[City Plan Commission Forward Dallas Public Comment on May 9, 2024.]
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DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT EIGHT.
I THINK SHE WAS TRYING TO LOG ON BEFORE.
THERE YOU ARE, YOU HAVE CALLED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. PINA.
UH, TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 9TH, 6:10 PM WELCOME TO THE SPECIALLY CALLED HEARING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
UH, TODAY IS THE, THE SECOND SPECIALLY CALLED MEETING TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THE UPDATE TO FORT DALLAS.
AND I WANNA START OFF BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE, UH, FOR ALL YOUR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS, NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT ALSO IN NUMEROUS TOWN HALLS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, HELD THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
YOUR PARTICIPATION IS CRUCIAL TO OUR WORK, AND WE VALUE YOUR INPUT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN A CONSTRUCTIVE AND RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE.
I ALSO WANT TO, AGAIN, EXTEND MY THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE COMMITTEE OR CLUB AS A GROUP OF 15 VOLUNTEERS.
AMONG THEM WERE THREE CITY PLAN COMMISSIONERS, TWO OF WHOM CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
THE UPDATE YOU SEE TODAY IS THE RESULT OF THEIR HARD WORK.
YOU CAN FIND A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT CLUB AND THEIR DELIBERATIONS ON THEIR WEBSITE, INCLUDING VIDEOS OF THEIR MEETINGS.
IF YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW DECISIONS WERE MADE REGARDING THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE UPDATE TO FORWARD DALLAS, I RECOMMEND WATCHING THESE VIDEOS.
HAVING ATTENDED MULTIPLE TOWN HALLS IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, I'VE WITNESSED A, UH, PASSIONATE DISCUSSIONS AND VALID CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS PLAN MAY IMPACT HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
SOME OF THESE CONCERNS OFFER VALUABLE INSIGHTS THAT COULD SHAKE THE PLAN FURTHER WHILE OTHERS STEM FROM CONFUSION OR MISINFORMATION.
FOR INSTANCE, I RECENTLY HAD A, A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION WITH A HOMEOWNER WHO HAD PLANS TO REMODEL HIS HOME, BUT HAS OPTED TO POSTPONE THE PROJECT AFTER HEARING, HE WILL BE LOSING HIS SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
THIS IS, OF COURSE, INCORRECT FORWARD.
DALLAS IS NOT A REZONING DOCUMENT, NOR DOES IT RECOMMEND SUCH CHANGES.
REZONING REQUESTS WILL STILL GO THROUGH THE SAME RIGOROUS PROCESS REVIEW BY STAFF PUBLIC HEARING AT THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION, AND A PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL DECISION BY THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.
REGARDLESS OF THE FINAL DRAFT FOR DALLAS, WOULD NOT CHANGE ANY ZONING DESIGNATIONS.
IT WILL NOT CHANGE MY SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, AND IT WILL NOT CHANGE YOURS.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT ALL OF US AROUND THIS HORSESHOE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF CAUSING ANY HARM TO THE VERY COMMUNITIES WE ALL CALL HOME.
LASTLY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
DESPITE, DESPITE THE INTENSE PRESSURE, YOU'VE ALL DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE CALM AND PROFESSIONALISM IN SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I SEE THAT MR. VANDERBERG WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS HERE, AND HE'S ASKED ME TO ADDRESS THE BODY.
UM, MY NAME IS BERT VANDENBERG.
I AM THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL DIVISION IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, I THINK LATELY THERE'S BEEN SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING.
I KNOW THAT DANIEL MOORE, THE CURRENT ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, ASSIGNED TO THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION, GAVE YOU GUYS A, A TALK ABOUT IT.
HE, UM, UM, I WOULD SAY AN EXCELLENT LEGAL ANALYSIS OF IT.
I, I WATCHED IT, UM, AND HE COVERED ALL THE, THE HIGH POINTS AND THE, THE CODE SECTIONS.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE WHAT DANIEL SAID AND MAYBE ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT TO IT.
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NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO, I WAS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ASSIGNED TO THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION.AND WHEN YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION, EVERY ATTORNEY WHO'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION HAS HAD TO EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING.
IT COMES UP EVERY, EVERY COUPLE YEARS IN CONVERSATION.
UM, IT'S PART OF YOUR GUYS' RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE'S USUALLY A PARAGRAPH THIS GOES ALONG WITH FORWARD DALLAS, OR, OR IT DOESN'T, UM, DANIEL, YOU KNOW, IS, IS HERE WITH HE, HE, HE GOT THE BIG BITE OF THE APPLE BECAUSE HE HAS THE ACTUAL FORWARD DALLAS PLAN GOING THROUGH.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU HEARD ALL THIS FROM DANIEL, WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, AND I SUSPECT HE SAID IT BETTER THAN I WILL, BUT I'M GONNA TRY.
SO, THE TEXAS LO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE LAYS OUT HOW A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WORKS WITH ZONING.
CHAPTER TWO 11 SAYS THAT ZONING MUST BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT CHAPTER TWO 13 THEN GOES ON TO SAY THAT CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES CAN DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THEY DON'T JUST STAND ALONE.
AND THE CITY OF DALLAS CHOSE TO HARMONIZE IT IN CHAPTER 51 A, UH, I THINK IT'S 51 A 0.108.
AND IN IT, WHAT WE SAID WAS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT WE ADOPT WILL BE A GUIDE.
AND IN FACT, IT GOES ON TO USE THE TERM MERELY A GUIDE.
AND AT THE END OF THIS, I'M GONNA READ THE ENTIRE SECTION BECAUSE YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T HEAR IT, JUST ONE LITTLE SECTION.
BUT WHAT IT SAYS IS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT ARE ADOPTED AT THE CITY OF DALLAS ARE GUIDES FOR ZONING.
UM, I THINK THERE'S PEOPLE WHO MAY SAY THAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE FIRST THING YOU SEE, AND IT SORT OF IS THE STARTING POINT.
I DON'T, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE GROUND IS THE STARTING PLACE OF, OF THE DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE MAKE, BUT THEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL GIVE YOU SOME GUIDANCE OR SOME DIRECTION, RIGHT? IT TELLS YOU WHERE YOU SHOULD BE GOING.
BUT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THAT'S JUST ONE FACTOR.
THERE ARE OTHER, I WOULD ARGUE, EQUALLY IMPORTANT FACTORS.
IT'S, IT'S YOU GUYS, YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR DISTRICTS, YOUR EXPERIENCES.
YOU'RE APPOINTED BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
NOW, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS DONE TO SORT OF ADDRESS WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, TO GIVE GUIDANCE OF WHAT WE THINK SHOULD HAPPEN.
BUT THINGS CHANGE AND SITUATIONS CHANGE.
AND YOU GUYS SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW.
SO YOUR EXPERIENCE GUIDES YOU.
AND ADDITIONALLY, YOU HAVE TRAINED PLANNING STAFF WHO ALSO GIVE YOU GUI THEIR GUIDANCE THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
WHEN I WAS A CPC ATTORNEY, I SAW THINGS THAT MAY HAVE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMPLIES WITH FORWARD DALLAS, OR THIS IS NOT EXACTLY FOR DALLAS.
AND SOME THINGS PASSED AND SOME THINGS WERE DENIED BASED ON WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS SAW AT THE TIME.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FORWARD DALLAS, THE, THE 2006 $4 DOES NOT TIE THE HANDS OF THE BODY.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMING FORWARD WILL NOT TIE THE HANDS OF THIS BODY OR CITY COUNCIL.
IT STILL RELIES ON YOUR COLLECTIVE WISDOM IN MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
AND ULTIMATELY, CITY COUNCIL, SINCE YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WON'T MANDATE FUTURE ZONING OR REQUIRE REZONING.
NOW, IT REALLY WORKS WITH THE REST OF THE CODE.
51 A IS A BIG, BIG VOLUME, AND IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER.
THIS ONE SECTION I FROM THE TEXT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA QUOTE A LITTLE BIT.
TWO 13.005 REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE.
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE ZONING REGULATIONS OR ESTABLISH ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
AND WHEN WE HARMONIZED TWO 11 AND TWO 13 AND INCORPORATED IT IN 51 A, THE DEV DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHAT WE SAID WAS THIS, THE RELATION TO ZONING, THIS IS FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IS THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SERVES MERELY AS A GUIDE FOR REZONING REQUESTS RATHER THAN AS A MANDATORY RESTRICTION ON THE CITY'S AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LAND USE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE ZONING REGULATIONS OR ESTABLISHED ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT LIMIT THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO PREPARE OTHER PLANS, POLICIES, OR STRATEGIES AS REQUIRED.
SO, AGAIN, I SUSPECT DANIEL SAID IT BETTER AND A LITTLE MORE LEGALLY.
BUT THE FACT IS, IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S GONNA PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON WHERE WE THINK THE CITY SHOULD GO AND WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL THINKS THE CITY SHOULD GO, AND WHERE THE RESIDENTS THINK IT SHOULD GO.
BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FUNDAMENTAL ZONING PROCESS IN THE CITY, NOR WILL IT.
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AND THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE BRIEFING, UH, WE'LL GO OVER THE, THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH? OKAY.
UH, AGAIN, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UH, YOUR INPUT IS CRUCIAL AS WE STRIVE TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN THAT REFLECTS THE LONG-TERM NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO ENGAGE IN A RESPECTFUL AND MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION.
UM, SPEAKER GUIDELINES, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.
PLEASE BEGIN WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MS. PACINO WILL KEEP, UH, TIME AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW REGISTERED SPEAKERS THAT, UH, I THINK WE'LL GET A LIST HERE SOON.
UH, I WILL PLEASE ASK ALL OUR SPEAKERS ONLINE TO PLEASE HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON AND WORKING.
UH, AS WE KNOW, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEE YOU IN ORDER TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, I'LL ALSO RESPECTFULLY ASK ALL OUR SPEAKERS NOT TO REFER TO ANY PLAN COMMISSIONER BY NAME, AND TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
AGAIN, WELCOME, AND WE ARE READY FOR A BRIEFING.
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY, UH, SHOWING UP TODAY.
SO, BEFORE WE GET INTO HEARING FROM YOU ALL, I'M GONNA GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT CPC IS GONNA BE DISCUSSING NEXT WEEK IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL, UM, UPDATES TO THE PLAN DOCUMENT BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM CONSULTING FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THIS, THIS BODY.
UH, SO TO DO THAT, I'M JUST GONNA SHARE, MAKE SURE I'M SHARING THE SCREEN, GIVE A FEW MO MOMENTS.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS GONNA BE PRETTY BRIEF.
UM, BRIEFING, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A PRELUDE TO WHAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED NEXT WEEK.
SO PLEASE, EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, PLEASE ATTEND THAT AS WELL.
UM, I'M GONNA GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW THAT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THOSE, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, EDITS TO THE DOCUMENT.
UH, CP C'S GONNA MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS NEXT WEEK, BUT I WANNA GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED, UH, NEXT WEEK.
SO IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE PLAN, UH, THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS, CHAPTERS, BUT I WANT TO TALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT POINTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UM, AS WE HAVE OUR CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK.
SO, UM, GENERAL EDITS, THAT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, MORE GRAMMATICAL, MORE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOCUMENT.
THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS WE TOUCH ON THE INTRODUCTION.
THERE'S A, A FEW COMPONENTS, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT OUR ATTORNEY JUST MENTIONED, UH, CLARIFYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ZONING AND LAND USE.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING AND TOUCHING ON THAT.
UM, DURING THAT SECTION, UH, THE PLACE TYPE DESCRIPTIONS AND MAPS, UH, THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU ALL IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND YEARS.
UH, AND SOME TWEAKS BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WANNA PR BE PROVIDING THOSE SUGGESTIONS, UH, TO CPC TO MAKE A DETERMINATION, WHICH WAY TO GO.
UH, OUR LAND USE THEMES, THE, THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF WHAT'S GUIDING THE DOCUMENT, OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN TERMS OF HOW ARE WE GONNA BE MOVING THOSE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, MOVING THOSE LAND USE THEMES INTO ACTUALITY.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOCUMENTING WHAT THOSE ARE, UM, THE GLOSSARY AND OTHER APPENDICES, UH, THAT WE ARE GONNA BE PACKAGING TOGETHER, UH, FOR THE DOCUMENT.
SO THAT'S A, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT WE WE'RE GONNA BE TOUCHING ON, UH, NEXT WEEK.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE ALSO TALKING THROUGH THE SCHEDULE FOR, UH, REVIEW OF THE PLAN DOCUMENT.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GET YOUR INPUT, GET CPCS INPUT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NEXT AND THE TIMEFRAME FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE GONNA BE.
I'M GONNA TOUCH ON EACH OF THESE AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, THIS PARTICULAR BRIEFING.
SO FIRST, IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, TYPOS, GRAMMATICAL CORRECTIONS, UM, GENERAL FEEDBACK IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, UPDATING THE, THE PLAN DOCUMENT WITH WEB LINKS, UM, HAVING BOOKMARKS AND, AND LINKS IN THE DOCUMENT JUST TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT.
THOSE ARE GONNA BE UPDATED, UH, IN THERE.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE SLIDES.
UM, JUST TO, JUST TO NOTE FOR THOSE TUNING IN ONLINE, UM, IF IT'S BLUE, IT JUST INDICATES THAT SOMETHING THAT STAFF'S GONNA, UH, ADDRESS.
THERE'S NO CPC ACTION REQUIRED.
UH, MORE JUST TECHNICAL, UM, UH, UPDATES FROM STAFF AS WE GO INTO THE INTRODUCTION OF, UH, THE INTRODUCTION SECTION.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE UPDATING THE HISTORY SECTION.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DEFINING AND CLARIFYING THE TERM SELF-DETERMINATION.
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BE CLARIFYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ZONING, HISTORIC DISTRICTS, CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, PDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS STABILIZATION OVERLAYS IN THE DOCUMENT.SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE ARE RELATING TO FORD, DALLAS, AND LAND USE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLARIFYING THAT AND, AND INCLUDING A LOT MORE REFERENCES TO THOSE ITEMS IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT WHEN WE GET TO THE PLACE TYPE DESCRIPTIONS.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE THE PART OF THE MEATIER PART OF OUR CONVERSATION AND FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM FROM CPC.
UH, SO ONE, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE PLACE TYPE MATRIX, THAT GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS WHAT'S PRIMARY, WHAT'S SUPPORTING, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING AT, AT LENGTH, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE, UM, SOME POTENTIAL EDITS AND TWEAKS TO THAT BASED ON FEEDBACK.
AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, CLARIFYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HISTORIC DISTRICTS, CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, AND THE LIKE, UH, ALSO GRAPHICALLY ON OUR PLACE TYPE MAP.
SO THAT'LL BE DISCUSSED AND SHOWN.
