, MAINLY PROJECT BASED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ALL OF THA FUN STUFF HAS BEEN GOING ON AND IT REALLY CULMINATES TO THIS LAST PHASE THAT WE START TOMORROW NIGHT WHERE WE DIG INT THEIR PROPOSED FY 27 BUDGET WIT THEM OR THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED GOALS AND PRIORITIES, THEY DID THAT MONTHS AGO. WE'VE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE WE WILL MEE THOSE GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
WE ARE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
THE REALITY IS WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE SEVERE IS NOT MAINTAINED, IN ORDER TO MAINTAI IT, WE NEED THE RESOURCES TO DO IT. WE WILL BE REQUESTING FROM THEM THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES , BUT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE AGAIN TONIGHT, AND IT'S GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT AREA
>> YES. >> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT THE FUTURE WITH THE OWNER 'S REP NOW AND PLAY, WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THESE KINDS OF MOTIONS FOR YOUR TIMELINE BETWEEN NOW AND 2029, WHAT IS OUR ROLE THROUGHOUT THOSE NEXT FEW YEARS SO WE ARE
PREPARED FOR THAT. >> WE JUST HAD A KICKOFF MEETIN WITH THE TEAM AND WE TALKED ABOUT CRITICAL PATH ITEMS, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT STAKEHOLDERS AND ALL OF THOSE.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT WE RAN STAKEHOLDERS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, BUT WE TOLD THEM TH DRC WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT FO MAKING SURE WE ARE BRINGING EVERYBODY ALONG IN SEEKING THAT FEEDBACK MARRIED THERE ARE CRITICAL PATH ITEMS THAT THEY ARE GENTRIFYING AND POINTS WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU GUYS AND SAY HEY, WE HAVE GOT THIS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT UTILITY PLANS, YOU DON'T CARE IF IT'S AN 8-INCH OR 10-INCH, RIGHT, BUT THE THINGS WE WILL BLINK AS THIS IS WHAT WERE THINKING ABOUT FURTHER SLOTS, AND THEY'RE OF THESE FOU DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WITH YOU GUYS THINK.
WE WILL HAVE THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS IN THOSE TYPES OF CHECK IN. WE WILL HAVE CHECK INS WITH YOU ALL ON KIND OF THE LAYOUT OF SOME OF THE FACILITIES IN IS THIS ENOUGH GREEN SPACE, OR HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS ORIENTATION. THOSE BIGGER PICTURE THINGS WE REFER TO THEM AS THE THINGS THA PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE, WE WIL CHECK IN WITH YOU BECAUSE. WE DON'T HAVE A CRITICAL MAP YET , BUT THAT IS THE FIRST PART OF THE SCOPE IS TO SCOPE THAT OUT SO YOU GUYS HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE TOUCH POINTS ARE GOING TO BE. JUST THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> WHAT ABOUT HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, DO WE HAVE ANY, OUR ANY OF THOSE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE MARKED IN TH MASTER PLAN HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT MAKING SURE THAT
I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT THERE ARE NO HISTORICAL BUILDINGS BEING AFFECTED BY THIS FIRST PHASE.
>> THAT PRESENTATION, THAT IS A CORNERSTONE OF THE MAIN STREET.
SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE, I KNOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TOO.
>> WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WHE WE WERE KICKING AROUND THE IDEA EARLY ON A BOUTIQUE HOTEL. WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL DOWNTOWN, WHAT I'M REALLY SAYING IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO UNIQUE TO LIBERTY HILL THAT IT' OFFENSIVE.
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SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT HAVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE, BECAUSE THAT CREATES A WHOLE DIFFERENT COMPLICATION TO HAVE A COMPONENT . THE REALITY IS WE WANT A BUNCH OF FLOOD FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPTIONS DOWNTOWN WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO LEAVE THE HOTEL AND GO AN SEE SOME OF THESE PLACES AND LIVE MUSIC AND STUFF. THE REASON WE WERE TALKING ABOU THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL CONCEPTUALLY BEING IN A FACE IN THE NORTHWES [INDISCERNIBLE] SPECIFICALLY SO IT CAN LOOK OVER THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER.WE WENT DOWN THIS WHOLE RABBIT HOLE TALKING ABOUT ISN'T IT COO WHEN YOU GO TO THE WHOLE FORT WORTH THING IN YOU GET THESE BUILDINGS AND THESE PLACARDS IN YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THE ORIGIN IN ALL OF THAT STUFF RIGHT THER WILL BE A TIME IN A PLACE FOR THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU GUYS WE JUST WON'T BE THERE FOR A
WHILE. >> I WANTED TO CUT EVERYONE'S MIND, I WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST A BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MAKING SURE EVERYTHIN LOOKS PRETTY.
