Oct 01, 2024 City Council Meeting Work Session

I WAS ASKING IF YOU'RE GOING TO OWN ALL THREE LOTS.

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LEAVE THOSE LOTS OPEN IN THE FRONT FOR OTHER.

COMING UP NEXT ON ECN, A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL.

ON THE COUNCIL, MAYOR RAMIRO GARZA JR.

MAYOR PRO TEM DANIEL DAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER JASON DELEON, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID SALAZAR JR.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WHITE SITTING IN AS ADVISER, CITY MANAGER MAYRA AYALA AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPHINE RAMIREZ SOLIS.

AND NOW LIVE FROM EDINBURG CITY HALL.

[1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]

ALL RIGHT. IT IS 502. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS WORK SESSION MEETING TO ORDER.

I DO SEE VISIBLY, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUORUM.

FOUR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR MAYOR PRO TEM DAN

[A. Pledge of Allegiance.]

WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR

[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]

YES, SIR. MAYOR. THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

SIR. VERY WELL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.

DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

YES. UNDER STATE LAW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH A CONFLICT.

ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA?

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. MAYOR. VERY WELL.

[5. PRESENTATION AND REPORT]

[A. Presentation by Gary Mitchell with Kending Keast Collaborative on the City of Edinburg Comprehensive]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY GARY MITCHELL WITH KENTUCKY'S COLLABORATIVE ON OUR CITY OF EDINBURGH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JAIME ACEVEDO, PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. TODAY COUNCIL, WE HAVE KENTUCKY'S COLLABORATIVE THAT'S GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS, KENTUCKY'S HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE 2040 COMMITTEES, WITH THE CHAIRS OF THE 2040 COMMITTEES THAT ULTIMATELY BECAME THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING TO MOST OF THE CITY DIRECTORS OF THE EDC BOARD, AND THEY'VE ALSO MET WITH THE EDC, OTHER CITY BOARDS AND CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO AFTER TEN MONTHS OF KENTUCKY'S ON FRIDAY DELIVERED THE DRAFT PLAN FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND TODAY THEY'RE HERE TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION, GARY. AND AS THEY'RE COMING UP TO DO THAT, I'M HAVING TO SIGN PLATTS HERE.

SO YOU SEE THIS WILL HELP US WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

MULTITASK. WELCOME. YES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. VERY GOOD TO BE HERE.

AND IN THE PACKET IS THE FULL DRAFT OF THE PLAN.

AS IT STANDS, ITS DRAFT UNTIL THE DAY IT IS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.

SO STILL, STILL SOME TIME TO GO IN OUR PROCESS.

BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF DETAIL THERE.

SO I'M GOING TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT. BUT JUST WANT TO RECAP HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT. WE STARTED WE SAW YOU FOR OUR FIRST WORKSHOP LIKE THIS IN EARLY JANUARY, AND THE MAYOR HAD ASKED US TO GET TO THIS POINT IN NINE MONTHS VERSUS 12 MONTHS.

AND SO IT IS OCTOBER 1ST, NINE MONTHS.

SO WE HAVE A DRAFT BEFORE YOU.

THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO BEFORE WE GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY THE 10TH, AND THEN POTENTIALLY COME BACK TO YOU ON THE 15TH, YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, IF WE'RE READY TO CONSIDER ADOPTION AT THAT POINT. SO SO WE'RE AT THIS FINAL WORKSHOP POINT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE FULL PLAN NOW.

SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST RECAP SOME THINGS THAT HAVE STOOD OUT TO US AS WE'VE PUT THE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER. WE TALKED IN PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS.

THE PROJECTIONS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN SHOW POTENTIALLY GETTING TO 167,000 RESIDENT RANGE BY 2045. THERE'S A RANGE AROUND THAT, OF COURSE.

BUT THAT'S THE MIDPOINT OF, OF VARIOUS PROJECTIONS.

SO A LOT OF THE PLAN DEALS WITH THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT.

NEXT ITEMS THERE IS ESPECIALLY ON THE WATER SIDE, THE URGENCY OF DEALING WITH EXPANDED WATER CAPACITY.

WE KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT ALREADY.

AND BUT WITH THE NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS THAT ARE STILL POSSIBLE NOW ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, A BETTER SITUATION, BUT ALSO WITH THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH YOU'VE HAD GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE THERE ARE ALREADY PLANS IN MOTION FOR A SECOND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND MORE CAPACITY AT THE CURRENT PLANT.

SO? SO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF SERVING, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ARE CERTAINLY REFLECTED IN THE PLAN.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TEND TO LEAD TO LOOKING AT YOUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

ONCE AGAIN. WE'VE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO MORE DENSE HOUSING THAT'S OCCURRED IN RECENT YEARS AND CONTINUES.

SO THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER, OF COURSE, TRAFFIC, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT IS ADDRESSED IN THE PLAN.