UH, I'M GONNA CLARIFY THE RELATIONSHIP, UM, OF ADJACENCIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE INDUSTRIAL PLACE TYPES AND HOW URBAN DESIGN HELPS TO DO THAT.
UM, AND OTHER, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES WORK WOULD BE UPDATING THE GRAPHICS, UH, AND ALSO UPDATING THE TEXT AND THE MAPS TO SHOW ALL THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO GET SOME DIRECTION ON.
SO BEFORE I GET TO THE NEXT SECTION, I WANT TO JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF PLACE TYPES, KIND OF WHAT THEY ARE, WHERE THEY CAME FROM, AND THEIR PURPOSE IN THIS PLAN DOCUMENT.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT PLACE TYPES, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE, THE GENERAL GUIDING, UM, UH, TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING FOR DALLAS TO, TO HELP UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WORK TOGETHER.
UH, BUT IT'S, I WANNA BE CLEAR WITH, WITH PLACE TYPES THAT IT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY BUILDING UPON THE CURRENT FOUR DALLAS THAT'S ADOPTED NOW.
UH, THEY USE THE TERM BUILDING BLOCKS.
UH, SO FOR THOSE ON THE, ON, ON ON LOOKING ON THE SCREEN, THE ON THE PLACE TYPES TWO, 2.0 THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
NOW, THERE ARE A SERIES OF DIFFERENT PLACE TYPES DESCRIPTORS THAT ELABORATE ON WHAT D DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLACES LOOK LIKE IN THE CITY.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING UPON, UH, A SIMILAR CONCEPT THAT'S ON THE GROUND NOW.
SO I WANNA TOUCH ON THAT, THAT EXISTING CONCEPT IN, IN FROM 2006 AND HOW WE'RE ENHANCING THAT WITH 2.0.
SO AS WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM, UH, THE COMMUNITY, ONE THING THAT WE NOTICED IS THAT THERE WAS A BROAD SWATH OF KINDA INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION, UH, IN THE CITY, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE CATEGORY.
UH, THE ISSUE WITH THAT WAS IT WAS BY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THERE WAS NO DISTINCTION IN TERMS OF SCALE AND THAT RELATIONSHIP, UH, TO RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
SO IN TERMS OF, ONE OF THE UPDATES THAT FORD DALLAS LOOKS TO DO IS TO DIFFERENTIATE THE SCALE AND THE TYPOLOGIES OF THOSE INDUSTRIAL, UH, PLACE TYPES.
UH, SO WE'VE GONE FROM ONE IN THE CURRENT ADOPTED PLAN TO THREE DISTINCT TYPES, AND THEY FOCUS ON DIFFERENT WAYS OF EITHER TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM INDUSTRIAL USES, UM, MORE CLEANER USES, OR IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE HEAVIER USES ARE GONNA BE.
THAT'S KIND OF ONE MAJOR ELEMENT.
UH, TWO, UH, THE, THE BIGGEST, THE SECOND BIGGEST PIECE I, I BELIEVE IN THIS DOCUMENT UPDATE IS THE FOCUS ON THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, DESIGNATION IN FOUR DALLAS, OH SIX VERSUS FOUR DALLAS 2.0.
SO IN OH SIX, UH, WE HAD ONE RESIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION, WE CALL THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS.
UM, AND THAT WENT ANYWHERE FROM SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS TO MULTIFAMILY.
UH, SO A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS, CAN WE PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCE, A LITTLE BIT MORE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN, UH, THE RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, AND THE MORE APARTMENT LIKE COMPLEXES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
SO WE'VE GONE FROM A, JUST A ONE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING BLOCK TO THREE PLACE TYPES IN FOR DALLAS, THE SMALL TOWN RESIDENTIAL, THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL, AND THE CITY RESIDENTIAL.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE PLACE TYPES, AGAIN, IT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT, IT'S ACTUALLY PROVIDING A BIT MORE NUANCE THAN OUR CURRENTLY ADOPTED PLAN HAS THROUGH THEIR BUILDING BLOCKS.
AND I WANT TO FOCUS A BIT MORE JUST ON THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE AND THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING BLOCK.
SO ON THE LEFT IS OUR DRAFT TWO THOU 2.0 THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW RESIDE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UM, SINGLE FAMILY PLACE TYPE ON THE RIGHT IS THE CURRENTLY ADOPTED SINGLE FAMILY BUILDING BLOCK, UH, CALLED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE COMPARE THE LAND USES FROM THE, UH, 2.0 VERSUS THE VERSION THAT'S ADOPTED NOW, THERE ARE TWO MAJOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
ONE, UH, WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING BLOCK, UH, THERE'S A MULTI-FAMILY LAND USE,
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AND THAT IS A PRIMARY USE WITHIN THAT BUILDING BLOCK.UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE AS WE TALKED WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR, UM, BUILDING BLOCK, THEY HAD ISSUES THAT THERE WAS NO TRANSITION FROM A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD OR SINGLE FAMILY LAND USE TO MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS.
SO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS, WE NEED, CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE MORE NUANCE, MORE SPECIFICS, MORE TRANSITIONS FROM THAT MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX LAND USE TO A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, LAND USE THAT WE HAVE ON THE GROUND.
SO IN DOING THAT, WE CREATED, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, LAND USES THE MULTIPLEXES, WHICH WAS MORE LOWER SCALE MULTIFAMILY AND THE APARTMENTS, WHICH IS MORE THE LARGER SCALE MULTIFAMILY.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE MAJOR, MAJOR POINT NUMBER TWO, UH, YOU NOTICE THAT THEIR LODGING IS A SUPPORTED USE, UH, NOW ON THE GROUND IN PARTICULAR ADOPTED PLAN.
UM, SO AGAIN, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM OTHER INITIATIVES IN THE CITY WAS LODGING SHOULD NOT BE PART OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IN COMPARING WHAT'S ON THE GROUND NOW, WHAT'S ADOPTED NOW VERSUS THE CURRENT DRAFT, UM, IT REFLECTS A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AND IT'S ACTUALLY PROVIDES LESS DENSITY IN TERMS OF THAT PARTICULAR PLACE TYPE VERSUS THE EXISTING ADOPTED BUILDING BLOCK FROM 2006.
UM, ONE THING TO NOTE AS WELL AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE, UM, A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING IS THAT, HEY, THERE IS NO SINGLE FAMILY ONLY PLACE TYPE THAT EXISTS IN IN IN THIS PLAN.
HOW CAN WE PLEASE INCLUDE THAT? SO I WANNA JUST NOTE IN TERMS OF HOW WE READ THIS MATRIX.
SO ASIDE FROM THE RURAL FOCUSED, UM, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A SMALL TOWN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, RESIDENTIAL IS THE ONLY PLACE TYPE THAT SHOWS SINGLE FAMILY AS A PRIMARY USE.
SO JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIALS, IS IT, ITS INTENT IS TO BE FOCUSED ON SINGLE FAMILY AND IT IS THE ONLY PLACE TYPE THAT SHOWS SINGLE FAMILY AS THEIR PRIMARY USE OTHER THAN THE SMALL TOWN RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE.
I'M NOT, AND FEEL FREE, UH, CC MEMBERS AS I'M GOING THROUGH THESE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER AS I GO THROUGH THAT.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER, SLEEPER, ANY QUESTIONS? OUR FOLKS ONLINE, I CAN'T SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN, SO YOU JUST FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IS, UM, OUR LAND USE THEMES.
SO WE HAVE FIVE LAND USE THEMES IN THE DOCUMENT, AND THAT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE PRIORITIES THE COMMUNITY HAS PROVIDED US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING TO GUIDE THE, THE DOCUMENT AND HOW IT'S STRUCTURED.
UH, SO TWO CONCEPTS, TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, ADDRESSING IN THE LAND USE THEMES IS TOD.
UM, IT'S FOCUS ON TYPOLOGIES THINKING THROUGH HOW DO TOD, HOW CAN THOSE INCORPORATE HOUSING, HOW THEY ARE THEY FOCUSED ON EQUITY, AND HOW ARE WE SHOWING HOW DIFFERENT, UH, INTEGRATIONS OF, OF, OF TOD WOULD LOOK LIKE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE ONE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING THROUGH AND DISCUSSING AND SHARING WITH CPC NEXT WEEK IS IDEAS ON HOW TO DO THAT AND DIRECTION ON WHICH WAY TO GO.
AND THEN TWO, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT AND CLARIFYING, UH, THE HOUSING THEME IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE ISSUES, THE CONTEXT, HAVING A FOCUS ON HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, AND OTHER WAYS OF PROVIDING ACCESS AND CHOICE TO HOUSING.
SO WE, WE CURRENTLY, I THINK IT'S NOT AS CLEAR AND WE HAVE A, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THIS BODY IN TERMS OF HOW TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AND HOW TO DRIVE HOME THAT PARTICULAR THEME AND, AND, UM, UM, IDEA FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE HEARD TO AS WELL.
UH, SO OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THIS IS GONNA BE THAT SECTION THAT BASICALLY DETAILS HOW ARE WE GONNA MOVE FROM THESE THEMATIC IDEAS TO REALITY.
UH, SO WE HAVE A SECTION THAT'S BUILT ON JUST LISTING IMPLEMENTATION STEPS, WHICH DEPARTMENTS, WHICH AGENCIES ARE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF THESE ITEMS. AND THEY'RE BASED ON THE THEMES OF THE PLAN DOCUMENT.
SO IN ADDITION TO JUST IDENTIFYING, CLARIFYING THESE THEMES, WE'RE GONNA BE LISTING, UM, AND CLARIFYING EACH OF THOSE ACTION STEPS BASED ON THE LAST FEW WORKSHOPS WE'VE HAD WITH CPC.
SO IT'S GONNA BE ONE THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND, UH, LIST ALL THOSE IDEAS AND TOPICS IN WHICH DIRECTION TO GO ON THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REVIEW BODY, UH, CALLED THE TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
THAT IS A TEAM MADE UP OF STAFF PUBLIC AGENCIES LIKE DART THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE ALSO REVIEWING THIS DOCUMENT IN ADDITION TO CPC, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING THEIR TECHNICAL,
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UH, UPDATES TO THAT.SO WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING THAT WITH THIS COMMITTEE TO JUST SHOW THEM THE DIRECTION TO GO, UH, BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND ALSO TOO, WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING, UH, THEMATIC METRICS, UM, BASICALLY GUIDING, UM, DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE DO WE WANT TO HIT AND WHERE DO WE WANT TO, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO IN TERMS OF THESE THEMES TO, TO SHOW THAT WE ARE PROGRESSING, UH, AS A CITY THROUGH THE THEMES THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE IMPLEMENTATION ITEMS AND SECTIONS AND PIECES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT WEEK.
UH, A LOT OF DETAIL THAT WE'LL WE'LL BE PROVIDING THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION.
WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING THROUGH JUST UPDATING THE GLOSSARY.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW, UM, TERMINOLOGY AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO CLARIFY.
SO IN ADDITION TO JUST PROVIDING A GLOSSARY IN THE, IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT, WE'RE GONNA BE ELABORATING A BIT MORE IN TERMS OF WHAT, UM, LOW, MID, AND HIGH DENSITY OR HIGH HIGH, UM, SCALE BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE IN THE CITY.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE USING, UH, THE OTHER DOCUMENTATION FROM OUR CODE AND KIND OF JUST REFERENCING SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HEARD FROM THIS BODY AND CLARIFYING WHAT THAT IS IN THE GLOSSARY.
SO FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN TRACKING WITH US THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED OVER TIME.
OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR ENGAGEMENT REPORT, OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT, UM, AND OTHER MAPS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED AND DEVELOPED OVER THE, THE, THE SEQUENCE OF THIS PLAN DOCUMENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE WANT TO PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER, UM, AND UPDATE SOME OF THOSE SECTIONS.
UH, ONE OF THOSE UPDATES IS GONNA BE INCLUDING, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, HISTORIC DISTRICTS, CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, NSOS COMPLETE STREETS AND COUNCIL DISTRICT REFERENCES ON OUR MAPS.
SO IT'S EASY TO IDENTIFY, UM, OTHER CONTEXTS FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES AS WE LOOK AT THE, THE MAP AS YOU LOOK AT THE TEXT AND JUST LOOK AT THE, THE BODY OF THE DOCUMENT AS A WHOLE.
UH, SO WITH THAT, JUST WANNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS.
SO AGAIN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TODAY, MR. CHAIR.
COMMISSIONER HAN, I HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE.
MR. UH, JUST ONE, CAN YOU GO BACK, YOU HAD AN ASTERISK ON THAT LAST SLIDE.
SO IS, ARE THE FULL APPENDIXES COMING WITH THE NEXT DRAFT? SO YES, AFTER WE GET DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL, YES, WE WILL.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE MOVE ON, SIR? MR. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER HALL, PLEASE.
YOUR, YOUR SLIDE THAT MENTIONED, UH, LOW, MID, AND HIGH.
I, I THINK THAT STARTED WITH OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WAS THE LOW RISE OF A MID-RISE AND A HIGH RISE, RIGHT? AND NOW IT'S GONE FROM STORIES OR, OR LEVELS TO, UH, DENSE DENSITIES.
SO WE'LL TALK THROUGH WHICH DIRECTION YOU WANT US TO GO WITH THAT.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE PROPOSED AS EITHER STORIES OR, OR DENSITIES, BUT WE'LL TALK THROUGH WHAT, WHAT, HOW YOU WANT US TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, AND DENSITIES MUST REFER TO PERHAPS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN, IN, IN THE STRUCTURE OR, SO I THINK, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST A, A TYPO HERE.
I THINK THAT'S JUST EASIER IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD UHHUH
SO IT'S GONNA BE JUST LEVELS OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, BASED ON WHERE WHERE IT IS.
COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU STEP, SO I'M UNDERSTANDING WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A COMPLETE COPY OF THE DOCUMENT UNTIL AFTER YOU RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM US AFTER HE TELLS WHICH DIRECTION TO GO ON THE DOCUMENT, THEN YES.
COMMISSIONER FORSIGHT, PLEASE.
IS IT POSSIBLE, UH, LAWRENCE, UH, FOR YOU TO PROVIDE US, UH, WHEREIN THE OH SIX VERSION, THE ORIGINAL FOR DALLAS PLAN, IT STATES THAT, UH, UH, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING BLOCK PROVIDES FOR SINGLE FAMILY, UH, DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND APARTMENTS? I CAN SEND THAT.
YES, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I'M READING IN THE VISION STATEMENT OF THE FORD DALLAS.
MM-HMM,
THIS IS THE, THIS BUILDING BLOCK REPRESENTS THE LIFEBLOOD OF DALLAS, THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ATTACHED HOMES, DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT APARTMENTS.