I WANT TO MAKE THIS COMMITTEE ADVISORY TO OTHER STRATEGIC THOUGHTS. OF NOT SAYING, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT UTILITIES OR ANYTHING LIK THAT, BUT HELP THE EXISTING BUSINESSES AND MAIN STREET MAKING SURE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ALIVE AND MAKING SURE WE AR WITH THE FUTURE OF WHAT INDUSTR WILL LOOK LIKE IN DOWNTOWN. I THINK THERE'S MORE TO US THAN A BEAUTIFICATION TEAM. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, THAT'S WERE PASSION ABOU TOO.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT. THIS COMMITTEE WAS VERY BEAUTIFICATION HEAVY IN THE EARLY DAYS AND I HAVE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR FOUR YEARS, AND IN THE EARLY DAYS WE JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STUFF, AND KNOW WE HAVE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS OUR COMMITTEE WAS PROBABL DOING MORE THAN THINGS THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY IN OUR PURVIEW, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE TWO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE OR OTHERWISE. I KNOW YOU WENT ON SOME WILD GOOSE CHASES. I THINK WE WERE THE HEAD IN THA DIRECTION IN I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE LOT TO DO WITH WHERE YOU WANTED TO GO, BUT THE THING FITS IN FRONT OF YOU, TRYING TO GET SOM TRACTION.
THE COOL THING IS WE'VE GOT THI GREAT FRAMEWORK NOW AND WE KNOW WHERE NORTH IS. IT BECOMES VERY EASY FOR US TO FOLLOW THE TRACK OF S WE GO THROUGH THESE PHASE, THERE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL POINTS WHERE YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME INPUT HERE ON WHAT YOU WANT THI TO LOOK INTO LIKE.
WE WILL TAKE CARE OF WHERE DOES THE TURN LANE GO AND MORE TECHNICAL THINGS. THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AS WE GET INTO THIS RHYTHM.
SOME MEDIA STUFF ARE YOU UP TO LOOK AT.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW MUC CHANGES ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TOWARD THE DOWNTOWN VILLAGE OR THE DOWNTOWN PLEX? TO GET THERE IS A LOT OF
STILLWATER IS EVANGELISM THERE. >> THE REALITY IS, THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
SO THOSE KIND OF OUTER PERIMETE DOWNTOWN PLEX, THOSE OTHER AREAS , THOSE ARE KIND TO FUTURE PHASES IN I DON'T KNOW, THOSE PHASES MAY NOT BE THE CITY MIGH NOT HAVE A STRONG FINANCIAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THOSE PHASES. I THINK THOSE PHASES WILL BE TICKLY AND THROUGH THE COMP PLA AND ZONING, MAY BE SOME ECONOMI DEVELOPMENT, IF THERE IS THE RIGHT TYPE OF THING COMING IN THAT REALLY MEETS THE CHARACTER OF WITH THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLA ENVISIONS, THE NAVY WE WORK WIT THEM JOSIE WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT THINK A LOT OF THOSE WILL BE TO GET REMEMBER WHAT MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, IT'S RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN TOURIST, ADJUSTED
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HAVE A ROLE IN THIS, SO NOW, IT WILL START, WE CAN START, WE BEING THE CITY CAN START PUTTIN THAT INTO PLAY WHERE IT IS PUT TOGETHER IN ITS PROPER FORM INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING ANDHANGING OUT. >> THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM TO PULL OFF A PROJECT IN MULTIPLE PHASES LIKE THIS WILL REQUIRE THE CITY OWNS A BUNCH OF PROPERTY.
WE ARE WILLING TO TRADE THAT PROPERTY TO A DEVELOPER WHO IS GOING TO BUILD THE THINGS WE TELL IT TO BUILD.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN MAKE IT ALL THE STUFF FOR FREE.
IT JUST MEANS WE GET IT FOR A LOWER MARKET SHARE.
ULTIMATELY THAT MEANS LESS STEPS .
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT OVER TIM HAVE TO BE FUNDED BY PARTNERSHIP . IT WILL INVOLVE SOME SOURCE OF FUNDING AND THOSE SOURCES OF FUNDING ARE ANY IN ALL OF THE POTENTIAL SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AL SORTS OF TOOLS.
INCENTIVE VISITATIONS. WE HAVE GOD'S ALL SORTS OF STUFF . IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE BEST PORTFOLIO OF MECHANISM AND LEVERS TO STRATEGICALLY PUL TO POSITION THIS PROJECT TO GET US AS MUCH VALUE AS WE CAN DURING THE TIMEFRAME WE HAVE.
THAT IS ONE OF ABOUT 14 THINGS THAT WILL BE EVALUATED AND DO W NEED TO MAKE CHANGES OR ARE WE GOING TO MAKE RECOMMEND CHANGES BEING MADE? WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FIRST. >> OKAY.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL BE BACK TO KIND OF SHARE , KIND OF LIKE A CRITICAL PATH AND IDEA OF OUR CRITICAL PATH ITEMS OUR IN WHEN THOSE COULD FALL. IS NOT A SET IN STONE SCHEDULE BECAUSE THINGS WILL SHIFT BACK AND FORTH.