AND FINALLY BASED ON THOSE PROJECTIONS, DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WITH YOUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, CERTAINLY PUBLIC SAFETY AS YOU GROW.

JUST THE CONTINUED NEED TO ADD STAFF, OF COURSE.

POTENTIAL NEXT FIRE STATION ON THE NORTH SIDE.

BUT FACILITY NEEDS ACROSS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, WHICH AGAIN, YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALREADY AND BUDGETING FOR AND MAKING HAPPEN.

ON THE PARK SIDE, CERTAINLY.

AND THE MAP THAT IS ON THIS SLIDE IS IN THE PLAN.

IT'S YOUR CURRENT PARKS AND THE HALF MILE QUARTER MILE SERVICE AREAS AROUND THOSE.

OF COURSE, MOST OF THOSE ARE CONCENTRATED WHERE YOUR CITY BEGAN, SO IT'S GOING TO BE THAT NEED FOR MORE PARK LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE AS IT GROWS.

AND SOME ON THE ON THE SOUTH AS WELL.

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AND CERTAINLY THE LIBRARY IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AS YOU'VE GROWN AND OUTGROWN THAT FACILITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR REPURPOSING THE CURRENT BUILDING, MAYBE THAT'S A SATELLITE TO A NEXT GENERATION NEW LIBRARY ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.

SO THAT'S DISCUSSED AS WELL.

AND FINALLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND FOCUS.

THERE'S NOW A DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, LOOKING AT DOWNTOWN. WE REALLY LIKED THE 2010 DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.

WHAT STRIKES US IS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE IN TERMS OF BEAUTIFICATION, PUBLIC FACILITIES, EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN.

BUT THE ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS OF DOWNTOWN LONG TERM, HOW IT IS A PLACE FOR BUSINESS, FOR CULTURE, FOR HOTEL, POTENTIAL RESTAURANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE THINK THAT NEEDS A DEEPER LOOK AS A NEXT STEP BEYOND THIS CITYWIDE PLAN.

AND AT OUR LAST WORKSHOP, WE PRESENTED THAT IDEA.

IT'S IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTION OF JUST ALL THE MEDICAL ACTIVITY THAT'S CONCENTRATED ALONG JACKSON MCCALL SUGAR, TO SOME EXTENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE UNIVERSITY WITH THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND DOWN INTO MEDICAL FACILITIES IN YOUR NEIGHBORING CITY. SO THAT IS COVERED IN THE PLAN AS WELL.

LET ME SHOW YOU HOW THE PLAN IS STRUCTURED.

ONCE AGAIN, THE THE FULL PLAN IS IN THE IN THE PACKET.

BUT THERE ARE FIVE ELEMENTS GROWTH CAPACITY WHICH IS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC SAFETY CAPACITY ASPECT. THERE'S THE LAND USE AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER SECTION WHICH IS NOT IN THE PACKET YET. WE ARE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AS WE'VE BEEN FINALIZING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH STAFF. WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NEXT WEEK.

THERE'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTION. THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION SECTION, RECREATION AND AMENITIES. AND THEN THERE WILL BE A IMPLEMENTATION SECTION AT THE END IN EACH SECTION. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMON ELEMENTS IN EACH SECTION. WE TALK ABOUT WHY THIS TOPIC IS IMPORTANT TO EDINBURG.

SO WE TIE IT BACK TO THE FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT YOUR GROWTH, THE TRENDS THAT ARE HAPPENING. WE LOOK BACK TO PREVIOUS PLANS OF STUDIES THAT CERTAINLY FED INTO THIS UPDATE. AND IN EACH SECTION WE HIGHLIGHT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE AS A COMMUNITY AND CITY GOVERNMENT BASED ON THAT PAST PLANNING.

SO THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED.

IN EACH SECTION, THERE'S A SERIES OF ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED PARTLY BY US, BY STAFF, BY OUR ADVISORY GROUP, THE 2040 PROCESS AND THE CHAIRS THAT WE WORKED WITH TO CLARIFY THOSE ISSUES WE PRESENTED IN OUR WORKSHOP WITH YOU SIX THEMES. THEY ARE BUILT INTO THE PLAN, AND WE TIE EVERYTHING TO THOSE SIX THEMES, WHICH IS EVERYTHING FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MOBILITY TO CULTURE, ALL THESE PARTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO THEN IN EACH OF THE SECTIONS, THERE'S A SHORT A SERIES OF GOALS, AND WE TIE THOSE BACK TO THOSE THEMES AS WELL.

SO A LOT OF CONNECTING THE DOTS WITHIN THE PLAN.

AND THEN THIS IS THE HEART OF THE PLAN.

IN EACH SECTION THERE'S A TABLE WITH A SERIES OF ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS, MUCH LIKE THE 2040 DOCUMENT.