SO AS YOU READ FURTHER INTO THAT DOC, IN THAT, INTO THAT SECTION AND THE OTHER ELEMENT SECTION, IT DETAILS THE LAND USES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE SLIDES.
IT'S NOWHERE IN THE VISION DOCUMENT.
SO THE DOCTORS FOR CLARITY, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE 2006 UH, DOCUMENT, IT'S BROKEN UP INTO MULTIPLE SECTIONS.
THERE'S A VISION SECTION AND THERE'S AN ELEMENT SECTION WHICH GOES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT THEMES OF THE PLAN DOCUMENT.
SO THE VISION GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT AND THEN MORE DETAILS PROVIDED IN THE OTHER SECTIONS.
BUT I CAN FORWARD THAT TO YOU, SIR, AFTER THIS MEETING.
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UM, SO IF WE'RE GONNA DESCRIBE LOW, MID, AND HIGH DENSITIES PURELY IN TERMS OF THE STORIES IN A STRUCTURE, AND YET WE DEAL REGULARLY HERE WITH FAR, WHICH I THINK IS A MORE GERMANE MEASURE OF DENSITY THAN THE STORIES OF THE BUILDING, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, UM, GOING BACK TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD RELATED TO THAT, UH, AT CPC, I THINK THERE ARE SOME, SOME, SOME WANTED TO GO THROUGH THAT DIRECTIONS FROM THE FAR.SOME THOUGHT THAT THE, THE STORIES WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GO THROUGH THAT.
SO OUR DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE HAVE THAT NEXT WEEK WILL PROVIDE US MORE DIRECTION IN WHICH WAY TO GO.
QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER FORESITE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FROM OUR FOLKS ONLINE? OKAY, WE'RE SET.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE READY FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
PLEASE, UH, REMIND YOU TO PLEASE BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND, UH, WE WILL END WITH OUR FOLKS ONLINE.
UH, AND PART, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRESS THE LITTLE BUTTON THERE.
MS. PACINO IS GONNA KEEP, KEEP TIME AND ALL SPEAKERS ARE GONNA HAVE ONE MINUTE.
ED ZARA 1003 VALENCIA DALLAS DISTRICT 14.
BACK IN 2009, I RECEIVED A BROCHURE FROM THE DALLAS HOMEOWNERS LEAGUE.
I TALKED ABOUT ZONING WHERE RESIDENTS CAN LIVE IN AREAS DESIGNED AND PLANNED FOR HIGH DENSITY INSTEAD OF IN SCATTERED POCKETS OF DENSITY THAT THREATENED STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
A BROAD BASE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF DALLAS HOMEOWNERS LEAGUE, OLD OLD CLIFF CONSERVATION LEAGUE PRESERVATION DALLAS WITH THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, MET AND REACHED A A COMPROMISE.
THE COMPROMISE HAD THREE KEY ELEMENTS THAT PROTECTED DALLAS NEIGHBORHOODS CRITICAL MASS PROVISIONS TO ENSURE THAT THIS TYPE OF ZONING WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN AREAS APPROPRIATE FOR HIGH DENSITY.
THE RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE, A RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION DISTRICT BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY ZONING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE NEW ZONING SOUNDED GOOD, BUT THE COMPROMISE WAS NOT A DONE DEAL.
CITY OPPOSED THE PRE CRUCIAL PROTECTIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY TOLD CITY COUNCIL THAT THE COMPROMISE WILL KILL THE USEFULNESS OF THE NEW ORDINANCE WHEN IN FACT THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
ONLY IF THE COMPROMISE PLAN PASSED WILL THESE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS TRULY BE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY COMMUNITIES.
MY NAME IS BRIAN TO, OH, SORRY.
HERE AS AN ORGANIZER WITH THE DALLAS HOUSING COALITION, I ALSO RESIDE AT 1500 PECO STREET.
I PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH OUR POSITION STATEMENT AND OUR LIST OF 219 MEMBERS.
YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH OUR COALITION HAVING ADVOCATED FOR $82 MILLION IN AT OBTAIN HOUSING AND HOMELESS SOLUTION FUNDING.
THANK YOU VOTERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE ARE NOW TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO FORWARD DALLAS.
THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR MISSION OF PROTECTING AND PRESERVING ATTAINABLE HOUSING FOR ALL IN DALLAS.
WE NEED HOUSING AVAILABLE AT ALL DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS, AT ALL DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS FOR PEOPLE AT ALL STAGES OF LIFE.
UH, PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO REVIEW OUR FACTS AND BENEFITS ONE PAGER OR VISIT DALLAS HOUSING COALITION.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION WHERE IT'S POSTED THERE AS WELL.
I'M FREDERICK DE HAYES II, SENIOR PASTOR OF FRIENDSHIP WEST BAPTIST CHURCH.
MY ADDRESS IS 35 10 TURTLE CREEK DALLAS CANNOT MOVE FORWARD AS LONG AS WE ARE THINKING BACKWARD AND ACTING BACKWARD.
AND SO WE ARE INSISTING AND I'M STANDING IN COALITION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION THAT WE ARE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOALS.
WE WANT SPECIFICS AND WE WANT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE DO NOT WANT THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE MISTAKE WHERE OUR LIFE EXPECTANCY IS DETERMINED, NOT BY OUR GENETIC CODE, BUT BY
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OUR ZIP CODE.WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD.
WE STAND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD.
WE DO NOT NEED, AND A PROLIFERATION OF INDUSTRIAL SITES, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE'VE SEEN THAT PRODUCE SHINGLE MOUNTAIN.
WE'VE SEEN IT RECENTLY IN THE DETERMINATION FOR A TRUCK YARD TO BE BUILT ACROSS FROM CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ARE SAYING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HAS TO BE A THING OF THE PAST IF DALLAS IS TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M MARCIA JACKSON, 4 9 2 0 SHORT ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.
I AM HERE TO SAY THAT UH, I AM FOURTH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREA.
YOU KNOW, WE WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD ON LAND USE.
WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO AVOID INDUSTRIAL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITIES AND THIS IS A CHANCE FOR DOGS TO MOVE FORWARD AND AVOID SOME OF THOSE EJ ISSUES.
I'M ALSO HERE TO STAND THAT WE ARE FOR HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE ARE ALSO, I'M ALSO AGAINST THOSE, UM, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, MULTIPLEXES, NEAR RESIDENTS.
I THINK THAT WHEN WE GO IN AND PURCHASE OUR HOMES, WE PURCHASE OUR HOME FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
AND WHEN YOU START ENDING UP PUTTING MULTIPLEXES NEXT TO RESIDENTS THAT WE'LL START CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH PARKING AND AREA AND THAT IS ANOTHER HAZARD.
IT'S, IT'S BEST IF WE JUST CONTINUE WITH THE SPEAKERS, OTHERWISE, WE'LL, WE'LL WE'RE GONNA BE HERE ALL NIGHT.
HELLO, DANIELLE AYRES 25 22 FORT WORTH AVENUE AND IT'S GONNA REITERATE WHAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE SAID THAT IN THE PLAN, THE FINAL PLAN WE WANT TO SEE REFLECTED.
'CAUSE CURRENTLY IT SPEAKS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOALS, BUT IT DIDN'T POINT TO ANYTHING.
THEY'RE NOT PRESENT, THEY'RE ABSENT.
SO WE WANT TO SEE VERY CLEAR, CONCISE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOALS THAT SPEAK TO IMPLEMENTATION, EXECUTION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION OF THOSE GOALS.
AND AGAIN, REITERATING THAT NOT JUST THE ZONING, BUT THE LAND USE MUST INCLUDE THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED IN THOSE WHO ARE ADVOCATES AND ALLIES.
AND WE COULD TEACH TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD BEFORE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION.
THEY'VE BEEN PRESENTED, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN SINCE 2019.
SO THESE ARE NOT NEW RECOMMENDATIONS WE WANT TO REINFORCE.
WE WANT TO SEE THOSE IN THE FINAL PLAN.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE POLICIES THAT ARE IN THE PLAN THAT PROHIBIT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE AND BATCH PLANTS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
I'M CAROL BELL, WALTON 67 0 5 VELASCO.
UM, MY TRAINING IS AN INTERNATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND IN ASSESSING RISK YOU HAVE TO ASSESS YOUR OWN WEAKNESSES.
IF YOU INCREASE DENSITY TO THE POINT WHERE WE INCREASE TRAFFIC, WE KNOW DART'S NOT GONNA BAIL US OUT.
WE'VE GOT DECADES OF EXAMPLES OF DART ON BAILING US OUT.
SO CONGESTION IS A BIG CONCERN, BUT MY BIGGER CONCERN IS STORM WATER RUNOFF BECAUSE MIKE RAWLING SAT IN THAT SEAT AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS TIRED OF PEOPLE DYING IN DALLAS FROM DROWNING FROM STORMWATER RUNOFF.
IN OUR MONDAY MEETING THE PLANNER, PATRICK SAID THAT EAST DALLAS HAS A DEFICIENT STORM WATER RUNOFF INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF YOU BRING DENSITY IN, THAT CREATES MORE NONPERMEABLE LAND AND INCREASES STORM WATER RUNOFF WITHOUT PROPER MANAGEMENT, IT CREATES DEATH, IT CREATES DROWNINGS, IT SWEEPS CARS OFF ROADS.
YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHERE WE DON'T HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S GONNA COST $300 MILLION TO FIX MILL CREEK.
WHAT TIME IS THAT MA'AM? THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I LIVE AT 1 5 7 4 6 COVID CIRCLE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE PAUSE FOR DALLAS.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I BELIEVE IT'S ESSENTIAL TO PRIORITIZE THE CONCERNS OF LONGSTANDING RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FABRIC OF DALLAS FOR DECADES.
I LIVED IN DALLAS IN THE SAME HOUSE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
IT SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE THAT THE PLAN WOULD PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF POTENTIAL FUTURE RESIDENTS WITH DALLAS BEING A GROWING CITY, ALBEIT OVER THE NEEDS OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 20, 30 OR 40 YEARS.
WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS MOST OF THE RESIDENTS I KNOW FOR DALLAS IN
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ITS CURRENT FORM THOUGH WITHOUT THE SAFEGUARDS FOR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD FRANKLY CHANGE AND, AND IDEALLY WOULD, WOULD, WOULD COMPROMISE THE THE PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME.I URGE YOU AGAIN, PLEASE PAUSE FORWARD DALLAS TO ALLOW MORE COMMUNITY INPUT AND REWRITE THE PLAN TO PROTECT SE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
GOOD EVENING, VILLE, COLORADO 1509 MAIN STREET DALLAS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF FORD DALLAS IN REGARDS TO THE PRO DENSITY MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING ASPECTS.
SPEAKING IN TERMS OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OBVIOUSLY A 2024 HONDA CIVIC IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN A 2024 F THREE 50 SUPER DUTY XL CREW CAB.
AND IF YOU'RE HEARING THAT, YOU SAY, WELL THESE FOOLISH AND MISGUIDED YOUNG PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY A BRAND NEW CIVIC, NOT AFFORDABLE.
IF THEY'RE A SMART, THEY GET AN OLD PRE-OWNED 10-YEAR-OLD CIVIC AND THEY'RE RIGHT.
BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE OLD PRE-OWNED STOCK 10 YEARS AGO, THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN BUILT NEW AT SOME POINT.
AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE ENTIRE SWATHS OF THE CITY BE FORCED TO BUILD ONLY THE LARGEST, MOST EXPENSIVE, MOST DESTRUCTIVE TYPE AND MOST CONSUMPTION, LAND CONSUMING TYPE OF VEHICLES AND HOUSING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ONLY HAVE A CITY THAT ONLY BUILDS THAT.
WE NEED MORE DENSITY, WE NEED MORE OPTIONS, NEED MORE VARIETY.
WE NEED A CITY THAT ACCOMMODATES EVERYBODY, NOT JUST THE PRES AND STYLISTIC STICK CHOICES OF A FEW.
HI, MY NAME IS ROCK BARRERA 40 24 BOOKER BAY DRIVE.
UH, THERE USED TO BE DENSER HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN, BUT IT WAS DEMOLISHED AND NOW A WALMART STANDS IN ITS PLACE.
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES MIGHT BE FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT NOT FOR MY PARTNER AND I.
THAT IS NOT THE HOUSE THAT WE DREAM OF.
WE DREAM OF LIVING IN DENSER MIXED USE HOUSING, LIVING, WORKING AND PLAYING A SHORT WALKER BIKE RIDE AWAY FROM WHERE WE, UH, RESIDE.
WE NEED MORE DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THE DIVERSE AND GROWING POPULATION OF DALLAS.
WE NEED MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF HOMES CAN BE BUILT.
SINGLE FAMILY ZONING WAS INTRODUCED IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AS A WAY TO KEY RACES AND CLASSES OF PEOPLE SEGREGATED.
AND A HUNDRED YEARS LATER WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES, THE TIME FOR CHANGES RIGHT NOW.
I LIVE IN 47 23 STOVE STREET IN THE COMMUNITY OF JAPA OR JOI.
UM, BASICALLY TO JUST ASK THAT ANYTHING THAT STANDS FOR INDUSTRIAL BE REMOVED IN OUR PLACE, TYPE IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MAINLY BLACK AND BROWN OR MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF HAVING TO BREATHE ALL THIS SMOKE ASPHALT THAT IS JUST BEING DUMPED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO FOR SOMETHING MORE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE BUILT IN ITS PLACE.
AND, UM, BASICALLY WE DON'T WANT NO MORE JUNKYARDS OR, UM, PLANTS AND HEAVY TRUCKING OR COMMUNITIES ARE JUST BASICALLY JUST BEING, UM, TUCKED AWAY, UM, HIDDEN FROM THE DALLAS, FROM OUR VIEWS.
AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BEAUTIFUL.
SO WE WANNA REFLECT THAT IN OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
AND PRETTY MUCH JUST WE WANNA CHANGE THE PLACE TYPES IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND REMOVE ALL THESE PLANTS AND UGLY BUSINESSES THAT ARE AROUND THERE.
EMMANUEL DAVIS, 47 51 NOME STREET.
GREETINGS ARE KIND, PRIVILEGED, BE BEFORE YOU, BUT FORWARD DALLAS TO THE JPI FRIEDMAN COMMUNITY IS MORE THAN JUST A PLAN A COMMITTEE, BUT IT IS THE VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE COME TO THE POINT THAT WE ONLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RID OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.
IT'S OUR LAST STEP, IT'S OUR LAST HOPE.
BEFORE DESPERATION, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO BE AT THE TABLE.
DUE TO FORWARD DALLAS, WE'RE ABLE TO NOT ONLY BE AT THE TABLE, BUT BE ABLE TO SEE RESULTS.
EVERY TIME WE HAVE A DIFFERENT MEETING, UH, THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR SUGGESTIONS AND WE SEE IT ON PAPER.