COMPLICATED PROJECTS LIKE THIS ALWAYS ARE, THE REALITY IS IF W HAVE BIG MEETING, IT COULD PUSH THE SCHEDULE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A BIWEEKLY MEETING ALL THE TIME CONSTANTLY CHECKING IN ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LO OF OUR TIME. JUST THAT BIWEEKLY MEETING AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
WE HAD ONE AT 4:00 P.M. TODAY I THINK THERE WERE 15 PEOPLE ON I AND THOSE ARE JUST PEOPLE REPRESENTING A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DOING FURTHER WORK SO IT WILL REQUIRE QUITE A LOT.
LITERALLY THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS IS JUST ESTABLISHING WHO THE CRITICAL PATH FOLKS, LET AL THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INCORPORATING.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. WE ARE ALREADY IN THE BEGINNING
PHASE. >> I WAS HOPING TERRA WOULD BE HERE FOR OUR PLANTER DISCUSSION BECAUSE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WERE SENT FOR HEARST, AND I KNO SHE WILL HAVE OPINIONS ON THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE, HOW YOU GUY FEEL ABOUT MOVING-[BLEEP] EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM SENT THEY'RE PROPOSED IDEAS FOR THE DECORATIVE PLANTERS DOWNTOWN. THOSE PICTURES WE'RE NOT ANY OF THEM. LIKE THEM.
SO I DON'T KNOW, DID YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED
TO SAY ON THESE? >> FIRST, WE THINK IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT TERRA SUPPLIED THE TERRA-COTTA
RECOMMENDATION. >> I DID NOTICE THAT IN THE SLIDES. KIDDING FOR THE RECORD.
THE PICTURES WERE PULLED FROM THE E-MAIL ROUTE GROUP RECEIVED SO WE CLICK THAT LINK IT WAS IN THE SPREADSHEET AND THIS WAS TH PICTURE THAT POPPED UP ON AMAZO SO IS GREEN CHARTER AND CLIPPED
IT IN THERE. >> I DIFFERENT CLICK.
I JUST AFTER THE PHOTOS THAT WERE ATTACHED.
>> WE GOT THIS STRAIGHT FROM TH E-MAIL.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY, ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH
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THIS, BUT THE WHOLE IDEA FOR BRANDING OPPORTUNITY, PEOPLE CA GET REAL EXCITED ABOUT DOWNTOWN ART, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A THOUGHT SOMEWHERE IN THER ABOUT IF THESE WERE BIG ENOUGH THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SORT O BRANDING ARE ARTS INC. WITH THI VERY FIGURE YOU TALK ABOUT THE SMALL-TOWN ART SITUATION.>> I THINK THIS LIKE KIND OF MIXES EVERYBODY'S IDEAS INTO ONE , BUT I HAD THE WHISKEY BARREL IDEA IN I HAD SAID FOR THAT YOU CAN BRAND CITY OF LIBERTY HILL OR AT THE SMALL-TOWN BIG HEART PRINTING O THAT ITSELF RIGHT, BUT WAS THE
CONNECTION I WAS MAKING TO THAT. >> WE THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE PEOPLE WOULD GO WITH IT, BUT IF YOU HAVE THI INSTALLATION OF A THING, IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE TALK ABOUT PRINTING TO CONTINUE TO PUT THOSE OUT THERE.
>> I DID THAT MOCKUP ON AI WITH IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT ON THERE FROM THAT E-MAIL, BUT THERE IS A MOCKUP WITH THE BARREL IN THE BRANDING OMELETTE.
>> HERE IS THE KEY PIECE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LONG-TERM AN SHORT-TERM OPPORTUNITIES, LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITY IS TO COM UP WITH MAKING A PLAN, INCORPORATE THAT IN DOWNTOWN PERTH THE MORE THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN THE MORE WE LOOKED AT IT, I THINK THE WAY WE PULL THAT OFFICE WE INCORPORATE AND BRING IN THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT AND WE HAVE THEM, SOMEBODY ON
THEIR TEAM DO THAT WORK. >> PLAN FOR THIS BEAUTIFICATION
>> SO WE JUST KIND OF STREAMLIN THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER.
NOW, HOW SOON WILL THAT HAPPEN? WE NEED TO GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS, YOU ALL NEED TO GE FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS BEFORE THOSE CRITICAL PATH DECISIONS ARE MADE.
I ALSO THINK IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE RIGHT PHASE OF HAPPY ENDING PLANNING PROCESS, YOU COULD MAK IT TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW STARTIN THINGS ON MAIN STREET THAT ARE GOING TO BLEED INTO THE NEW PORTION OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRIC SO IT DOESN'T FEEL DISJOINTED.