AND IN THAT SECTION IS WHO IS THE POTENTIAL LEADER OF EACH ACTION HOW IT TIES BACK TO THE GOALS. AND THEN WHO ARE YOUR PARTNERS IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS? TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO THOSE ARE CALLED OUT AS WELL.

AND I SHOULD MENTION THIS IS ON PAPER RIGHT NOW.

I THINK I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS PLAN WILL BE AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE PLAN.

FANCY WORD FOR YOUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE SITE RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL NOW HAVE A SITE THAT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE YOU CAN TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH. THIS PLAN WILL HAVE LINKS ALL THROUGH IT.

AND IN PLACES YOU COULD CLICK ON A LINK AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE UNIFIED CODE TO SEE THE RELATED ZONING INFORMATION.

AND FINALLY, FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE KEY DEPARTMENTS, WE'VE CAPTURED SOME OF THOSE OBSERVATIONS OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE WITH YOUR GROWTH IN THE FUTURE AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING.

SO THOSE ARE IN THE BACK OF SEVERAL SECTIONS.

FINALLY, AGAIN, WHERE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WAS BUILD ON THE 2040 RESULTS AND ALL THAT INPUT AND STRUCTURE. SO IN THE SECTIONS IN THOSE ACTION TABLES, WELL, STARTING WITH THE ISSUES, WE POINTED OUT WHERE AN ISSUE THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS ALREADY ENDED UP AS A BUDGET ITEM IN YOUR ANNUAL BUDGETING, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN ACTION ON IT IN TERMS OF PUTTING DOLLARS TOWARD IT IN THE ACTION TABLE, IN EACH OF THE SECTIONS WE'VE CONNECTED TO, WHERE A CITY WIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTION THAT MAY BE A LONGER TERM THING TO WORK

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SO FINALLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION THAT WE'LL ADD AT THE END WILL HAVE ANOTHER TABLE THAT PULLS FROM ALL THESE PARTS OF THE PLAN, KIND OF A SHORT LIST, AS I DID AT THE BEGINNING OF WHAT'S REALLY RISEN TO THE TOP, THE THINGS THAT ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE ATTENTION IN THE NEAR TERM.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE LEADERS OF THOSE ITEMS? WHAT ARE WAYS TO MEASURE RESULTS AND TIME FRAME.

CERTAINLY ON THOSE ITEMS. MAYOR, I CERTAINLY WANTED TO HAVE ANYBODY STOP ME ALONG THE WAY, ANY THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AT THIS POINT, AND THERE'S NOT TOO MANY MORE SLIDES, AND THEN WE'LL CAN OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.

CERTAINLY THE HEART OF THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

THIS MAP WENT BACK TO THE 2005 TIME FRAME WITH SOME UPDATING OVER THE YEARS.

BUT OFF TO THE LEFT ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT ARE NOW ON THE MAP.

REALISTICALLY, THERE WILL NOT BE AN AGRICULTURE CATEGORY ON THE MAP, JUST THE WAY YOU'VE GROWN AND WHAT'S LEFT IN THE CITY LIMITS.

CERTAINLY. AGRICULTURE AROUND THE CITY IN THE ETJ.

WE HAVE ADDED A NEW CATEGORY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AND THAT'S MOSTLY FOR YOUR LARGER APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

WE THOUGHT AS YOU'VE GROWN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL OUT WHERE THOSE POCKETS OF DENSITY ARE, ALONG WITH YOUR OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING FOURPLEXES AND THE OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING BEYOND SINGLE FAMILY.

AND THERE'S ALSO CERTAINLY SOME OF THE CATEGORIES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THESE YEARS. URBAN UNIVERSITY CATEGORIES LIKE THAT, THAT CONTINUE. SO PART OF THESE EXERCISES OF UPDATING THESE MAPS IS JUST REFLECTING WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.

SO AREAS LIKE LA SIENNA THAT THAT'S NOW REFLECTED ON THE MAP AND THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED ON A LARGE SET OF PROPERTIES LIKE THAT IN OTHER LOCATIONS.

THERE WERE LOCATIONS ON THE MAP THAT HAD NOTHING ASSIGNED BECAUSE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO 2005, THESE ARE AREAS THAT WEREN'T EVEN IN THE CITY BACK THEN.

SO WE'VE NOW ASSIGNED FUTURE LAND USE TO SOME PLACES THAT WERE GAPS AT THE CITY, LIMIT EDGES THAT WERE ANNEXED.

THIS IS WHERE THERE'S A CONNECTION ON THE ZONING SIDE, THE MAP, THE LARGER MAP ON THIS SLIDE IS YOUR CURRENT ZONING MAP.

ALL THOSE AREAS OF DARK GREEN, THAT'S THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED OWNED AGRICULTURAL. AND SO THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE IN RECENT YEARS AS DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN SOME TIME.

THE ZONING SAYS AG. BUT YET SOMEBODY WANTS TO DEVELOP POTENTIALLY DEVELOP DENSE HOUSING, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL.