IT IS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE LEFT BEFORE OUR MOVE TO DESPERATION TO BE ABLE TO RID OUR COMMUNITY WITH SOMETHING
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THAT WAS PLAGUED, DROPPED DOWN ON US OVER DECADES AGO.UH, THESE TOXIC FILMING COMPANIES HAVE BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT BY CHANCE, NOT BY HAPPENSTANCE, BUT ON PURPOSE.
BERT DALLAS PURPOSELY HELP US REMOVE 'EM.
HI, MY NAME IS ALEX MURCHISON.
I LIVE AT 8 3 9 SOUTH GLA EXPRESSWAY.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT VERSION OF FORWARD DALLAS, ALLOWING A VARIETY OF HOME TYPES IN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE.
I'M A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER BATTLING THESE OUT OF CONTROL HOUSING CRISIS.
THIS VERSION OF THE PLAN WILL ALLOW MORE OPTIONS FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BUY OR RENT SO THAT ME AND MY FUTURE FAMILY I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE IN DALLAS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A HOME FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS A CRITICAL ISSUE THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE FUTURE OF ONE OF DALLAS MOST BEAUTIFUL, VIBRANT AND HISTORICAL COMMUNITIES.
THE ZONING DESIGNATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD OF JO IN THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN.
FORWARD DALLAS IS NOT JUST A PLAN, IT'S A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
A ROADMAP TO GUIDE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WHILE ENSURING EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, THE CURRENT ZONING DESIGNATION FOR DROPPY DOES NOT ALIGN WITH COMMUNITY'S GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS.
THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT OF COMMUNITY MIXED USE FOR THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ON THE WEST SIDE OF JPE IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
HOWEVER, IT FALLS SHORT OF MEETING THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS TO TRULY REFLECT THE VISION AND PRIORITY OF DROPPY RESIDENCE DESIGNATION MUST EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO I 45.
THE INDUSTRIAL FLEX PLACE TYPE CURRENTLY ALLOCATED FOR PARTS OF THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY DOES NOT SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF PY RESIDENTS.
IT PERPETUATES THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND TRUCKING ACTIVITIES, UNDERMINING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF RESIDENTS BY, BY TRANSITIONING TO COMMUNITY EXCUSE BETWEEN 3 10, 9.
WE CAN MITIGATE THESE IMPACTS AND CREATE A THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.
I LOVED THE PEOPLE, THE PLACE AND THE OPPORTUNITY I SAW BEFORE ME.
11 YEARS LATER, I ENDED UP NEVER LEAVING.
UH, I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I'M IN A DEVELOPMENT CODE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, PROFESSIONALLY, UH, I'M WORKING ON 14 PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND ONE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? UH, PERSONALLY, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I ONCE SAW IN THE CITY, DESPITE BEING HEAVILY INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IS BEGINNING TO DRY UP.
I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY.
MY BUYING POWER IS LESS THAN WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE.
WHEN I LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM, I WOULD BE REMISS TO SAY THAT I DON'T SEE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME ADVOCATING FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, THAT THEY ARE ALREADY IN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'RE BEING FORCED TO FIND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I THINK THE STATISTICS SAY, UH, PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE GOING ELSEWHERE.
I SUPPORT MORE DENSITY, UH, AND HOPE YOU WILL TOO.
UH, MY NAME'S RONNIE MESTA, 32 15 RUTT STREET, WEST DALLAS, TEXAS.
UM, LOOKING AT THIS, THE PRESENTATION, UH, AREAS OF CONCERN FOR ME AND I OPPOSE THIS, UM, FORWARD, UH, DALLAS, UH, PLAN AS IT IS BECAUSE OF, OF THE LAND USE AND, AND ALSO THE NSO THAT I SAW ON THIS, THE, THE PRESENTATION WERE, WERE GUARANTEED, UH, SOME PROTECTIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT, YET WE GOTTA COME BACK AND THEN FIGHT OR GET AMENDMENTS TO THOSE EXACT PROTECTIONS.
THE NSO WAS DONE AWAY WITH WAS OVERLOOKED.
JUST, YOU KNOW, WAS LIKE, IT NEVER EXISTED, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS THERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS PLAN DOESN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE THAT'S, OR RACISM.
UH, THE LAND USE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN THOSE BUILDINGS ARE REMOVED? IS IT JUST GONNA SIT THERE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA COST MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO REMEDIATE THAT AREA, WHICH IS STILL CONTAMINATED.
I CAN BE, I WAS HERE NOT Y LONG AGO AND, UH, COULDN'T EVEN BUILD A DONKEY PARK DOWN IN THE TRINITY RIVER IN THAT LITTLE AREA OFF OF SYLVAN BECAUSE OF THE CONTAMINATION.
SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS, SIR, THOSE AREAS OF CONCERN FOR ME.
MY NAME IS DEBBIE SOLI, UH, LIVING IN WEST DALLAS, 2322
BEEN THERE ALL MY 63 AND A HALF YEARS OF LIFE.
I COME HERE BECAUSE WE NEED, UH, BETTER PLANNING.
WE NEED, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THIS PLAN COMES FORWARD, OUR, MY
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COMMUNITY CAN STAY WHERE IT'S AT.I NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S RESTRICTIONS IN THIS LAND AND WHAT, ESPECIALLY WEST DALLAS, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AN ANOTHER COMPANY CANNOT JUST SHOW UP AND THEN COME AND ASK, UH, FOR PERMITS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING CEMENT IMPLANTS AND WE SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING CEMENT IMPLANT ALL THE TIME.
I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IN THE PLAN THAT IT'S NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE SIZES OF THE HOME.
WE ARE BEING GENTRIFIED ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE TO JUST PUT THIS ALL THE THING THREE STORY HOME.
WE NEED THAT IN THE POLICY IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND JUST LIKE I WAS HEARING PEOPLE SAY THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT, WE CANNOT EVEN AFFORD TO STAY THERE EVERY TIME THERE'S A NEW HOME BUILT AND IT JUST WENT UP FOR 789,000 ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOME.
WHAT IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN TO ME? MY TAXES ARE GOING UP, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CHANGE THE, THE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MA'AM.
I LIVE AT 51 32 BELL REEF DRIVE, HAPPILY FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS.
UH, WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM MR. AGU, I THINK THAT WAS HIS NAME, THAT WHILE THIS IS NOT A ZONING DOCUMENT, IT IS A GUIDE FOR ZONING REQUESTS.
OF THE SEVEN MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TO REGARDING FORWARD DALLAS, THERE HAS BEEN ONE COMMON THREAD AND THAT IS A STRONG DESIRE TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS, CHILDCARE, SENIOR CARE HOMES, ADUS OR ANCILLARY STRUCTURES SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT SUP.
NOTHING IN FOR DALLAS ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM.
HELLO, MY NAME'S CARRIE WEINBERG.
I LIVE IN MOUNT AUBURN AT 4 2 2 SOUTH GLASGOW DRIVE AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU PAUSE THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN.
UM, AS I, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS, UH, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF DUPLEXES GO UP.
I LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, UM, BUILT IN 1923 AND SEEING LOTS OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING GO UP ALONG MY BLOCK.
I'VE SEEN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE.
PEOPLE DON'T SIT ON THEIR PORCHES AS MUCH.
THERE'S LESS OF A COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND, UH, I, I'VE MISSED THAT.
UM, AS PEOPLE KIND OF DISAPPEAR BETWEEN BEHIND THESE LARGE RECTANGULAR, UH, HOUSES, OTHER ISSUES, TRAFFIC CONGESTION HAS BECOME ESPECIALLY BAD ON MY STREET.
AND THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS STORM WATER RUNOFF.
MY 400 BLOCK OF SOUTH GLASGOW FLOODS PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME THERE'S AN INTENSE RAINSTORM, IT'S GOTTEN INTO OUR CARS.
UM, IT'S BECOME AN ANNUAL TO SEMI-ANNUAL THING THAT IT'S COME CLOSE TO GETTING INTO HOUSES AND MORE CONSTRUCTION WITH, UM, INCREASED DENSITY IS GOING TO DO NOTHING BUT CREATE MORE, UH, WATER PROBLEMS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEANUP ISSUES FOR MY NEIGHBORS.
MY NAME IS PAUL CARDINAL, RESIDE AT 2007 HARLANDALE AVENUE.
UH, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR KEEPING THE SUPPORTING USES IN THE COMMUNITY PLACE TYPE RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE SUPPORTING USES, THOUGH NOT THE PRIMARY USE BY ANY SENSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR O OLDER, UH, AND TRANSIT ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND FOR US, THE, THE INFLEXIBILITY THAT SOME ARE PROPOSING FOR THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE OF JUST PURE SINGLE FAMILY.
WHILE THAT MAY WORK FOR SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAYBE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT DOES NOT WORK FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS.
IN MY OWN EXAMPLE, MY OWN HOMES, MY OWN STREET, I'VE SEEN A QUADPLEX GET CONVERTED TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
I'VE SEEN A MAN WHO ONCE LIVED IN ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, NOW LIVES IN A VAN ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE HE WAS DISPLACED AND ALL RIGHT, NOW I SEE FROM THIS COMMUNITY THE PROPOSALS TO MAKE IT PURELY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED IS DISPLACEMENT BY RIGHT AND COLLABORATION BY EXCEPTION.
SO I ASK THAT YOU AT LEAST KEEP THE SUPPORTING USES WITHIN COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL.
I LIVE IN 1529 HICKORY STREET.
I WALKED HERE AT LEAST I WALKED PART OF THE WAY AND TOOK A SCOOTER.
UH, I SUPPORT THE FORWARD DALLAS SPECIFICALLY.
I SUPPORT, UM, ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY IN CONSTRUCTION ON VACANT LOTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VACANT LOTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THERE IN TERMS OF, UH, OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IF POSSIBLE.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE, UM, ELIMINATION OF ALL MINIMUM PARKING REGULATIONS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE OUR CITY IS IN A, A DEATH SPIRAL FOLLOWING, UH, WHAT HAPPENED WITH MANY OF THE CITIES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST
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OF TOO FEW PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOO MANY MILES OF INFRASTRUCTURE.I LIVE AT 1900 PACIFIC AVENUE, BUT I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS, UH, FORT WORTH AREA FOR OVER TWO DECADES AND I HAVE FOUR GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY THAT HAVE LIVED IN DALLAS OR IN TEXAS AT LARGE.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK OUT IN FAVOR OF FOR DALLAS.
MY FAMILY WAS PRICED OUT OF, UH, THE DALLAS ZIP CODE A GENERATION AGO.
THEY HAD TO MOVE UP TO MCKENNEY WHERE ALL THE, THE HOUSE ARE BEING BUILT.
IF YOU COME DOWN HERE THESE DAYS, ALL YOU ARE FINDING ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED IN THESE SAME HOUSE THAT ARE ABLE TO AFFORD THE SAME MORTGAGE.
MORTGAGE, UH, THE MORTGAGE, MORTGAGE AFFORDABILITY'S GONE OUT OF THE ROOF.
IT WENT FROM 70,000 PRE COVID TO IT'S 126,000.
NOW PEOPLE OF MY AGE BRACKET PEOPLE OF MY UH, DEMOGRAPHIC, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD ANYTHING IN DALLAS COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A HOME IN DALLAS.
I'M NOT ABLE TO BUY A HOME IN DALLAS IF I OR MY FRIENDS, WE GET OUTTA COLLEGE, WE COME DOWN, GET AN APARTMENT, WE SPEND A COUPLE YEARS IN DALLAS AND THEN WE GO OUT TO COLLIN COUNTY IN TARRANT COUNTY.
OKAY SIR, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING HERE.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS FOR NEW URBANISM.
AND AS THE MEMBER OF A TOWN COUNCIL OF A NEW URBANISM COMMUNITY IN UH, FLORIDA, I HAVE LED A TEAM OF ARCHITECTS AND OTHER URBAN PLANNERS IN REVISING THE TOWN CODE, THE ARCHITECTURAL CODE, AND THE URBAN CODE.
AND I COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO REQUEST REFINEMENTS TO THIS CATEGORY, WHICH IS MULTIPLEX.
AS YOU ALL HAVE BEEN, UM, IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU'VE NOTICED SURELY THAT UH, THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL UPSET AND AGITATION JUSTLY.
SO WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, CATEGORY OF MULTIPLEX BEING PUT, UM, WITHOUT DISTINCTION, UM, IN THE PLACE TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO I ASK FOR CERTAIN REFINEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE GLOSSARY.
FIRST OF ALL, IT OUGHT TO BE NOT NINE, BUT EIGHT, NINE IS THREE TIMES THREE AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE CHAIR FOR ADDITIONAL.
TIME TO COMPLETE MY TECHNICAL REMARKS.
MY APOLOGIES OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO Q STATE DOES NOT, DOES NOT ALLOW US TO GIVE MORE TIME, MA'AM.
EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME.
ALRIGHT THEN MY APOLOGIES POSSIBLE TO RETURN TO THE QUEUE.
ALRIGHT THEN, THEN I WILL TAKE MY, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE CHAIR TO VOTE? UH, ENTERTAIN A VOTE? IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A VOTE FOR EXTENSION OF TIME? IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, MA'AM.
NO, OUR, OUR RULES DO NOT ALLOW THAT.
BUT I THINK I MET YOU A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO AND I THINK I GAVE YOU MY CARD AND PLEASE EMAIL ME THE INFORMATION.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AND I'LL FORWARD YOUR EMAIL TO, UH, THE FULL BODY.
DOLORES LEVY SOROKA 48 22 SWISS AVENUE FORWARD.
DALLAS STATES DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED HOUSING INFILL POLICY THAT PROVIDES AN EXPEDITED REZONING AND PERMITTING PROCESS.
IT MAY NOT CHANGE ZONING THE ZONING PROCESS, BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD CHANGE THE ZONING OUTCOME.
A RECENT D MAGAZINE ARTICLE TITLED YOU NEED MORE NEIGHBORS, IMPLIES WE ARE STOKING ANXIETY OVER A POSSIBLE CHANGE IN ZONING.
IT ALSO STATES FORWARD DALLAS WILL GUIDE FUTURE ZONING DECISIONS AND THAT WE LIKE TO SCARE HOMEOWNERS WITH PICTURES OF UGLY APARTMENTS.
THE ARTICLE USES EXAMPLES FROM KING'S HIGHWAY IN OAK CLIFF TRYING TO PROVE THAT MULTIFAMILY NEED NOT BE A NASTY WORD.
THE REALITY IS ALL FOUR OF OF THE PROPERTIES PICTURED WERE BUILT IN THE 1920S.
AND I'LL BET MONEY ALL WERE BUILT AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DISINGENUOUS AT BEST.