>> THE MORE WE HAVE BEEN TALKIN ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND AFTER I GOT EVERYONE'S INFORMATION AND STARTED PUTTING IT TOGETHER SINCE THAT TIME UNTIL NOW, THE MORE I AM THINKING ABOUT IT, AN I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS OBVIOUSLY, BUT IF YOU LIKE IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW. I FEEL LIKE TO YOUR POINT, WAITING UNTIL SOMEBODY ON THAT TEAM CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE PUT DOWN THEIR WILL HAVE A LOOK THAT IS COHESIVE WITH NOT ONLY THE VISION, BUT I'M THINKING REALLY EVEN WITH THE STREETSCAP THAT IS ALREADY THERE BRIGHT I FEEL LIKE OUR PLANTERS SHOULD ALIGN WITH THE STREET FURNITURE WE'VE ALREADY PUT INTO THE STREETSCAPE IF NOTHING ELSE BREATH.
>> LET'S THINK ABOUT TWO THINGS IN THAT PERSPECTIVE.
THERE IS LONG-TERM IN THEM THER IS SHORT-TERM.
THINK LONG TERM, HUNDRED PERCENT .
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE JUST THE PLANTERS, AND I WILL G BACK TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DEAD GRASS STONE DON'T THERE RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS COOL THING OVER HERE AND WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY LOVE OVER HERE.
THAT'S NOT A POSITION WE WANT T BE.
I WILL CONTINUE TO ECHO MY RECOMMENDATION FROM LAST MEETIN WHICH IS THERE IS LONG-TERM AND DOING THE WHOLE PLACE MAKING PLAN AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT AND THEN THERE IS SHORT-TERM.
WHEN I THINK SHORT-TERM, I THIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THE SMALL IN THE MEDIUM-SIZE INVESTMENT THAT JUST GET SOME
COLOR DOWN THERE. >> THINK OF OUR GOING TO THINK ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE WE EVEN ADD COLOR DOWN THERE, WE NEED TO REPLACE THE DEAD TREE AND WE NEED TO WEED EACH. AND I THOUGHT TO NEED TO GO DOW THERE WITH A WEEDEATER? BECAUSE I COULD.
>> I WANT US TO GET INTO THIS TOPIC, WE ARE HANDLING PETS, WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THAT. WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF THAT.
>> AWARE OF IT, YES, BUT BEFORE WE ADD COLOR TO IT, I LOVE THE IDEA OF ADDING COLOR I JUST WAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF FIRST BEFORE WE ADD COLOR BECAUSE IF WE ADD COLOR, THOSE HAVE TO BE TENDED TO AS WELL.
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>> YES, WE AGREE. >> I GUESS JUST MAKING SURE THERE IS A MAINTENANCE PLAN MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE ADD COLOR
FOR WHAT IS THERE AND KICK IT YES, FOR GOOD REASON I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. WE WEREN'T HERE WHEN THAT WAS
I'M NOT PLACING BLAME ANYWHERE, JUST BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT ADDIN MORE THINGS, I WANT TO MAKE SUR WE ARE TAKING CARE OF.
>> I THINK HE WANTS TO DO IT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>> PERFECT, PERFECT. >> WHAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE RIGH NOW IS A VERY LABOR-INTENSIVE LACK OF COLOR MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
>> WE AGREE. WE WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE STATS.
OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET TO POINT WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING IN FRONT OF YOU THAT YOU SAY WE LIKE THIS OR WE DON' LIKE THIS, BRING SOMETHING ELSE BACK, WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE. THE IDEA BEING PLANTERS ARE VER EASY, THEY'RE EASY TO REMOVE, THE RELATIVELY EASY TO MAINTAIN.
THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN DEPLOY THESE THAT ARE NOT LABOR-INTENSIVE, BUT ALSO DONE IN A WAY THAT REALLY HELP KIND OF CREATE A VISUAL STATIC AS PEOPLE ARE MOVING THROUGH AND AROUND THAT AREA. ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS YOU WILL SEE IS THESE TALLER BARREL PLANTERS SPRAYED IT DOESN'T EVE HAVE TO BE THESE TWO PLANTERS, THIS IS PURELY AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE WOULD USE THE TALLER BARREL STYLE FOR ENTRANCES INTO BUILDINGS, WE WOULD USE THE MOR RECTANGULAR STUFF, WE WOULD GROUP THAT ALONG THE PATHWAY. WENT OF THE IDEAS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS JUST EXAMPLE O A RENDERING WE USE THEIR ALONG THE ROAD, WE CAN DEPLOY THESE I ANY SORT OF WAY THAT WE WANTED, BUT IT'S STRICTLY A VISUALIZATION.
THE COOL THING IS THAT AS YOU EXPAND THIS PROGRAM SO JUST SPEAK OVER TIME, YOU COULD MOVE INTO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, OR YO CAN KIND OF DEPLOY THIS RELATIVELY EASILY.
IT'S NOT WITHOUT COST, YES THER ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS HERE. >> SHORT-TERM, WE TALK ABOUT SHORT-TERM SHORT TERM, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FALL OR A WINTE OF 2029 GRAND OPENING FOR A PHASE OF DOWNTOWN, IT MAY BE DURING THAT GRAND OPENING WE AR DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO THIS IS A TO IN A HALF JUST MY THREE YEAR ACTIVATION WHICH GIVES YOU HONESTLY IT BUYS ENOUGH TIME FOR THIS GROUP AND THE CONSULTANT AND EVERYBODY TO COME UP WITH A LONG-TERM PLAN.