SO THERE HASN'T BEEN THE PLANNING GUIDANCE TO GUIDE THE ZONING DECISIONS.

WE PRIORITIZED ALL THOSE PROPERTIES AND HAVE CHECKED WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE IS NOW PROPOSED TO BE TO BACK UP THE ZONING.

SO THAT WAS THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE WANTED TO TACKLE AS WELL.

AGAIN, I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE LIKELIHOOD OF NOT MUCH AGRICULTURE IN THE YEARS AHEAD REMAINING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SIMILARLY, THERE'S BEEN THE SUBURBAN CATEGORY, WHICH TENDS TO BE LARGER, LOT LESS COVERAGE, MORE OPEN SPACE, MORE YARD, MORE GREEN.

AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE REALITIES OF LAND COSTS AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS, YOU'RE NOT SEEING AS MUCH OF THAT NOW.

SO THE MAP ON THE RIGHT IS THE PREVIOUS FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

ALL THAT YELLOW WAS SUBURBAN CATEGORY.

THE SAME AREA ON THE LEFT IS THE NEW POTENTIAL MAP.

A LOT MORE OF THE ORANGISH COLOR, WHICH IS THE MORE PRIMARY HOUSING YOUR TYPICAL HOUSING YOU'RE SEEING NOW.

SO THAT WILL BE A CHANGE GOING FORWARD.

AND FINALLY, THE 2005 MAP HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL SHOWN, CERTAINLY UP TOWARD THE AIRPORT.

BUT WITH I-69 NOW WE'VE SHOWN MORE COMMERCIAL VERSUS INDUSTRIAL, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FREEWAY FRONTAGE AND IN OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE'S STILL LARGE REMAINING PROPERTIES ON THE NORTH SIDE.

AS AN EXAMPLE, AGAIN, WHERE WE DO EXPECT A FAIR AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL POPULATION IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SHOPPING CENTERS, GROCERY STORES, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD TO HAVE CLOSE TO HOME.

SO, SO IN GENERAL STILL PLENTY OF INDUSTRIAL ON THE MAP AND FOR THE NEEDS OF THE EDC UP TOWARD THE AIRPORT, BUT MORE COMMERCIAL, ESPECIALLY ALONG MAJOR ROADWAYS.

MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO STOP THERE, AND WE CAN OPEN IT UP AND CERTAINLY GO BACK TO ANY OF THESE ITEMS. I HAD ONE QUESTION. YOU SAID 167,000 RESIDENTS WILL BE HERE.

IS THAT IN THE CITY OR IS THAT INCLUDING COUNTY? THANK YOU SIR. YES, THAT IS THE CITY LIMITS.

AND THAT'S TODAY. THAT'S TODAY'S CITY LIMITS.

SO IF YOU ANNEXED ADDITIONAL TERRITORY, THAT OR BRING IN TERRITORY THAT HAS POPULATION, THAT WOULD ADD TO THE NUMBER.

BUT THAT IS TODAY'S CITY LIMITS.

AND PART OF THAT IS THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON WHERE YOU WERE IN THE 2020 CENSUS.

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OF COURSE, THINGS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING HERE AND THERE WITH VOLUNTARY ANNEXATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY ANYBODY ELSE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO IS THIS ON OUR WEBSITE, THE THE DRAFT PLAN AT THIS TIME? NOT YET. JUST THAT IT'S IN THE PACKET RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NEXT WEEK, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE FULL DRAFT PLAN.

AND THEN POTENTIALLY THE FOLLOWING WEEK WOULD COME TO YOU.

WHAT I WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS RAPID PACE IS WHEN WE'RE HERE ON THE 15TH, BACK IN FRONT OF YOU TO HAVE THE PLAN LIVE ONLINE AND TAKE YOU THROUGH THE ONLINE VERSION VERSUS THE PAPER VERSION.

YEAH. AND MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE ASKED. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK AND ALL THE CITY STAFF THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND BUT WE VERY MUCH NEED TO DO THIS.

I MEAN, AS A CITY, THIS IS OUR GUIDE TO, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE. SO AND I THINK THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DONE IN OH FIVE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT'S WELL OVERDUE.

BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS? HAVE WE KEPT TRACK OF THE NUMBERS? I KNOW WE'VE HAD TOWN HALL MEETINGS.

WE'VE HAD SURVEYS. WE'VE.

DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN PART IN THIS PROCESS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE TRACKED EXACT NUMBERS, BUT IN THE INTRODUCTION SECTION OF THE PLAN, THERE'S A RECAP OF ALL THE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.

YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW I THINK IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO BECAUSE I KNOW WE INVITED HOA, WE INVITED A WHOLE SLEW OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL.

IT'D JUST BE GOOD TO HAVE A TIMELINE OF WHAT THE WHAT WE'VE DONE TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW AND I THINK I ASKED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING YOU HAD WITH THE 2040 MEETINGS, AND I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT HERE.