THERE IS NOTHING IN FOR DALLAS THAT ADDRESSES MAINTAINING EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT OF EXISTING RESIDENTS FORWARD.
DALLAS DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY, PRESERVE, AND OR RENOVATE EXISTING HOMES TO KEEP THEM AFFORDABLE AND HELP PEOPLE STAY IN OR BUY INTO THESE HOMES.
BRANDS MENTIONED HELP OWNERS FIX UP THEIR PROPERTY.
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO APPRECIATE IT.
Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PICTURES? GOOD EVENING.
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JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU, IF YOU HAND THAT TO US, WE HAVE TO KEEP IT FOR THE RECORD.HI, PATRICIA SIMON PEAKS EDITION 4 5 1 9 GASTON AVENUE.
WHILE FORD, DALLAS MAY FIT THE ACADEMIC CRITERIA FOR PROVIDING DIVERSITY IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY, OR AS THE CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT, GENTLE DENSITY, THE REALITY IS THAT ACADEMIA DOESN'T ALWAYS TRANSLATE TO REAL LIFE.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN REAL LIFE IN OUR EAST DALLAS NEIGHBORHOODS IS AN ENCROACHMENT BY LARGE MULTIFAMILY TOWN HOMES, WHICH ARE DRIVING UP THE LAND PRICES.
THIS IS WHAT'S DRIVING EXPENSIVE BUILDING IN THIS AREA.
WE ARE NOT BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS ARE LINING THEIR POCKETS BY, BY CREATING DENSITY.
WE'RE ONLY PUTTING THE CAMEL'S NOSE UNDER THE TENT IN OUR SINGLE FAMILY, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAIT FOR THE SHOE TO DROP AND BUILD MULTIFAMILY ON THESE LOTS.
OUR TAXES ARE GOING UP AS A RESULT OF THIS, MAKING IT UNAFFORDABLE FOR EVEN THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LIVED IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A DECADE TO AFFORD THEM.
I WANNA ADDRESS AS WELL THE YOUNG PEOPLE, I HATE TO SAY THAT 'CAUSE I FEEL YOUNG, BUT LOOKING AT THEM, I'M NO LONGER, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE CRY FOR DENSITY AND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE AREN'T ABLE TO AFFORD OUR HOUSES MUCH LONGER EITHER WITH THE INCREASE IN TAXES.
BUT THOSE OF US IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY IN OLD EAST DALLAS, WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR THAT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING BY CHANGING THIS WITH FORWARD DALLAS AND ALLOWING MULTIFAMILY WITHIN THE SINGLE FAMILY.
JACK COX, 76 58 O PENSA DOOR DRIVE IN DALLAS.
MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN CAN CONTINUE TO PROMOTE FORWARD DALLAS AS A PANACEA FOR AFFORDABILITY.
THEY AND OTHERS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT, WILL CONTINUE TO ECHO THE FALSE NARRATIVE THAT THIS PLAN WILL RESULT IN MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
RECENT INCREASES IN LAND AND HOUSING PRICES IN DALLAS ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS EXPECTED OF A HIGH DEMAND, HIGH GROWTH CITY BASED ON WELL-KNOWN DYNAMICS OF URBAN LAND MARKETS.
THEY'RE THE OUTCOMES OF MARKET PROCESSES, NOT A DISTORTION OF THEM.
CHANGES TO LAND USE AND ZONING THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOR DALLAS WOULD LIKELY ONLY ENHANCE THE EFFECTS OF THESE MARKET PROCESSES, NOT MITIGATE THEM.
IF FOR DALLAS IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE CURRENT PLACE TYPE OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL INTACT AND LAND USES SUCH AS TRIPLEX, FOURPLEX, MULTIFAMILY, WITH FEWER THAN 10 DWELLING UNITS ATTACHED.
SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE AT RISK OF CHANGE.
THAT WILL EVER THANK YOU FOR JOINING COMPOSITION OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY PLAN, COMMISSION TO APPROACH.
MY NAME IS GREGORY REDEEMERS, DISTRICT THREE LIVE AT 52 11 DAZZLE.
WHAT WE ALL EQUITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DALLAS.
UH, ONE THING ABOUT THIS PLAN, I WISH I COULD THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, BUT I STILL CONSIDER MYSELF YOUNG WORD, AFFORDABLE AT EVEN IN THIS PLAN.
I DON'T SEE NOTHING AFFORDABLE ABOUT IT THOUGH THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT AFFORDABLE.
I THINK THE PLAN REALLY BENEFITS, LIKE YOU SAID IT, INDUSTRIAL PEOPLE OR THE DEVELOPERS THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE THE MONEY OUT OF IT RIGHT NOW.
JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND IN MY HOUSE, NOT ON MY STREET, THE STREET BEHIND ME, I HAD TO GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR BECAUSE THE FIRETRUCK COULDN'T GET DOWN THE STREET.
TOOK THE PARAMEDICS TO GET TO A RESIDENT IN MY AREA.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE TWIN OAK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OVER THERE IN OAK CLIFF AND THAT'S ALREADY TOO MANY CALLS ON THE STREETS.
SO IF YOU ALLOW ADUS AND STUFF TO BE BUILT IN THE BACKYARDS OR TRIPLEXES AND MULTIPLEXES IN THESE BACKYARDS OF THE PROPERTIES, NOW YOU'RE GONNA TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT'S ON THE STREET.
I JUST LEFT SATURDAY AND WE WERE TALKING TO SANITATION AT ANOTHER MEETING.
THEY CAN'T GET TO THE TRASH CANS 'CAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY CARS ON THE STREET.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO UBER TO A PARKING LOT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EVEN EVEN GET TO YOUR HOUSE ON THE STREET SOMEWHERE.
YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE SCENARIO FOR WHAT WE LOOKING AT IN, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AS WE GROW WITH STUFF LIKE THIS, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO EVEN ADD THAT INTO THE BACKYARDS, INTO THE SIDE OF THESE HOUSES.
THE MULTIPLEXES THAT I SEE BUILT RIGHT NOW OVER ON PENNSYLVANIA IN DISTRICT SEVEN, YOU GOT THEM TAKING ALREADY SINGLE LOTS AND BUILD HOUSES THAT'S 50 FEET TALL AND STUFF IN THERE.
IT'S NOT EVEN A YARD FOR A CHILD TO GO PLAY IN IN THE BACKYARD.
'CAUSE IT'S ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK FENCE THOUGH THIS PLAN DOESN'T BENEFIT US, IT BENEFITS.
HI, MY NAME IS JOANNE LEE AND I LIVE AT SEVEN 16 ELS BEST STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 8.
THAT'S OAK CLIFF NEIGHBORHOOD.
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I WOULD LIKE TO OBJECT TO THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN FOR 2024.THAT WILL CHANGE SO MANY RESIDENTIAL ZONING PROPERTIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE OR FLEX COMMERCIAL, UM, TO NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE OR FLEX COMMERCIAL.
WE WANT THEM TO STAY RESIDENTIAL.
THE PERSON THAT BOUGHT THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BEHIND OUR HOUSE AND RAISED IT WANTS TO CHANGE IT SO HE CAN PUT IN A BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
HE HAS ALSO BOUGHT SOME OTHER PROPERTIES IN MY DIRECT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT THE REST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO STAY RESIDENTIAL.
OUR FAMILY HAS LIVED ON OUR PROPERTY SINCE THE FIFTIES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE CITY PLANNERS WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO MULTI-USE IS THE MAN THAT BROUGHT, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY BEHIND US BESIDE MY NEIGHBOR AND ALREADY BOUGHT PROPERTY ALONG ZANG AND PUT IN APARTMENTS.
ISN'T THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? OAK OAK CLIFF DOES NOT NEED ANY MORE APARTMENTS.
WE ALREADY HAVE HAD A CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO PUT IN THE RESTAURANT MAYOR'S HOUSE THAT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR THEIR PATRONS.
AND THEY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND PART OF OUR HOUSE FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I LIVE, UH, ON S BEST STREET IN DALLAS.
UM, I'VE LIVED THERE OR MY MOM HAS FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
UM, IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW THEY'RE BUILDING, UM, MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, UM, ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT, IT REALLY DISCOURAGES ME TO BE A DALLAS SITE AND SEE HOW OAK CLIFF IS BEING CHANGED FOR THE MONEY.
AND I SEE APARTMENT COMPLEXES GOING UP THAT TAKE UP ENTIRE BLOCKS OF OAK CLIFF AND THAT IS A SHAME, A CRYING SHAME.
I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, MORE FAMILY ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
62 14 GOLIAD, ONE OF THE PROUDEST COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 RESIDENTS YOU'LL EVER MEET.
AND MUCH TO MY CHAGRIN, I'M STILL A MILLENNIAL.
LAST YEAR I MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE ANGRY AS A PARK BOARD MEMBER FOR MY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
I TRIED TO USE MY POWER TO PROPOSE A SKATE PARK IN ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE BOND ELECTION.
AND BOY OH BOY, DID THAT MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ANGRY.
NOT AS MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE ANGRY HERE, BUT STILL.
BUT WHAT WORKED ABOUT THAT SKATE PARK OR LACK THEREOF WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE HEARD, THEIR CONCERNS WERE NOTED AND THE PLAN CHANGED.
THERE'S NO SKATE PARK ANYMORE.
OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS A LITTLE MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR SKATE PARK.
BUT UNDERLYING PROCESS SHOULD BE THE SAME.
GIVE THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE THEY ARE TELLING YOU WHAT THEY WANT.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE LISTENING.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING, THEN YOU'RE INEFFECTIVE AT DRIVING ANY CHANGE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS WANTING ONE THING.
PROTECTIONS FOR OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU TWO WAYS TO DO IT.
NUMBER ONE, ADD SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS ITS OWN PLACE.
TYPE SEPARATE COLOR IN THE MATRIX, BRUSH IT IN ACROSS ALL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN YOUR MAP WITHOUT MULTIPLEXES.
NUMBER TWO, GIVE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF THE LAND USE PLAN AND DO IT IN THE NAME OF WAIT FOR IT.
NEIGHBORHOOD SELF-DETERMINATION, NOT AT THE ZONING LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S TOO LATE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT AT THE FORD DALLAS COMPREHENSIVE LAND AGREEMENT, NOT FOR CDS, HDS HOAS, BUT FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M NOT GONNA GET THOSE CLAPS.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE CHAMPION.
I LIVE AT 1842 MC BROOME STREET IN WEST DALLAS.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF FORT WORTH DALLAS BECAUSE IT IS A NECESSARY FIRST STEP.
WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND WE NEED MORE DENSITY TO ACCOMMODATE OUR GROWING CITY.
THAT MUCH IS CLEAR, BUT DENSITY ALONE WILL NOT SAVE US.
AND DENSITY ALONE CANNOT GUARANTEE AFFORDABILITY.
A LOT OF FOLKS ACROSS THE CITY ARE SCARED ABOUT WHAT INCREASED DENSITY MIGHT DO TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT HOW IT MIGHT CHANGE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER, BUT HOW IT MIGHT RAISE THEIR PROPERTY VALUATIONS AND THEIR TAXES TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER LIVE, AFFORD TO LIVE WHERE THEY LIVE.
INDEED, I LIVE IN WEST DALLAS AND YOU CANNOT TELL SOMEONE FROM WEST DALLAS THAT DENSITY AND MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS THE ANSWER BECAUSE THE VERY FIRST HOMES IN WEST DALLAS TO SELL FOR OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WERE ATTACHED TOWN HOMES.
SO YOU ALREADY HEARD FROM SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS TONIGHT WHO OPPOSE FORWARD DALLAS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT MORE DENSITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MEANS MORE LUXURY, UNATTAINABLE AND UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE, IT IS NOT DENSITY.
THEY OPPOSE IT IS THE PRICE POINT.
SO I SAY AGAIN, DENSITY ALONE WILL NOT SAVE US FORWARD.
DALLAS IS A NECESSARY FIRST STEP, BUT IT MUST BE COUPLED WITH HOUSING.
POLICY DENSITY SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT, BUT IT CAN AND SHOULD BE TIED TO DEED RESTRICTED AFFORDABILITY, ENSURING THAT THANK FOR JOINING US, UNITS ARE SOLD OR RENTED.
TO LOW OR MODERATE, THANK FOR JOINING US INCOME FAMILIES, US, I A LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT I WILL SEND IN.
UH, 1, 2, 3, 4 SAN RAFAEL OVER BY THE WHITE ROCK LAKE AND I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS ABOUT 70 YEARS AND I HOPE TO KEEP LIVING HERE.
UM, I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE TWO POINTS THAT
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I'VE HEARD AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.ONE IS THAT, UH, IF WE'RE WANTING TO ACHIEVE MORE DENSITY, WE SHOULD FOCUS AROUND THE DART STATIONS SO THAT, UM, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO USE DART.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, THAT I'VE HEARD AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS IS THAT THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE FORCED TO HAVE OR BE OPEN TO THESE MULTI UH, MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL THINGS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
JOSE PEREZ, TORNADO SEVEN FROCK MORTON.
BEEN A HOMEOWNER THERE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW.
UH, FIRST TIME SPEAKER AT ONE OF THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME UP AND SAID DALLAS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT WE'RE NOT DOING MORE TO HAVE MORE DALLAS SITES IN OUR, IN OUR GREAT CITY.
UM, PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UM, AFFORDABILITY.
IT'S SUPPLY AND DEMAND, RIGHT? I MEAN, YES, THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, BUT THERE'S DEMAND FOR IT, RIGHT? SO THAT KIND OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
UM, PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TAXES AND STORMWATER AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR ALL THIS.
UM, WELL WE JUST PASSED A VERY BIG BOND THAT'S GONNA GET PAID SOMEHOW.
SO THE LARGER, LARGER TAX BASE GIVES US ALL LESS, UH, TAX BURDEN AT SOME POINT OR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS AT TAX BURDEN.
SO IF, UH, FORD DALLAS IS THE LEAST THAT WE CAN DO, WE'LL TAKE IT FOR NOW.
I LIVE IN 26 47 GLADIOLA LANE, DALLAS.
UH, TWO NIGHTS AGO I WENT TO A COMMUNITY MEETING AND ANDREA GILES GAVE A VERY COMPLETE AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION ABOUT FORWARD DALLAS.
UH, WE WERE ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS.
MY QUESTION WAS, I DON'T GET IT.
HOW DOES MIDDLE AND MIXED USE AND DENSITY, HOW DOES IT IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS? AND SHE VERY HONESTLY SAID, IT DOESN'T, IT WILL NOT APPROVE AFFORDABILITY OR MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE FOR ANYBODY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IT WILL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMEONE, BUT IT WON'T BE US.
IT WON'T BE US HOMEOWNERS AND IT WON'T BE ANY OF YOU.
AND IT WON'T BE THIS, IT'LL BE DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS.