>> IT LOOKS ALIVE DOWN THERE. >> I WANT TO BE REALLY SENSITIV OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS JUST A PROJECT DOWNTOWN AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT POWER POLES IN A MINUTE.
BUT THERE WAS A PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN THAT THE QUESTION WOUL BE IF WE START DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE JUST DID THIS IN WERE RIPPING IT DOWN? THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT PROJECT WA SIGNIFICANT AND NEEDED TO HAPPEN . MAYBE THERE IS AN OPTION TO TAK THOSE VEGETATIVE STRIPS AND PROVE THAT, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT. IT MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T NEED FULLY VEGETATED STRIPS THERE, MAYBE WE NEED SOMETHING ELSE THAT ALLOWS US T PUT THOSE PRONE LANCERS ON THEI HOOK THEM UP TO A DRIP IRRIGATION SO WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THIS LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN FIGURE OUT PRETTY EASILY, THE THING THAT REALLY WE NEED FROM Y'ALL, IS THIS THE TYPE OF THING YOU
WANT TO SEE? >> I ALSO THINK YOUR IDEA IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY IS THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY TO CHANG THOSE BEDS THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS INSTEAD OF, DO I UNDERSTAND THA RIGHT CRACKS.
>> WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> HERE IS WHY I LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL DOWNSIDES WE DIDN'T KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL SOMETHING IS IMPLEMENTED AND IN DAILY PRACTICE IN THE NEAR LIKE THAT WASN'T A GREAT IDEA ONE OF THOSE IS WHAT WILL MAY HAVE OUR FESTIVALS, PEOPLE ARE TRAMPLING ALL THROUGH THOSE THINGS WERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD WORK BETTER
. >> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TAKING THOSE VEGETATIVE STATE STRIPS JUST TO MY CONCEPTUAL LEVEL. WE TALKED ABOUT COULD BE BOARDWALK THOSE AND MAKE THOSE SOMETHING AS STATICALLY PLEASIN
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THAT IS SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM THE BRICK SO IT KIND OF CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF A FUN VISUAL PU PLANTERS AROUND THERE, PUT IRRIGATION THROUGH THE AREA SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE THE IRRIGATION, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE DURING THOSE FESTIVALS T BE AROUND THAT AREA, WE COULD EVEN PUT BENCHES IN THAT AREA.THERE IS A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES. I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PROJECT HAPPEN HAPPENED THE WAY IT DID, THE DESIGN ELEMENTS, I TOTALLY GET THAT, BUT THE REALITY IS YO HAVE A REALLY OPAQUE COLOR DOWNTOWN AND WE PUT A PICK COLO TO GRASS IN FRONT OF IT AND YOU
GET WHAT YOU GET. >> IN THE RENDERING SLAVER GREEN . WE ENVISIONED GREEN.
>> AGAIN, HAVING THIS TYPE OF DEPLOYMENT IN FRONT OF THOSE IS REALLY GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR A COOL COLOR-COORDINATED IT WILL POP VERY QUICKLY.
PLUS YOU GET TO CHOOSE DIFFEREN COLOR PLANNER, BARREL STYLE THING. THE COOL THING ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS IS IF YOU WANT TO DO MAYBE BUSINESSES COULD APPLY TO THE SAFETY AND PAY A SMALL FEE IN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET AN ACTUAL WHISKEY BARREL THAT IS STAMPED WITH SMALL-TOWN BIG HEART WILL GO. YOU COULD DO SOME PREDICTABLE
THINGS THERE. >> IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,
OR TRADE. >> DO YOU MEAN THE COLORS ARE
ALL OF IT? >> THE ITEM ITSELF.
I MEAN IF YOU GUYS WERE LIKE HEY , WE REALLY LIKE THIS, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP, HERE IS WHAT WE WOULD DO.
WE WOULD GO FIGURE OUT THE SCAL AND HOW FAST WE CAN DEPLOY IT.
BRING THAT BACK, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS NOT INEXPENSIVE, BUT DOABLE. AND THEN FROM A CONTRACTING AND SCHEDULE TIMELINE, IT'S PROBABL A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
>> I LOVE HAVING THE TWO DIFFERENT SHAPES.
I LOVE THE TALL VERSUS WE TALKE ABOUT SOME MORE ROUNDS, I LIKE THE SHAPES EMPHASIZES OF WHAT YOU HAVE PICTURED HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF COLOR WAS PART OF THE DECISION.