BUT I WAS REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW DO WE INTEGRATE ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN HERE? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL DO THESE PLANS RIGHT THROUGH MANY CITIES AROUND INTO THE EACH DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE EACH OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE TO DO WITH A DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT. AND THEY ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T DO ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO GIVEN OUR BUDGET LIMITATIONS.

BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN OTHER CITIES? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A A GUIDE.

THIS IS A, A PLAN FOR US TO FOLLOW.

BUT IF WE DON'T FOLLOW IT, OBVIOUSLY, THEN WE'LL GET BEHIND.

AND SO YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU ALL SEE.

I KNOW THERE'S AN IMPLEMENTATION PART THERE.

WE HAVE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

THOSE EDINBURG 2040. SHOULD THOSE BE THE BODY THAT KIND OF KEEPS TRACK WORKING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. SO HOW DO YOU SEE US BEST IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER CHAIRS HERE TONIGHT, BUT I THINK THEY KIND OF CLICKED THAT THIS WILL BE THE THE CONNECTION FOR THEM TO MAYBE THE LONGER TERM.

RIGHT. AND THE 2040 PLAN LOOKING AT NOW IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

BUT TWO THINGS, MAYOR.

THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION I MENTIONED THAT WILL HAVE A SHORT LIST OF ACTION ITEMS. THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES.

THE THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY WON'T HAVE A CHOICE TO DEAL WITH.

THINGS LIKE YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY OR THINGS THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD FOCUS ON AS GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. MANY THINGS THAT ARE IN THESE SECTIONS, THEY TIE INTO WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENTS ALREADY DO, BUT THEY'RE REINFORCING OR MAYBE HELPING PRIORITIZE SOME THINGS TO FOCUS ON BASED ON THE FACTS AND FIGURES BEHIND THE PLAN.

AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING WITH THE 2040 CHAIRS.

THIS IS THESE PLANS ARE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED BY A CITY COUNCIL, A LOCAL GOVERNING BODY, BUT IT'S MEANT TO BE A COMMUNITY PLAN.

AND THAT'S WHY ALL THOSE PARTNERS ARE CALLED OUT.

WHETHER IT'S FUNDING DIRECT PARTNERSHIPS TO DO THINGS TOGETHER.

SO IT'S NOT JUST YOUR PLAN.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF IT, RIGHT? AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT REGIONALISM THEME IN THE PLAN.

YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, WHETHER IT'S STREETS, DRAINAGE.

WE HEARD SOME COMMENTS FROM SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD ON CONNECTING SIDEWALKS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED THAT THERE'S SIDEWALKS AND THEN THERE'S NOT SIDEWALK AND THE SIDEWALK AGAIN.

I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN OBVIOUSLY EVERY YEAR COUNCIL START, LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

RIGHT. AS PART OF BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.

THE OTHER ONE IS EXTENDING SEWER TO ANNEXED AREAS.

THE CITY'S ANNEXED AREAS WHERE THERE'S STILL NOT SANITARY SEWER AVAILABLE TO THEM.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S BUILT INTO THIS OR NOT, BUT JUST SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF KEEP IN MIND AS WE FUND THINGS, YOU KNOW, IS TO IT BEING A PRIORITY AS WELL.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS LIGHTING.

LIGHTING IS A BIG ONE, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE DOES THAT FALL INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND WHO'S OVERSIGHT IS THAT THAT I MEAN,

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RIGHT, RIGHT. THE JUST THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE OF LIGHTING OFTEN FLOWS THROUGH THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND WHEN YOU'RE MAKING NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS CERTAINLY YOUR YOUR POLICE ARE AWARE OF WHERE THOSE SITUATIONS ARE.

THAT'S BEEN A HIGHLIGHT, AS YOU KNOW, OF THE 2040 PROCESS OF GETTING DOWN TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.

YOU ASKED THE QUESTION EARLIER OF OF HOW OTHER CITIES YOU KNOW, GO FORWARD FROM ADOPTING THIS PLAN IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.

IT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE PLANS SHOULDN'T SIT FOR UNTIL THE NEXT FIVE YEAR OR TEN YEAR UPDATE EVERY YEAR.

IT SHOULD TIE INTO YOUR BUDGET PROCESS.

WE WEREN'T THERE THIS YEAR, BUT.

AND SO HOW DO THEY DO IT? DO THEY LABEL IT? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE PLAN CALLED? I DON'T HAVE THE WE PUT THE 2050 TITLE ON IT.

WE SAID MID-CENTURY PLAN, WHATEVER WE CALL IT, BUT MAYBE LABEL IT AS SUCH SO THAT THAT BUDGET REQUEST IS TIED IN WITH THAT.

THAT WAY, AS COUNCIL WILL SAY, OH, THAT'S PART OF THAT.

OUR, OUR PLAN. AND I THINK I'VE SEEN IT.