SO ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE SAYING, I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN DALLAS, THIS ISN'T GONNA HELP YOU AFFORD TO LIVE IN DALLAS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
AND LIKE I SAID, ANDREA VERY HONESTLY SAID, THAT'S NOT WHAT FORWARD DALLAS IS ABOUT.
SO WHERE DENSITY IS OCCURRING IN NORTH OAK CLIFF, IT'S PRETTY UGLY.
MY NAME IS ANJA SANDERS, 34 32 SPRUCE VALLEY LANE.
THE CITY OF DALLAS PREACHES BUT DOES NOT PRACTICE EQUITY AS EVENTS BY THE GENERATIONS OF DESTRUCTIVE ZONING AND DISINVESTMENT.
IN 54% OF THE LANDMASS OF THIS CITY, ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 30, PRIMARILY PR UH, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THIS AREA HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.
AND WHILE FORWARD, DALLAS DOES MAKE INROADS INTO IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, I DECRY THE ELIMINATION OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES WITH HOME OWNERSHIP.
THAT IS ITS OWN FORM OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.
YOU CAN NEVER RENT YOUR WAY OUT OF POVERTY IN OAK CLIFF WHERE I LIVE, WE NEED, WE WANT, WE DESERVE AND WE CAN AFFORD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE DON'T NEED MORE APARTMENTS.
PLEASE REMOVE MULTIFAMILY FROM SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
1 1 3 4, 4 LANEWOOD CIRCLE DISTRICT NINE.
I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF FORWARD DALLAS AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN EAST DALLAS AND WHO NOW OWNS A HOME WITH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER IN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SAME AREA.
I BELIEVE I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS TOPIC.
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS AT A CRISIS POINT IN THE CITY, WE DESPERATELY NEED TO ADD DENSITY AND ALLOWING MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TO BE MORE EASILY BUILT IS A WONDERFUL START IN ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.
FROM ADUS TO MULTI-FAMILY HOMES WITH TWO TO NINE UNITS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANY AND ALL OF THIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTICULARLY IF WE DEVELOP POLICIES THAT ALLOW SMALLER LOCAL DEVELOPERS TO HAVE A BIGGER SLICE OF THE PIE AS THIS WILL ALLOW MORE INCREMENTAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONSCIOUS DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE DEVELOPED DEEP FRIENDSHIPS WITH A NUMBER OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO NOW BABYSIT OUR DAUGHTER, GRAB PACKAGES FROM OUR PORCH AND HAVE A WEEKLY TV NIGHT WATCHING TOGETHER.
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AN EXCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PRICES OUT THOSE WHO WEREN'T LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET IN IN TIME WE BOUGHT IN 2019.AND DESPITE SIGNIFICANT CAREER ADVANCES, WOULD NOT NOW.
WE WOULD BE SPIED OUT OF OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND UM, I'M HERE TO ASK EPC TO PUT A PAUSE ON THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AS IT IS.
UM, I'M A, UH, DESIGN BUILDER AS WELL AS AN INVESTOR, BUT I ACTUALLY CHOOSE TO DO DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PRESERVATION.
UM, AND WE DRIVE AROUND A LOT AND I SEE LOTS OF LAND AVAILABLE, ACTUALLY, SOME OF THEM IN CLOSER PROXIMITY THAN SOME OF THESE TARGETED AREAS THAT YOU WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT DENSITY IN.
AND CURRENTLY THEY'RE NOT IN DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CAN'T BE DESIRABLE AND THE INVESTMENT HAS TO BE PUT IN THERE.
UM, THE REALITY IS THAT THE CEDARS WAS NOT DESIRABLE YEARS AGO BEFORE THE DPD HEADQUARTERS WERE PUT IN AND WHERE MATTHEW SOUTHWEST PUT THEIR INVESTMENT INTO, UM, THE MONTGOMERY, THE, THE LOFTS.
SO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I FEEL LIKE THERE IS LAND OUT THERE.
I THINK DEVELOPMENT CAN HAPPEN.
THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT TO LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF FIGHT FOR NOT A WHOLE LOT OF, YOU KNOW, FOR, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF NET RESULT IS GONNA BE POSITIVE.
MY NAME IS RENEE SCHMIDT, 7 1 5 PARKMAN IN DALLAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DELAYING THE VOTE AND, UH, ALLOWING MORE PUBLIC INPUT.
PRELIMINARY RESEARCH FROM MINNEAPOLIS, WHICH WENT TO, UH, WHICH ELIMINATED SINGLE FAMILIES SHOWED THAT RENTS ACTUALLY WENT UP IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE DEVELOPERS WENT BECAUSE LAND WAS CHEAPER AND MORE, UM, ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM.
ANOTHER STUDY SUGGESTS THAT EVIDENCE THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT INCREASING THE RATE OF SUPPLY AND HOUSING DOES NOT LOWER HOUSING PRICES AND RENTS.
UM, ANOTHER STUDY SHOWED THAT HIGHER RATES OF NEW HOUSING SUPPLY ARE ROBUSTLY RELATED TO HIGHER PRICES.
AND FINALLY, ANOTHER STUDY RECENTLY SHOWED THAT ADD ADDING DENSITY CAN EXASPERATE INCOME, UH, INEQUALITIES.
YEARS AGO, JUNIORS HEIGHTS AND THE OLD DALLAS LAND LOAN WERE BASICALLY THE SAME.
WE WERE IN A CITY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE, UM, NEEDED REVIVAL GENIUS HEIGHTS WENT HISTORICAL, OLD DALLAS LAND AND ALONE BECAME THE BISHOP ARTS DISTRICT.
THE, THEY TORE DOWN ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT EXISTS OR TEARING IT DOWN.
UM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US SIR.
WHO'S DRIVING THIS BUS? I'VE ATTENDED NUMEROUS FOUR DALLAS LISTENING SESSIONS HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.
MANY ATTENDEES IN NORTH DALLAS AND SOUTH DALLAS HAD NEGATIVE COMMENTS REGARDING THE EXCLUSION OF EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING ONE LOT ONE HOME IN FOR DALLAS AND HEARD LITTLE OR NO CITIZEN SUPPORT FOR THE HOUSING DESCRIBED AT FOR DALLAS AS COMMUNITY HOUSING ONE LOT MULTIPLE BUILDINGS AND MULTIPLE UNITS ACROSS DALLAS.
IN LIGHT OF THESE COMMENTS, HOWEVER, STAFF CONTINUES TO BE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY HOUSING AND ONLY IGNORING CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
SO WHO IS DRIVING THIS BUS? IT SHOULD BE THE CITIZENS OF TAXPAYERS OF DALLAS, THE VOTERS OF DALLAS, WHO HAS VOICED THEIR SUPPORT FOR EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
ONE LOT, ONE HOME HOUSING, NOT JUST THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN AND THEIR SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY HOUSING.
IT'S TIME TO PAUSE FOR DALLAS, GIVE TIME FOR REVISION THAT INCLUDES EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, HOUSING, NOT JUST MULTIPLE HOUSING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR? YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
IT'S, UH, BILL MORROW 85 22 STABLE GLEN, DISTRICT 10, SIR.
I'M SORRY SIR, WHAT WAS YOUR LAST NAME? WE DIDN'T CATCH IT.
MORROW LIKE TOMORROW WITHOUT THE TWO.
HI, COOKIE PEDEN 71 11 DEBBIE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS DISTRICT 12.
ONE PRINCIPLE OF ECONOMICS IS THAT PRICE DOES THE RATIONING.
SO IF YOU HAVE A SURPLUS OF SOMETHING, TAKE HOUSING, THE PRICE WOULD NORMALLY DROP.
WE DO NOT HAVE A SURPLUS OF HOUSING IN DALLAS, HENCE PRICES STAY HIGH.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY CAUSING THAT LOAN? INTEREST RATES ARE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH WITH THE FED
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REFUSING TO REDUCE INTEREST RATES UNTIL INFLATION COMES UNDER CONTROL.GENTRIFICATION THROUGHOUT DALLAS AND 44% OF LAND AND HOUSING BEING PURCHASED BY INVESTORS IS FURTHER DRIVING THE COST UP.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC, THE SKILLED LABOR MARKET HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGES IN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
DALLAS PERMITTING SYSTEM IS ALSO ADDING TO THE, UH, IT'S EXACERBATING THE PROBLEM.
DEVELOPERS LIKE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO CONSTRUCT AFFORDABLE HOMES.
PROFITS ARE IN HIGH END DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, NOT IN BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT PROVIDING SOLUTIONS FOR THESE TYPES OF CHALLENGES.
DALLAS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM.
EXISTING HOUSES LIKE STARTER HOMES, MANY OF US PURCHASED OUR STARTER HOMES ARE HERE TONIGHT.
WE STARTED OUT WITH SMALL COTTAGES AND THEN WE STEPPED UP TO LARGER THANK YOU LARGER HOMES.
WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS TIME IS THAT THIS DOCUMENT CANNOT YOU SO MUCH CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSE.
I LIVE AT 71 39 MASON DES DRIVE IN DISTRICT 11.
I'M OPPOSED TO THE FORD DALLAS 2.0 PLAN AS IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN BECAUSE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW THE MAJORITY OF DALLAS HOMEOWNERS AND ACTUAL VOTERS WANT TO LIVE.
IT IS A FIRST BUT CERTAIN STEP TOWARD ERODING THE CHARACTER OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY.
AND IT IS DISINGENUOUS FOR THIS COMMISSION TO, TO, TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE TO WHISPER DISARMINGLY THAT FORD DALLAS WON'T CHANGE ZONING.
WHILE THIS MAY BE TECHNICALLY CORRECT, IT IS PLAYED FOR ALL TO SEE THAT THE PLAN WILL CREATE INCREDIBLE POLITICAL PRESSURE AND MOMENTUM THAT WILL BE ARRAYED AGAINST ANYONE WHO DARES OPPOSE THE CHALLENGES TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONING THAT WILL OCCUR ON A PROPERTY BY PROPERTY BASIS.
TWO MAJOR CHANGES MUST BE MADE TO THE PLAN TO MAKE IT ACCEPTABLE.
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED MUST BECOME ITS OWN PLACE TYPE AND THE RECOMMENDATION THAT A VACANT LOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD CAN BE USED FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING MUST BE REMOVED.
THAT SPEAKER PLEASE? YES, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR JOSE RIVAS, 61 45 PARKDALE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS DISTRICT SEVEN.
UH, THE CURRENT FORWARD DALLAS PLAN APPEARS TO OVERLOOK THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE NAME OF AFFORDABILITY, WHICH THE STAFF AND CPC ADMIT IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS ACROSS THE CITY THAT IT WILL NOT REMEDY.
WE NEED A BALANCED APPROACH THAT SAFEGUARDS EXISTING HOMEOWNER'S INTEREST WHILE STILL SUPPORTING RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND DENSITY AROUND OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
I URGE YOU TO STRONGLY CONSIDER OUR REQUEST FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THIS, UH, FOR PROTECTION, UH, OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE, WHERE HOMEOWNERS, UH, WILL HAVE NO INPUT ON THE FUTURE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ARE IDENTIFIED AS COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL IN THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN, WHICH SUPPORTS ALLOWING TOWN HOMES, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, AND MULTIPLEXES.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S CHANGES UNDERWAY.
I LIVE AT 58 37 VICTOR STREET, WHERE I'VE LIVED FOR 35 YEARS.
UM, THIS PLAN JUST, IT, IT DESTROYS THE FABRIC OF ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IF YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BRING IN THESE, UH, MULTIPLEXES AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE THE, UH, IF THEY'RE DESCRIBED AS BUY RIGHT OR ADUS BUY, RIGHT, THEN ALL IT'S GONNA DO TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IS DRIVE UP THE LAND VALUE TO WHERE EVERYONE THAT LIVES THERE THEN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR OWN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK THE DEVELOPERS WANT.
'CAUSE THEN THEY CAN GET OUR LAND AND BUILD WHATEVER THEY WANT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THESE OLDER ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE LIKE HAVING OUR BIG BIGGER LOTS AND DON'T WANT SOMETHING BUILT THAT'S GONNA GO RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE NEXT HOUSE.
THAT'S NOT WHY WE MOVED THERE.
AND PLEASE LISTEN TO US AND PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
HI, MY NAME IS JOHN BADER, UH, 1 0 1 1 9 ESTACADO DISTRICT TWO.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS LAND USE IDEA.
UH, I WAS HEAD OF GARLAND ROAD VISION UNTIL ABOUT 2021.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF A BROAD PLAN TO HELP THE CITY,
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A VISION FOR THE CITY.IT'S, WE HAVE FIVE BIG RESIDENTIAL FIVE, I THINK PROP COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL.
UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT GARLAND ROAD OR WHAT FORD DAS IS DOING THAT GARLAND ROAD VISION D DOESN'T DO IS GO INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE YELLOW AREAS AND IT'S JUST NOT MARINATED ENOUGH.
WITH, WITH WITH THE CURRENT PLAN AS IT IS, TAKE AWAY THE DOT ON THE MULTI-FAMILY ON THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL.
IF IN 10 YEARS WE'VE GROWN OUTGROWN OUR BURST BURST AT THE SEAMS, UH, IN THE CORRIDORS, THEN LET'S START LOOKING AT A LITTLE MORE DETAILED PLAN IN THIS, IN THAT YELLOW AREA.
UH, I LIVE AT 60, UH, 45 KENWOOD AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
AND AS A, UH, DEVELOPER MYSELF AND RECENTLY MOVING TO DALLAS, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES THAT I DIDN'T SEE, UH, COMING OUT OF THE AREA THAT I MOVED FROM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
UM, A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS.
UM, STORM WATER RUNOFF ALREADY A MAJOR ISSUE AND CASTLE LINDA ESTABLISHED SUBDIVISION LAST TIME I WAS OVER THERE JUST VISITING SOME FRIENDS.
COULDN'T EVEN, I MEAN, I NEEDED GLOS JUST TO WALK OUT IN THE STREET OVER THERE.
SO ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITH HIGHER DENSITY OVER THERE, I DON'T THINK IS A GOOD IDEA.
UM, I THINK ALSO USING EXISTING BUILDINGS, UH, TO TURN THOSE INTO MORE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A POSSIBILITY.
I TOOK A SIX STORY, 144 ROOM HOTEL AND CONVERT, CONVERTED THAT OVER TO 50 CONDOS IN AN INFILL PROJECT IN A DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHOUT DOING, TAKING OUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UH, JUST TO PUT MORE THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN PULL IN THE GARAGES.
THANK YOU BECAUSE ATTORNEY VEGAS FOR JOINING US ARE NOT.
ADAM, WHAT'S PRESENTATIONS? UH, DALLAS DN FOUR H.
UM, LET'S SEE, UM, FROM, UH, APRIL MARK 12.