THE COLOR ISN'T BRIBING WITH ME. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TOO , BUT THEN I WAS THINKING MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS ALSO I'M NO IN LOVE WITH THE COLOR, HOWEVER I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OTHER COLOR WOULD LOOK GREAT IF WE WENT WITH A NEUTRAL THEN WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING WE ALREADY HAVE WHICH IS NO COLOR.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH COLOR JUST HAVING THE FLOWERS,
WHICH BY THE WAY. >> A THINKER ONLY THOUGHT PROCESS ON THE COLOR, WHICH WAS JUST THAT THERE HAS TO BE A COLOR, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, BUT THE COLORS OF LIBERTY HILL WOULD BE LUCA MY RED, WHITE, WHITE WITH THE KIND OF WEIRD, I THERE A SPECIFIC COLOR YOU WOUL LIKE TO SEE CRACKS.
>> I THINK JUST BECAUSE THE AESTHETIC OF DOWNTOWN IS KIND O LIKE AN OLD WESTERN TOWN SO IT' KIND OF LIKE THESE BLUE RED COLORS THAT ARE VERY INDUSTRIAL IT MAKES ME THINK, IT DOESN'T MATCH THE VIBE FOR ME. THAT VIBE OF MAIN STREET IS NOT
CONDUCIVE TO LIGHT BLUE AND RED. >> THAT IS A GOOD POINT, I WANT US TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT GOING TO HISTORIC RUSTIC.
THERE HAS TO BE A MIDDLE GROUND FOR SURE.
I WONDER IF CAN WE DO A LITTLE EXPLORING BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER ON COLOR RECOMMENDATIONS? I WANT TO SAY THAT SOME OF THE COLOR RECOMMENDATIONS, TERRA'S INCLUDED ONE THAT WAS A RED, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT, BUT I WAS MORE, IT WAS LIKE A READY RED, IT WASN'T A VIBRANT RED, I
IT WAS THE GREAT READ TO. >> IT WAS MORE OF A MAP READ RE
AND IT WAS KIND OF A RUBBED. >> LIKE A CLAY?
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>> NO, IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT RED SHADE THAT WAS MORE RUSTIC, BUT IT WASN'T RUSTIC. ANYWAY, IT WAS A HAPPY MEDIUM.
>> HERE IS A POTENTIAL BECAUSE THINK WE START TALKING ABOUT AVAILABLE PLANTERS VERSUS CUSTO PLANTERS, THE COSTS ARE GOING T CHANGE READY DRAMATICALLY. IF WE HAVE TO DEPLOY 50 OR 60 O THESE THINGS IN THEY GO FROM $500 APIECE TO $1,200 APIECE, I WILL GET OUT OF CONTROL PRETTY QUICKLY.
IF YOU CLICK ON THOSE LINKS, I THINK YOU CAN SAY FOR THE TALL ONES, THERE WAS LIKE SEVEN #TEN DIFFERENT COLOR OPTIONS.
>> I THINK I DID CLICK ON THE LINK ACTUALLY.
>> IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, WE CAN PUT TOGETHER THE SCOPE, COMMITTED TIMELINE, THE BUDGET, WE CAN DO
ALL OF THAT STUFF. >> I DON'T THINK THE VIBRANT REDS AND BLUES ARE THE VIBE, BU I THINK WE ARE CLOSE.
WE MAY NOT NEED THAT MANY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START, I LIKE THE DIFFERENT SIZES IN THE SHAPE.
I PERSONALLY LOVE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A COLOR EVEN THOUGH AT FIRST GLANCE I WAS LIKE I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST WORRY IF WE DO SOMETHING NEUTRAL WE WILL REGRET THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY. I DO THINK WE NEED TO GO WITH COLOR. IF WE CAN KIND OF WORK ON THAT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER WE CA PLAN TO DISCUSS THAT AND MAYBE MAKE A DECISION IN SEPTEMBER ON THAT.
>> YES, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO PUT TOGETHER COLOR SUGGESTIONS OR WHATEVER THE SUGGESTION IS, IF WE ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, OR MAYBE YOU LIKE I WANT A DIFFERENT STYLE OF PLANTER, I FOUND THIS STYLE, THAT'S FINE TOO, WE JUST NEED T KNOW ARE WE ARE GEARING UP TO THE POINT WHERE I NEED TO START LOOKING FOR DEPLOYMENT DOLLARS AND WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT PATH, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT I WAS TRAINED TO GAUGE.
>> I HATE TO WAIT ANOTHER MONTH BUT I WANTED TO BE DONE RIGHT.
>> EXACTLY. >> YOU COULD PULL THE TRIGGER O IT FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER A DECISION IS MADE, BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD JUST GO TO COUNCIL AND THEY APPROVE IT IN THEIR MEETINGS USUALLY RIGHT AFTER HOURS.
>> WE START SEEING THOSE THINGS UP IF WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGH
DIRECTION. >> START TEEING IT UP, WE ARE I
THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> ULTIMATELY, YET, THERE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAS T APPROVE.
IDEALLY, WELL, WE WILL TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL BECAUSE WE WOULD PROBABLY GO THROUGH BUDGET PROCESS PLUS SOM ONE-TIME FUNDING TO DO WIT. I THINK AGAIN, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT ARE VERY EXCITING IN LIBERTY HILL. WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS DOING SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN DON IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE WHICH IS A TRUE STATEMENT. THAT IS 2030.