I WAS TALKING TO A COUPLE OF THE MAYORS AND THEY LABEL IT AS SUCH SO THAT WHEN CITY STAFF PRESENTS IT TO THEM, SAID, HEY, THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE.

WE'RE IN YEAR TWO THAT WE'RE NEEDING TO TO ADOPT THIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL TO US SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF HELP KEEP TRACK.

AND THERE ARE CITIES THAT IT'S IN THEIR CHARTER OR JUST AS A MANAGEMENT PRACTICE REQUIRE THAT EVERYTHING IN THE CITY BUDGET, EVERY MAJOR INITIATIVE HAS TO ORIGINATE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I WOULD OUR CITY MANAGER WOULD ASK THAT WE WE REALLY LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE THE ONLY WAY.

THERE'S SO MANY NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE DEPARTMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, THEY DO THEIR BEST TO PRIORITIZE WHAT THE NEEDS TO HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO START WITH THIS PLAN.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, A LOT OF MONEY WE PUT INTO THIS, AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO USE THIS AS A WAY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, BUDGET ACCORDINGLY, I THINK.

AND SKIMMING THROUGH THE ADOPTED BUDGET, I SAW THAT YOU FUNDED WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATES. THAT'S WHERE YOU START.

THIS IS THE CITYWIDE VIEW, THE LAND USE COMPONENT.

BUT THAT WILL GET TO THE QUESTION OF COVERING YOUR ANNEXED AREAS.

IS PRIORITIZING IMPROVEMENTS.

THE THING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION IS IT'LL TALK ABOUT EVERY YEAR REVISITING YOUR SHORT LIST OF TOP PRIORITIES.

AND FOR EXAMPLE, TEN YEARS AGO, WHENEVER IT WAS NOBODY HAD AS A TOP PRIORITY MAYBE FOCUSING ON SCHOOL VICINITIES AND SIDEWALKS.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUT OUT THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM.

NO LOCAL MATCH REQUIRED.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW? EVERYBODY ALL OF A SUDDEN WANTED TO FOCUS ON SCHOOLS AND SIDEWALKS.

SO A NEW MANDATE, A NEW FUNDING SOURCE CAN ABSOLUTELY SHAKE UP YOUR TOP PRIORITIES.

AND SO THAT'LL CHANGE OVER TIME.

THIS IS A POINT IN TIME A PLAN LIKE THIS REVISIT ANNUALLY AND SEE HOW PRIORITIES HAVE SHIFTED. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

HOW DOES THE PLAN ADDRESS ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH STATE LAW, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ETJ LIKE, WE CAN'T I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY LIMITATIONS WITH THAT.

AND A LOT OF THESE PLANS ARE ABOUT THE FUTURE, BUT, I MEAN, DOES THAT TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE VERY, VERY LIMITED IN HOW WE CAN MANAGE THAT.

YEAH. THE THE GROWTH CAPACITY SECTION TALKS ABOUT THE NEW REALITY OF NOT REALLY BEING AN ANNEX ON YOUR OWN, THAT IT'S MOSTLY VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.

ANNEXATION IS STILL HAPPENING IN TEXAS, BUT IT'S MORE MUTUAL AGREEMENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION, IT TALKS ABOUT THE NEW REALITY IN THOROUGHFARE PLANNING THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, CITIES IN THEIR ETJ WOULD DO A THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND TRY AND PROTECT FUTURE RIGHTS OF WAY. YOU CAN'T DO THAT SO MUCH ANYMORE.

IT HAS TO BE THAT YOU'RE READY TO BUILD THAT ROAD.

THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER IS ON THE SAME PAGE.

WANTS THAT ROAD THERE.

THAT WASN'T THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE CITIES WERE ABLE TO PROJECT FARTHER INTO THE FUTURE.

WHAT THE FUTURE ROAD NETWORK SHOULD BE.

ONE THING THAT I HAD IN MIND, AND WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT AFTER THIS. I THINK THERE'S ONE PETITION TO ANNEX I THINK I SAW ON THE AGENDA.

BUT ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IS HOW WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE SUBMITTING THEIR PETITION AND THEN WE EITHER ACCEPT IT OR NOT. THAT IS PART OF THAT ACCEPTANCE.

WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE PLANNING TO MAKE ARE FOR THEIR PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT AREAS AROUND THEM, THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR CITY.

SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING OR EVEN INSIDE OUR CITY, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A PROCESS SO THAT AS PART OF A CHECKLIST THAT, OKAY, YOU WANT TO BE ANNEXED RIGHT INTO THE CITY, YOU'RE GOING TO DO A DEVELOPMENT. IS THERE OTHER REQUIREMENTS YOU CAN PUT ON THEM TO SAY, HEY, THAT EIGHT EIGHT INCH LINE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE TEN INCH BECAUSE THE AREAS NEXT TO YOU ARE DO NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M JUST CURIOUS, HAVE YOU SEEN THAT? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER DOING OURSELVES SO THAT BECAUSE THE THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE

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OF COURSE, I EXPLAINED TO THEM, WELL, THEY'RE REQUIRED. YOU KNOW, YOU USED TO BE OUTSIDE OUR CITY, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO MAYBE COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WILL HELP US BETTER MANAGE WHERE WE EXTEND IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO BEAR 100%.