MY NAME'S DAVID SHANNON ILE AT 61 57 RICHMOND AVENUE.
HERE'S WHAT SHARON GRIGSBY SAID IN A RECENT DALLAS MORNING NEWS COLUMN.
MISINFORMATION NAME CALLING AND FEARMONGERING SERVE NO PURPOSE YET.
THAT'S THE STUFF DROWNING OUT THE REAL CONVERSATION WE NEED ON THIS CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION.
FOLKS, IT'S TIME FOR THE CURRENT FALSE NARRATIVE AND MISINFORMATION TO STOP.
DALLAS DESERVES BETTER FOR DALLAS TO MOVE FORWARD FORWARD.
DALLAS DOESN'T NEED CONFLICT, IT NEEDS CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION AND CONSENSUS.
WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND A HAND TO THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US.
LET'S SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND TALK CALMLY.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT WE DO AGREE ON AND THOSE AREAS WHERE WE DISAGREE.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND SOME COMPROMISE.
AS THE ATTORNEY STATED EARLIER, ONCE FORD DALLAS ADVANCES, THAT'S WHEN THE HARD WORK REALLY BEGINS.
THAT'S WHEN CONVERSATIONS BECOME GRANULAR.
BOUNDARIES ARE DETERMINED, DETAILS ARE NEGOTIATION ARE NEGOTIATED, AND DECISIONS ARE MADE.
AND THAT'S WHY STARTING TODAY WE HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATION AND COMPROMISE RATHER THAN CONFLICT AND DISMISSIVE COMMENTS.
WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, RESPECT THE PRESENT, BUT PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
REMEMBER, CITY LEADERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BUILD CITIES AND BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.
HEY, MY NAME IS NATE MBY AND I LIVE AT 3 3 6 BECKLEY WOOD BOULEVARD IN DISTRICT FOUR.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT VERSION OF FORWARD DALLAS.
LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS TONIGHT SEEMS, AND FROM PAST MEETINGS, IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE'S A GENERATIONAL DIVIDE.
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IS HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THE 53% OF DALLAS RESIDENTS, 35 AND YOUNGER, THE KIDS AS WE'VE BEEN CALLED, WE'RE ADVOCATING TONIGHT FOR A CITY THAT'S LIVABLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST FOR THE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z WANNA SEE MORE VARIETY OF HOUSING IN THE CITY.WE LOVE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ENABLED BY THE VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES THAT ARE ENCOURAGED BY THIS VERSION OF FORD DALLAS.
OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE'RE THE GENERATION WHO'S GONNA BE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS PLAN.
THIS LAND USE PLAN IS ONE THAT CAN EASE MANY OF DALLAS'S CHALLENGES CAUSED BY POOR PRIOR LAND USE.
AND WE SEE THAT ACKNOWLEDGED AND REMEDIED IN THIS VERSION OF FORWARD DALLAS.
WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, WE SHOULD RESPECT THE PRESENT, BUT WE SHOULD PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
FORWARD DALLAS IS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND I SUPPORT THE CURRENT VERSION OF FORWARD DALLAS.
I LIVE AT 3,800 COMMERCE STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.
FACT, IN THIS TIME OF STAGGERING HOUSE PRICES, RISING RENT AND INFLATION, HOME OWNERSHIP AND AFFORDABLE RENTS IS BECOMING UNATTAINABLE, UNATTAINABLE FOR MANY DALLAS RESIDENTS.
ANOTHER FACT, DALLAS IS COMPETING FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE AS TEXAS'S LARGE KEEPS GROWING, WE KNOW OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF DALLAS IS RIGHT THERE ALONGSIDE THE REST OF OUR STATE, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CITY OF DALLAS TO CRAFT GROW, PRO GROWTH HOUSING POLICIES, TO INCORPORATE ALL FORMS OF HOUSING THROUGHOUT ALL OF DALLAS, WHICH TO NOTE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CONFLATED WITH A DESIRE FOR MORE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
NOT A FACT FORWARD DALLAS WILL BE THE DEATH OF DALLAS NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE BELIEVE THAT ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BRING LOTS OF BENEFITS FOR THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
MORE AFFORDABILITY AND MORE FLEXIBILITY.
HI, I AM BRENDA HY AND I LIVE AT 2140 MEDICAL DISTRICT DRIVE, APARTMENT 10 32, DALLAS, TEXAS.
I'M HERE WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.
UH, RIGHT NOW EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DALLAS IS GOING THROUGH SERIOUS CHANGES AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY DESTROYING MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IS UNRESTRAINED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE BUILDING, UM, OVERSIZED OUT SCALE.
MCMANSIONS ARE POPPING UP LEFT AND RIGHT AND THEY EXCLUDE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUSH THEM OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
RIGHT NOW WHAT'S NOT BEING BUILT AND WHAT WE NEED IS GREATER HOUSING OPTIONS, A VARIETY OF CHOICES THAT ARE DIVERSE IN TYPES AND SIZE AND ARE AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE.
A CENTURY AGO, MIDDLE HOUSINGS SHARE OF ALL HOUSING PRODUCED WAS 25%.
TODAY IT IS LESS THAN 10% AND THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THE DECLINE IS THAT IT'S ILLEGAL IN SO MANY PLACES.
MANY DALLAS NEIGHBORHOODS EXIST WITH A LONG HISTORY OF MULTIFAMILY HOMES AND THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO CONSIDER NORMAL.
BUT TODAY, THOSE OLDER STRUCTURES CAN'T BE REPLACED OR IMITATED.
FOR DALLAS TO GROW, OUR OLD NORMAL NEEDS TO COME BACK AND WE NEED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MIDDLE HOUSING FOR SALE AND RENT THAT'S AVAILABLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT PLACES LIKE LOWER GREENVILLE UPTOWN OR BISHOP ARTS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE, IT'S 'CAUSE THEY'RE TOO RARE.
THE DEMAND FOR A VARIETY OF DIVERSE, ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE, AND WALKABLE LIVING AREAS OUTSTRIPS SUPPLY.
WE SHOULD WANT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE PROCESS WILL REQUIRE COMPLEX CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DENSITY, AFFORDABILITY, HISTORIC REDLINING, AND THE EFFECTS OF REGIONALISM AND HIGHWAYS ON OUR CITY'S GROWTH.
THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE CRITICAL FOR DALLAS'S GROWTH AND SUCCESS.
WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, RESPECT THE PRESENT AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, AND THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT FORWARD DALLAS.
I LIVE AT 4 0 3 9 COLE AVENUE AND I'M HERE WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING ACCORDING TO TRUTH AND ACCOUNTING'S 2022 REPORT.
DALLAS'S ECONOMIC GRADE IS A RESOUNDING D BECAUSE DALLAS'S POPULATION IS CURRENTLY STATIC, OUR ECONOMIC HEALTH IS NOT GOOD.
THE DEBT BURDEN FOR EACH DALLAS RESIDENT STANDS AT $12,700.
IS ANYONE HAPPY WITH THEIR DEC A APPRAISALS? I KNOW MY PROPERTY TAXES JUST ROSE 32%.
THE GREATEST CHALLENGE DALLAS FACES IS NOT THE PERCEIVED THREAT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT INSTEAD THE DUAL THREATS OF LACK OF TAX SPACE AND RISING LAND AND HOUSING COSTS.
IF THE CONCERN IS RISING PROPERTY TAXES, THE BEST WAY TO ALLEVIATE IT IS THROUGH INCREASED QUANTITY AND VARIETY OF HOUSING.
FOR DALLAS TO GROW AND FLOURISH, IT NEEDS TO BUILD MORE HOUSING, MORE VARIETY IN HOUSING FOR PURCHASE AND FOR RENT.
THE FUTURE OF DALLAS DEPENDS ON BECOMING A DESIRABLE AND COVETED PLACE TO LIVE AND CONSUME.
CITIES CLEARLY BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM HOUSING AND MORE MIDDLE CLASS RESIDENTS.
WHEN MORE MIDDLE INCOME RESIDENTS ARE RENTING OR PURCHASING HOMES, CITIES CAN COLLECT MORE PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX FROM A BROADER CROSS SECTION OF HOUSEHOLDS.
I LIVE AT 24 0 1 BENNETT AVENUE AND I'M HERE WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.
IN SUPPORT OF THE CURRENT VERSION OF FORWARD DALLAS.
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WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE ARE REVOLUTIONARY.ALL HAVE PROVED TO BE EFFECTIVE OR ARE ROOTED IN BASIC ECONOMICS IN COMMON SENSE.
IT JUST COMES DOWN TO COLLECTIVE WILL.
MINNEAPOLIS, CHARLOTTESVILLE, PORTLAND, AUSTIN, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, MONTANA, AND MAINE HAVE ALL ADOPTED LAND USE PLANS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO FORWARD DALLAS AND MOST DID SO YEARS AGO.
THAT'S NOT A LEFT OR RIGHT WING IDEA.
IT'S SMART CITY PLANNING AND TO ALLOW MORE HOUSING AND HOUSING OPTIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
ACCORDING TO PEW CHARITABLE TRUST ANALYSIS, MIN, SORRY, MINNEAPOLIS, WHICH HAS SEEN LAND USE REFORMS THAT GO MUCH FARTHER THAN FORWARD DALLAS LEADS THE PROGRESS.
HOUSING PRODUCTION WENT UP, HOUSING COSTS STABILIZED AND HOMELESSNESS DROPPED.
HOUSTON HAS ALSO BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE THAN DALLAS IN LARGE PART BECAUSE IT'S LOWER MINIMUM.
LOT SIZE ALLOWS FOR MORE TOWN HOMES TO BE BUILT AND THOSE TOWN HOMES ARE MORE AFFORDABLE THAN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THEY WOULD OTHERWISE TAKE UP THAT LAND.
UH, I LIVE AT 8 6 2 9 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, APARTMENT 5 2 4 AND I'M HERE WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.
THERE'S A COMMON REFRAIN THAT ALLOWING THIS KIND OF HOUSING WILL CREATE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT REGARDING MORE HOUSING DENSITY, BUT FORTUNATELY THE THE DATA SHOWS THE OUTCOME OF ADDING MORE MIDDLE HOUSING IS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
RECENTLY A RESEARCHER FOUND THAT SINCE TWO THE YEAR 2000 HOMES BUILT ON LOTS LESS THAN 4,500 SQUARE FEET IN DALLAS COST $388,000 ON AVERAGE WHILE HOMES BUILT ON LOTS MORE THAN 4,500 SQUARE FEET COST $573,000.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THE MOST PRONOUNCED IN THE MOST EXPENSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN DALLAS, WHERE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TODAY ARE GOING FOR WELL UPWARDS OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
HOMES ON SMALLER LOTS OR MULTIPLE UNITS ON ONE ONE LOT DOES PUSH DOWN PRICES AND LEAD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT CAN NEVER BE ACHIEVED WITH OUR CURRENT LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING MISSING MIDDLE IS THE SWEET SPOT OF AFFORDABILITY.
DALLAS NEEDS, IT ALLOWS FOR THE COST OF LAND, A MAJOR FACTOR IN HOME PRICES TO BE DIVIDED WHILE KEEPING THE BUILDING COSTS PER UNIT ABOUT THE SAME.
BUT ONLY ONE UNIT ON A PIECE OF LAND AND EVEN A SMALL MODEST HOME WILL BE EXPENSIVE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF LAND.
AND JUST TO PICK UP ON THAT, I, WE WILL NOTE THAT, UH, RENTS PER AVERAGE ON DUPLEXES.
SORRY, MY NAME'S AMONT, UH, 9 4 3 2 AMBERTON PARKWAY.
UM, I'M HERE ALSO WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.
UM, DALLAS REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST SEGREGATED, UH, CITIES IN THE COUNTRY IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF OUR LAND USE.
UM, OUR CURRENT LAND USE PUSHES NEW APARTMENTS, UH, WHICH ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE OCCUPIED BY BLACK AND HISPANIC RESIDENTS TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND ROADS, UM, WHERE THEY FACE SIGNIFICANT AIR QUALITIES THAT HURT THEIR HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, WE FOR, IN ORDER TO HAVE DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE NEED DIVERSE KINDS OF HOUSING.
UM, BROOKS INSTITUTE FOUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE MORE DIVERSITY IN HOUSING ARE INDEED MORE DIVERSE.
UM, THE WAY THAT WE DO DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW, UH, PUSHES, UM, INEQUALITY AND ALSO, UM, PUSHES DISPLACEMENT, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO FIX.
I'M BAILEY WILLIAMSON AND I LIVE AT 40 24 BOCA BAY DRIVE.
I'M HERE WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.
HOW ABOUT HOME? HOME OWNERSHIP? ONE OF THE BIGGEST KNOCKS AGAINST ANY ADDITIONAL HOUSING BEYOND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES IS THE PERCEPTION THAT THEY DON'T PROMOTE HOME OWNERSHIP.
LET'S START WITH THIS FACT FROM EARLIER OF THE 25 BIGGEST US CITIES.
DALLAS RANKS 22ND IN HOME OWNERSHIP WITH HOME OWNERSHIP AT 42% THAT IS BELOW PURE CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA THAT ARE MUCH MORE DENSE THAN DALLAS BUILDING.
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES DOES NOT IN ANY WAY GUARANTEE OWNERSHIP.
TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW WEST CLIFF ESTATES IN SOUTHWEST DALLAS.
THESE ARE NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH RENT STARTING AT $2,700 PER MONTH.
DALLAS HAS NO WAY OF STOPPING THIS.
IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO REGULATE OWNERSHIP VERSUS RENTALS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
IF OUR GOAL IS TO PROMOTE MORE HOME OWNERSHIP FROM A LAND USE AND POLICY PERSPECTIVE, WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE BUILD ENOUGH HOUSING SO THAT PRICES ARE FLAT AND AREN'T PROFITABLE FOR INVESTORS.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO CONVERT RENTALS INTO HOME OWNERSHIP.
MORE HOUSING MEANS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, RESPECT THE PRESENT, BUT PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
I LIVE AT 2 2 2 BROWDER STREET AND I'M HERE WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.
TO TIE THIS BACK TO THE BEGINNING, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS FORWARD.
DALLAS ITSELF WON'T CREATE THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS NEEDED IN THIS CITY FORWARD.
DALLAS DOES NOT CHANGE ANY ZONING.
IT DOES GIVE US A VISION OF WHAT KIND OF CITY WE CAN BE IN THE FUTURE.
OUR VISION AND HOPE FOR DALLAS IS THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS A CITY THAT IS ABLE TO ADD NEW RESIDENTS AND IMPROVE
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THE LIVES OF ITS CURRENT RESIDENTS.WE SEE MORE HOUSING AND UM, MORE HOUSING WITHIN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AS VITAL PARTS OF THIS SOLUTION.