YOU HAVE IT DONE SOME PROJECT THAT REALLY IN THIS FIRST WILL BE A TRANSFORMATION FOR LIBERTY HILL, THAT IS IN 2029, BUT I JUST THINK SOME OF THESE SMALL INCREMENTAL THINGS COMING ONLINE , AND TO ME, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN BEAUTIFICATION BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY STARTING TO INVEST IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT T SPEND TIME.
I THINK THAT IS CRITICAL. WE DON'T JUST TELL PEOPLE WE AR DOING SOME AWESOME STUFF, JUST HANG OUT WITH US UNTIL 2029.
WE WILL KINDA START LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PULL THIS THING OFF, I WILL SAY IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A CONTRACTOR DEAL BECAUSE WE COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN A LOT FASTER.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STUFF RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THAT IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO GO.
ULTIMATELY, I THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH DIRECTION SO WE CAN KIND
OF MOVE. >> DO NOT FIGHT NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT TO BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA?
>> AS LONG AS THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE YES, WE WANT TO
CONTINUE. >> IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COORDINATE AND SEND US COLOR PREFERENCES BIRTH.
>> I WILL DO THAT. I WILL HAVE THEM E-MAIL ME AND
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THEN. >> WE WILL GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO WHATEVER THOSE ELDERS OR IF YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING ONLIN
OR WHATEVER THAT IS. >> I WILL DO WHAT I DID LAST TIME, I WILL JUST COPY ALL IN YOU ALSO KNOWN TO ME AND THEN
I'LL JUST SEND ONE BACK. >> ALL RIGHT.
THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE D RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE UDC. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TALKING ABOUT? OH, APPARENTLY I AM GOING. GOOD EVENING, Y'ALL, SO I AM TH PT THIS EVENING, SO YOU ARE STUCK WITH ME.
BE GENTLE. I WILL DO MY BEST TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE ON WHAT THE UDC IS. THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING STUFF AND GIVING ME NOTES TO MAKE STRAIGHT AND EMBARRASS THEM VER THE UDC IS GOING FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
MODELS ONE INTO AREN'T NECESSARILY AS IMPACTFUL TO DOWNTOWN AS MODEL 3 WHICH IS GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT AND A SECOND. COMMENTS HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH, WE ARE DOING WHAT IS CONSIDERED REACH ANALYSIS LET'S THE IMPORTANT PART THAT IS THAT WE ARE IN ABOUT THREE RIGHT NOW.
WE RECEIVED THE FIRST DRAFT OF MODULE THREE THAT AFFECTS DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF COMMENTS, HOPE AND SHO COMMENTS BEFORE IT CAME BEFORE YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE, SO STEPH PROVIDED A LOT OF THEY WANTED A LOT OF REVISIONS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE PRODDED TO Y'ALL. THIS IS FIRST DRAFT, THE STAFF GETS THE FIRST RUN OF THE FIRST DRAFT, AND THEN AFTER THEY COME BACK AND MAKE THOSE EDITS, WE PRESENTED TO WHOEVER, IF IT'S DRC, OR IF IT'S JUST SO, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE REVISING A MODULE THREE DRAFT RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
WE'RE HOPING TO BRING IT BACK I THE COMING MONTHS.
THEY ARE PLANNING, THE INTENT I FOR THEM TO BRING IT TO YOU ALL IN OCTOBER, BUT I COULD BE RUN ON THE DATE THERE.
>> WHEN DOES THE UDC COMMITTEE MEET AGAIN ON THAT?
>> I THINK IT MIGHT BE ON THE NEXT SLIDES, BUT I DON'T WANT T GET AHEAD. THEIR SEPTEMBER ENGAGEMENT IS SEPTEMBER, IF THE LASER WORKS, BUT IT'S ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT SEPTEMBER ENGAGEMENT. WE MEET IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
THERE SHOULD BE A DRAFT READY T GO FOR THAT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW SOON IT WILL B BEFORE, BUT THE INTENT IS THAT WAY WE HAVE THE FULL THING FOR THIS COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER.
OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE ABLE TO.
>> I AM ON THAT COMMITTEE IN I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T MISS AN E-MAIL.
>> ESAVA WENT INTO, THAT'S ALL THAT'S BEEN DELIVERS.
CITY STAFF TAKES THE FIRST CRAC AT IT AND THEY GET OUT OF THE THIS IS WAY OFF BEFORE YOU GET THE REVISED ONE.
ONCE WE GET THAT, THEY SAY IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL COME BACK AN
UPDATE YOU THEN. >> SO OCTOBER ISSUE.
>> THAT IS THE INTENSE. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE ONE THA THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE THE MOST INTERESTED IN BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE THAT IMPACTS DOWNTOWN. THE ONES ON MODULE AND JUST SET UP A FRAMEWORK. SO IT'S ITS OWN SPECIAL ZONING, ITS OWN SPECIAL SECTION OF THE CODE.
SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A GOOD PRODUCT AND DON' SAY WHO WROTE THIS SO WE WANT T MAKE SURE WE GET THAT FIRST CRACK AT IT. SO YOU WILL SEE WHAT'S COMING NEXT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THAT TO YOU IN OCTOBER. QUESTIONS?
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THAT WAS SUPER BRIEF. >> THEY GAVE YOU AN EASY KNIGHTS
. >> THEY DON'T TRUST ME WITH ALL THE HARD STUFF. THE INTENT IS THAT YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN OCTOBER, AN THE HOPE IS THAT YOU CAN WAIT I THE ONE ME GET IT BACK THEN, WE MAY DELIVER IT DEPENDING ON WHA HE TELLS ME WE CAN OR CAN'T DO, YOU MAY GET SOMETHING EARLY SO YOU HAVE MORE THAN FIVE DAYS TO REVIEW A DRAFT.
ALSO, WHICH I THINK WAS ON THIS ONE, THIS SLIDE, ALL THAT THESE STRAPS ARE ALSO PUBLISHED ON TH WEBSITE SO AGAIN, THEY ARE NOT FINAL. MANY TIMES THEY ARE NOT FINAL O THE WEBSITE, IF YOU ARE APPROVE LIKE I WONDER WHAT THAT DRAFT WAS, IT'S ALL ON THE WEBSITE. YOU COULD ALSO GO TO THE PAGE
AND OVER THOSE DRAFTS ARE ON IT. >> FANCY.
>> GOOD AND BAD, WE SAY IT'S A DRAFT, IT'S NOT FINAL YET, WE'R STILL TAKING ALL ABOUT FEEDBACK. WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK ON EVERYTHING WE'RE INCORPORATING INTO IT.
SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK COMES AFTER WE PUBLISH THOSE DRAFTS, WE SAY IF I PUBLISH THE DRAFT THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S SEAS, LET'S USE THAT FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROVIDE A LOT OF VITAL FEEDBACK.
THE DRAFT ARE STILL SAYING DRAF EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE PROVISIONS. IT'S NOT THE FINAL VERSION, BUT THE INTENT IS GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TELUS, IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU'VE HEARD A LOT, IT GOT UP, WE'RE ALREADY ON IT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE RIGHT OUT THERE IN THE OPEN.
ANYWAY, THEY DID GIVE ME THE EASY NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. I THINK THERE WAS A REQUEST ABOUT WHERE THE POWERFUL, POWERFUL RELOCATION, THEY HAVE BEEN WE PAID THEM UP FRONT THAT SO MUST UTILITIES WERE, THEY HAVE THE SUBMISSION IN FRONT OF THEM.
THEY GET THERE RIGHT AWAY PERMI HOW THEY HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT AWAY PERMIT. THEY HAVE THEIR SUBMISSION IN RIGHT NOW AND THEN THEY ARE GOING BACK.
THEY'RE READY TO GO AS SOON AS THEY GET.
>> THIS IS THE LONGEST, I'M TRYING TO EVEN THINK HOW LONG THIS POWERFUL DISCUSSION HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
>> IT WAS GOING ON I WALKED INT IT AND THEN THEY NEVER SUBMITTE ANYTHING TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, RELATE THAT IS THE NORMAL PROCESS IF YOU'RE DOING WORK ON THE RIGHT AWAY. SO I DON'T THINK THEY HAD BEEN USED TO THE PROCESS OF HOW TO D THAT, BUT THEY ARE ON BOARD, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED WHAT THEY NEED TO.
AND THEY'RE LIKE OH, THIS IS TH PROCESS.
>> WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TIMEWISE?
>> IT DEPENDS ON HOW COMPLETE THEIR PACKAGES.
BUT SAY THEY ARE GOING TO IMPAC TRAFFIC ON MAIN STREET IN THEY DON'T HAVE A TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO GO BACK, THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVOC TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN.
SO WITHOUT LOOKING AT THEIR PACKAGE, IT'S HARD TO TELL YOU WHAT THE TURNAROUND TIME IS. IT COULD BE TWO WEEKS AND IT'S CLEAR, PCK, IT COULD BE A MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS.
DEPENDING ON HOW RESPONSIVE THE ARE.
THE WORK ITSELF IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THEM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE READY TO GO, IT'S
NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO LONG. >> BY THE END OF THE YEAR IT SHOULD BE DONE? I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE CAN TURN IT AROUND TO THEM AND GIVE THEM THE RIGHT AWAY PERMITS, THEIR ABILITY, THEY'LL SAY WERE READY TO GO IN THE EMPTY DO ALL THE STEPS, SO IF THEY HAVE TO SHIFT WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE AROUND THE STATE, THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO DELAY IT.
>> IS GOING TO MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYTHING. WE APPRECIATED.
IS THAT EVERYTHING? IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.