YES. EVEN BEFORE CHANGES IN STATE LAW.

SOMEBODY'S PETITIONING YOU TO ANNEX.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT, AS YOU KNOW. AND THAT'S WHERE WE AGREED.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN PUT THAT AS A REQUIREMENT. RIGHT.

OR JOSE, IS THAT WE CAN'T ACCEPT THEM WITH CONDITIONS, RIGHT? I DON'T WE CAN ACCEPT THEM WITH THE LIST OF SERVICES THAT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTING. WE CAN PUT THOSE TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS IN THERE, BUT NOT CONDITIONS ON OVERSIZING INFRASTRUCTURE OR LIFT STATION, OR. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

OKAY. YEAH. ON THE BUT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SIDE, THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD OF NEGOTIATING A TIME NOT TO BE ANNEXED.

I GUESS THAT GOES BACK TO THE OLD DAYS, BUT.

OR AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE OF OUR SIX PLAN THEMES IS LEVERAGE YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU'RE DOING THAT THROUGH THE EDC AND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT THIS IS WHERE IT COMES IN. ON THE GROWTH AND ANNEXATION SIDE, IS DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO OFFER YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE? BUT AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE PETITIONING TO BE IN YOUR CITY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S YOUR ASSET. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER, PLUS POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION, THINGS LIKE THAT. NOW THE LAND USE MAP, ARE WE CHANGING ZONING TO ANY AREAS? I KNOW THAT LAST TIME WE DID THAT IN ZERO FIVE WE DID DO THAT.

AND IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC NOTICES ARE WE DOING FOR THAT? I'LL LET ME ADDRESS THE ZONING SIDE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION, I SAY THIS WHEN I'M HERE ON OCTOBER 15TH, I WILL SAY THAT ADOPTING THESE PLANS MAKES NOTHING HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY.

EVERYTHING FLOWS FROM THAT.

CONTRACTS, GRANTS BUDGETS.

SO ADOPTING THE PLAN CHANGES NOTHING ON THE GROUND.

BUT THEN ZONING IS TYPICALLY UPDATED IN PLACES.

STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT.

OKAY, SO, MAYOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WAS WE WERE GOING TO PRESENT THE REVISED ZONING MAP AND TRY TO GET THEM APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. BUT IN TALKING TO THE CONSULTANT, HE RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO THAT AT A LATER DATE TO NOT CONFUSE THE PUBLIC WITH THE TWO MAPS.

WELL, I'M ONLY TELLING YOU BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE ZERO FIVE UPDATE, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE HAD. A LOT OF RESIDENTS YOU KNOW, DID NOT AGREE OR I DON'T THINK I THINK WE COULD HAVE HAD A BETTER PROCESS.

RIGHT, IN TERMS OF INFORMING RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THERE'S A NEW LAND USE MAP THAT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THIS PLAN. AND SO THE ONLY TIME WE CHANGE ZONING IS WHEN THEY COME BEFORE US, RIGHT? WELL, IN THIS PROCESS, THE CITY WOULD DO IT OURSELVES. RIGHT? AND I KNOW WE NEED TO DO A PUBLIC HEARINGS IN THOSE THINGS, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE MAKE SURE WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS DO NEED TO HAPPEN.

AND THE WAY THAT MASS REZONINGS ARE TYPICALLY HANDLED IS THAT WE ADVERTISE FOR IT.

I UNDERSTAND NOW THERE'S THE OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT IS INDIVIDUAL NOTICES TO THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF NOTICES THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT. AND I GUESS MY POINT IS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE, GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS WITH THE PUBLIC NOW.

SO BUT ON THE 15TH, WE'RE JUST ADOPTING THE PLAN, NOT THE LAND USE MAP. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THE LAND USE MAP IS PART OF IT, BUT NO ZONING CHANGES AS PART OF ADOPTING THE PLAN. RIGHT. OKAY, SO, COUNCIL, IF YOU ALL COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LAND USE MAP BECAUSE IN THERE THEY'RE PROPOSING AREAS THAT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, CHANGE ZONING.

SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

YEAH. AND THAT'S BASED ON REVIEW THAT YOU ALL DID.

RIGHT. AND PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT, THOSE THINGS.

RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ZONING MAPS IS THE AREAS THAT WE'VE ANNEXED OVER THE YEARS THAT ARE STILL AGRICULTURE, THAT COME IN PERIODICALLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE AND THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER ZONING. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON DOING DURING THE REZONING. MAYOR, IF I COULD, I WANT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION.

FUTURE LAND USE MAP. ZONING MAP IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY.

THEY WANT TO SHOW AN AREA OF INDUSTRIAL THAT'S KIND OF AT THE EDGE OF THE DEVELOPED AREA. AND THERE WAS A DEBATE OF, WELL, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN SHOWN AS AG.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT'S OUR LONG TERM DREAM.

FOR THAT TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.

WE CAN'T DO IT NOW. THIS IS A 20 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE ZONING MAP IS GOING TO SAY AG FOR SOME NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THAT'S OUR VISION.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

SO THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS 1 TO 1.

SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CAN SHOW THINGS THAT AREN'T FOR TODAY OR SOON,

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MR. MITCHELL, I KIND OF WANT TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT OUR MAYOR WAS ASKING A WHILE AGO. AS FAR AS STEPS AS MYSELF AND SOME OF US WHO ARE BUSINESS OWNERS, WE KIND OF SET A GOAL AS FAR AS WITHIN A TIME FRAME, HOW TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE WANT TO BE AT 167,000 POPULATION.

YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO START WITH LIKE WITHIN THE FIRST STEP, IN THE SECOND STEP, SO THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE AND HOLD EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE TO I MEAN, AS AN INSURANCE MYSELF, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I ADVISE MY CLIENTS THE BEST I CAN. AND YOUR FIRM, I THINK YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THE PART AND YOU'VE DONE YOUR WORK. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU RECOMMEND? THE FIRST 3 OR 4 STEPS SHOULD BE SO THAT WE ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS, AND THAT WILL BE THAT SHORT LIST TABLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.

BUT IT'S MANY OF THE THINGS I HIGHLIGHTED AT THE BEGINNING THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALREADY. JUST FUNDAMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

WATER, WASTEWATER. YOUR POLICE AND FIRE ARE GOING TO NEED TO GROW WITH POPULATION GROWTH.

THERE'S A STAT IN THE PLAN WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOU KNOW, WHETHER POLICE OR FIREFIGHTERS PER 1000 POPULATION ESPECIALLY ON THE FIREFIGHTING SIDE, I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT SOME WAYS TO GO.

ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION.

IT'S MENTIONED IN THE DISCUSSION IN THE BACK OF THE GROWTH CAPACITY SECTION THAT THE CURRENT STATIONS NEED SOME ATTENTION.

JUST THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE. WHEN YOU'RE GROWING THIS FAST, THE NEEDS ADD UP. AND SO IT'S GOING FROM THE FUNDAMENTALS.

BUT I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED MAYOR, BECAUSE I MEANT TO, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO OVERLOOK THE 2040 FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND CULTURE AND THE EVENTS THAT YOU DO SO WELL. SO IT'S TAKING CARE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS, WHICH IS IT'S AS I SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THEM, JUST THE REALITY. SO THOSE ARE CERTAINLY FRONT LOADED.

AND THEN JUST ONGOING THAT THINGS THAT ARE TIED TO POPULATION LIBRARIES IS AN EXAMPLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ATTENTION TO GROW, WHETHER IT'S THE FACILITY, THE SERVICES PARK SITES.

AND THAT WE GOT THE GREAT EDC EXAMPLE OF THE EDC HELPING YOU KNOW, WITH AN ADDITIONAL PARK.

SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD.

I LOOK BACK CONSTANTLY AT Y'ALL'S ANNUAL REPORTS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO WELL DONE AND ALL THE STATS, BUT THAT'S THINK IN TERMS OF THAT.

WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPORT NEXT YEAR, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, TEN YEARS BASED ON THIS LONG RANGE BIGGER PICTURE PLAN? BUT NEW WATER PLANT OR MORE WATER CAPACITY.

SECOND WASTEWATER PLANT, ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW LIBRARY. AND AS I SAY, YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING THESE THINGS, YOU'RE ADDING NEW FACILITIES, THE ACE FACILITY, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE SHORT LIST IS PROBABLY NUTS AND BOLTS ITEMS. BUT DON'T FORGET THE QUALITY OF LIFE ITEMS ALONG THE WAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE SHORT LIST IS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE FASTER AND AND HOLD THE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE.

SO AND TO ME THAT'S THAT'S YOUR CORE.

AND FROM THERE YOU START FOCUSING ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THIS PLAN IS BUILT ON THE INPUT OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS FROM OUR FIRST MEETINGS AND REFLECTS WHAT THEY SEE AS THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES.

THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

SO THE NEXT STEP IS, IS GOING BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING NEXT THURSDAY.

COMMISSION. OKAY. AND IF THEY ARE PLEASED, WE WILL BE BACK TO SEE YOU IF IF THEY WANT TO TAKE SOME MORE TIME. WE WILL SEE.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING AT 6:00.

COUNCIL? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS WORKSHOP? WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?

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