WE SEE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AS HELPING TO SOLVE MANY OF THE OTHER ISSUES.
SEGREGATION, RISING PROPERTY TAXES, INSUFFICIENT CITY SERVICES, HOMELESSNESS, ET CETERA, THAT ARE HARMING DALLAS.
CHANGE IS HARD, BUT CHANGE IS ALSO HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.
WHETHER OR NOT ZONING CHANGES, WE CAN'T IGNORE THE SOLUTIONS THAT OTHER CITIES LIKE DALLAS ARE PURSUING.
TRYING TO PUT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS IN SHRINK WRAP WILL NOT WORK FOR OUR CITY AS A WHOLE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE DOWN YOUR SLIDE, PLEASE? MELANIE VAN LANDINGHAM 63 11 LAKE SHORE, THE 2006 FORWARD DALLAS, WHICH IS STILL IN EFFECT STRESSES THE NEED FOR DENSITY AND AFFORDABILITY.
IT STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE, VALUE AND CONTRIBUTION OF SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE NEED FOR INFILL OF MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.
BUT THIS NEW OVERHAUL OF FOUR DALLAS TURNS THE 2006 PLAN ON ITS HEAD.
THIS DOCUMENT FULLY IGNORES THE NEED FOR AFFORDABILITY AND APPROACHES DENSITY AS IF ALL EXISTING RESIDENTS DON'T MATTER.
THIS FORWARD DALLAS PLAN DESTABILIZES, GENTRIFIES, GENTRIFIES AND SACRIFICES EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROMOTE OTHER HOUSING TYPES.
WHY DOESN'T IT INSTEAD PUT MULTIPLEXES TOWN HOMES WHERE THEY CAN CREATE NEW VIBRANT URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS OF HIGHER DENSITY NEAR DOWNTOWN ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS.
REPURPOSE COMMERCIAL AND WAREHOUSE PROPERTIES AROUND UNT AND THE 3,500 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY IN DALLAS.
MAKE THIS MORE BALANCED FOR EVERYONE.
REMOVE TOWN HOMES, TRIPLEXES, ADU BY RIGHT MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS AND MIXED USE FROM SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US NEIGHBORS.
1 1 0 2 8 GLEN ECHO COURT, DALLAS.
THERE'S NOBODY IN HERE THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT'S THE PRICE OF THE DIRT.
AND IF YOU JUST GO GOING BACK TO THAT, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE PRICE AND THE COST OF HOMES.
IT'S INTEREST RATES, IT'S THE FED, IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOUNGER PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO LIVE.
AND IN MY FIVE AND A HALF YEARS RESEARCHING ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESEARCHING THE BUILDING OF TOWN HOMES IN SPOKANE, WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS GONNA LOWER THE PRICE, MAKE PEOPLE IN AN ENTRY LEVEL THAT THEY COULD GET INTO DIDN'T WORK.
THE NEW URBANISTS BASICALLY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS AND A VERY SYMPATHETIC, BUT IT IS NOT A BIG FIX.
WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET YOUNGER PEOPLE INTO HOUSING AND CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH RATHER THAN RENTS.
I WAS IN A MEETING WITH PAULA BECKMAN ON MONDAY AND I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THESE FOR, UH, NEIL SLEEPER.
HE LEFT BEFORE THE MEETING WAS OVER TO LET HIM KNOW.
WE DID A SURVEY OF THREE SEPARATE QUESTIONS.
FIRST ONE, ARE YOU SUPPORTING FLORIDA ADULTS IN ITS FORM? AND 92% 92 PEOPLE SAID NO.
106 SAID, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF PROTECTING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING? YES.
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF PROTECTING MINIMAL SIZES? LOTS.
WE ASK THE PCC TO TAKE THIS RESPONSE, UM, FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTO CONSIDERATION CONSIDERING FLORIDA DALLAS' CURRENT FORM.
I DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE BEING HEARD.
THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT IT'S NECESSARY, NECESSARY TO BRING THESE SURVEYS THAT WE DID FOR YOU.
CAN I LEAVE THESE FOR YOU? THANK YOU.
I LIVE IN, UH, EAST DALLAS, FAR EAST DALLAS.
TOTALLY NEGLECTED BUCKNER TERRACE.
OUR MOTTO IS, WE'RE NOT PLEASANT GROVE.
BUCKNER TERRACE, PARKDALE PLEASANT GROVE.
WE'RE GONNA GET VICTIMIZED BY THIS.
THIS IS NOT A WAY TO BRING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WAS 42 BEFORE I COULD GET A HOUSE I RENTED.
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MILITARY.THIS IS A SCHEME BY OUTSIDERS, UH, IN AUSTIN AND OTHERS WHERE THEY WANNA RUN UP.
UH, THE COST OF RENTAL PROPERTIES.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STREETS FIXED.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF ANYTHING IN THIS CITY.
AND YOU WANNA ADD 30 OR 40,000 MORE PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ALREADY FULL? THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
WE HAVE EMPTY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF EMPTY PROPERTIES.
PLEASE GO TO JOHN WEST AT BUCKNER.
TEAR DOWN THE OLD BINGO HALL THAT USED TO BE A SAFEWAY, BUILD LOFT APARTMENTS ABOVE IT AND PUT A RESTAURANT AND A COUPLE OF THINGS UNDERNEATH IT.
YOU CAN DO THAT ALL OVER THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN, BUT WE ALSO VOTE.
I'M CAROLYN JENS AND I'M 1, 2, 3, 4 SAN RAFAEL AND I'M, I DON'T HAVE PREPARED REMARKS, BUT UM, I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO COME UP A WHOLE LOT.
BUT THE TRAFFIC WHERE I LIVE, WHERE I USED TO TAKE SOMETHING, IT'D TAKE ME 15 MINUTES TO GET TO IT TAKES 30 MINUTES DOWN AND IT USED TO TAKE 30 MINUTES.
IT TAKES AN HOUR AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN UP SOME APARTMENTS THAT WAS WERE APPROVED LAST YEAR WITH 300 MORE RESIDENTS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE EVEN MORE TRACK CARS 'CAUSE THERE'S NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EXCEPT FOR BUSES.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
BUT THEN THEY'VE ALSO SOLD SOME PROPERTY FURTHER UP FOR APARTMENTS AND IT'S JUST REALLY TERRIBLE TRAFFIC.
AND I THINK IF, IF WE DO THIS IN FILLING IT'S EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD'S GONNA HAVE THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE.
AND IF THERE'S NO PLANS FOR GOOD TR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MA'AM.
HI, KIM FINCH, 8 0 8 SYLVANIA DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
I WOULD LOVE THAT FOR EVERYONE.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WOULD AS WELL.
BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A SPARKLY WORD, LIKE A UNICORN.
IS IT A REAL THING AT THIS POINT? EVERYTHING'S GOING CRAZY WITH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHERE'S OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS PLAN? I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED THAT PART, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WE HAVE NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I CAN HIT A POTHOLE ON MY MOTORCYCLE AND I COULD DIE.
THAT'S HOW BAD OUR POTHOLES ARE.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WE NEED OTHER THINGS PUT IN PLACE BEFORE WE ADD ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE.
CAN WE FIX THOSE THINGS BEFORE WE ADD SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S GONNA CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS? LIKE FIX THE PROBLEMS AND THEN WE CAN DO THOSE.
I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
NEXT SPEAKER, WE'LL GO TO ONLINE.
YEAH, WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST WALKED IN.
IF YOU'D, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK, WE'RE READY FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE WHILE.
WE, LET'S GO TO OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
YOU WANNA TAKE A BREAK? YEAH, LET'S TAKE A BREAK.
LET'S, LETS TAKE BACK AT, UH, EIGHT 10.
WE'RE GONNA GET BACK ON THE RECORD.
WE'RE GONNA GO WITH OUR SPEAKERS ONLINE.
UM, WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, MR. CURRY.
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GOOD EVENING, SIR.EVENING WE, WE CAN'T QUITE QUITE HEAR YOU YET.
CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW MR. CURRY? YEAH.
YOU MIGHT WANNA TOLE YOUR MIC ON AND OFF.
YES, BUT IT, I THINK IT'S ON HIS END.
MR. CURRY, IF YOU WANNA TALK WITH YOUR, YOUR, THAT LITTLE ICON, LITTLE MICROPHONE ICON A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WHY DON'T YOU KEEP, KEEP TRYING AND AND WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
AND THIS THING, THIS SUBJECT OF SINGLE FAMILY IS JUST NOT SETTLING.
AND SO THIS CAN'T BE ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT CAN'T BE ABOUT SOLVING AN INVENTORY PROBLEM.
NOT WHEN WE'RE LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE THOSE ASKING FOR SUCH WILL GLADLY DROP A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON AN IPHONE OR SEVEN STARBUCKS.
WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM DOESN'T SOLVE, YOU'RE SOLVING THE WRONG PROBLEM.
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE CAUSE, NOT THE SYMPTOM BECAUSE OF IN AFFORDABILITY HAS TO DO WITH A PRIVATE CORPORATION THAT ANSWERS TO NO ONE.
THE CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE HOUSES DON'T INCREASE INDEPENDENTLY IN PRICE.
THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR GOES DOWN EVERY TIME THEY GO TO PRINT.
THEN ALL OF THE ANTS MARCHING HAVE TO GO GET MORE DOLLARS TO PAY FOR IT.
WE CAME FROM A SOCIETY THAT USED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE INCOME AND STAYS ARE A MEMORY.
BUILDING A TRIPLEX OR NEXT TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AS A SOLUTION IS RIDICULOUS AND UNPROVEN FORWARD DALLAS, IT WILL DESTROY IT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US MS. KENDRICK, ARE YOU IN LINE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
MY ADDRESS IS 47 41 JOA CIRCLE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 1 6.
AND I'M ONLINE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF FORWARD DALLAS, THE LAND USE PLANT, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRESS THAT IT HAS MADE.
FIRST, I WANNA THANK PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND CONSIDERATION DURING THIS PROCESS.
I'M SOMEONE THAT HAS SEEN THIS PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING.
I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO IT.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
THE FOUR DALLAS LAND USE PLAN HAS BEEN THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT RESIDENTS SOUTH OF THE TRINITY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO HELP CREATE THE FUTURES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO CRAFT A DOCUMENT THAT WILL HELP STEER DALLAS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE ORIGINAL DESIGNATION WAS INDUSTRIAL HUB.
THIS WAS FAR FROM WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED 'CAUSE IT WAS SUCH AN INVITING PROCESS.
WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD WORKSHOPS IN JOPPA WHERE WE COULD LEARN FROM STAFF, AND STAFF COULD LEARN FROM US WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE.
AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW FORWARD DALLAS WILL AFFECT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE IS NO STRONGER TESTIMONY THAN LIVED TESTIMONY.
I'M SOMEONE THAT HAS LIVED AND BEEN AFFECTED BY THE OVERBURDENED OF
MS. UH, CHAMPION SPOKE IN PERSON.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR, HEAR ME? AND YOU'RE HERE.
MY NAME, MY NAME IS JENNIFER ANHILL.
ADDRESS 1441 WESTMONT AVENUE, 2 2 4, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 1 1.
AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF R PLANNING AND LOCAL NONPROFIT
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HERE IN DALLAS.THE HISTORY OF HOUSING IN DALLAS AND OF THIS COUNTRY WAS ALWAYS ROOTED IN RACE.
LOCAL TOOLS SUCH AS ZONING, LAND USE PLANS WERE HISTORICALLY USED TO PROMOTE SEGREGATION.
AND DESPITE THE FAIR HOUSING ACT BEING PASSED, PEOPLE IN DALLAS CONTINUE TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF SEGREGATION.
AND DALLAS HAS A DUTY TO AFFIRMATIVELY FOR THEIR FAIR HOUSING.
AND THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF IDEAS ON HOW TO DO THAT, ON THE APPROACH, ON THIS APPROACH.
BUT THE UNDERLYING LENS OF IT ALL THAT THE, IS THAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT IN THIS PLAN HAS TO SEND TO A FAIR HOUSING.
HOUSING SOLUTIONS SHOULD BE DIVERSE.
CONTEXT MATTERS BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO EACH RECOMMENDATION SHOULD ALSO HAVE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SENSITIVITY.
UH, MR. CURIUM, SEE IF WE CAN GET YOUR MIC GOING.
WE MIGHT HAVE HEARD SOMETHING THERE.
CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER, SIR? MAYBE CLOSER TO THE MIC.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I DON'T KNOW WHAT BUTTONS TO PUSH.
I THINK, I THINK SOMEONE HERE HAS YOUR, YOUR UH, IS YOUR PHONE NEXT TO YOU? YES.
UH, SOMEONE'S GONNA CALL YOU AND THEN YOU CAN JUST SPEAK INTO YOUR PHONE AND WE'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPEAKER HERE.
MR. CURRY, YOU WANNA TRY YOUR MIC ONE MORE TIME, SIR? I DON'T KNOW WHAT BUTTON I'M PUSHING, BUT THAT'S IT.
YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE TO REALLY SPEAK UP LOUDLY AGAIN, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU SIR.
I THINK THAT THIS PROCESS IS, UH, VERY INVIGORATING TO ME.
UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE CONVERSATION.
I HAVE CON CONFIDENCE IN THE STAFF THAT'S DOING IT.
UH, I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE TONIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR BEING TALKED ABOUT.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DALLAS FUTURE AND I THINK WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
GEORGE, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT REGISTERED AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? NO.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD BEFORE WE ADJOURN? YES SIR.
WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER A SPANISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATED APPRAISAL PROTEST CLASS IN MOUNT AUBURN BECAUSE WORKING FAMILIES ARE BEING TAXED OUTTA THEIR HOMES.
UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT A VOTE IN FAVOR OF FORWARD DALLAS IS A VOTE TO FAST TRACK GENTRIFICATION, TO PUSH PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WORKING FAMILIES OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
UM, TO ME IT'S SILLY TO SAY THAT DENSITY WOULD EQUAL AFFORDABILITY.
THIS IS NOT AN AFFORDABILITY DOCUMENT, BUT ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT SHOULD HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE IN MANHATTAN HOW DENSITY EQUALS AFFORDABILITY.
UM, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PIECE IS CRUCIAL AND LONG OVERDUE.
AND WHAT YOU'RE RUNNING THE RISK OF RIGHT NOW IS LETTING ONE DOT GET IN THE WAY OF CRUCIAL, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PIECE.
SO JUST PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE EVERYBODY SHOWING UP AND TELLING YOU TO DO.
IF YOU PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, I THINK WE SUDDENLY HAVE A LAND USE PLAN.
WE CAN ALL START TO GET BEHIND.
UH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT TODAY.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? MR. GOUP? I THINK YOU HAD A, A QUICK CLARIFICATION ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S NEXT.
I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN FOR A SECOND.
JUST A CLARIFICATION ON, UH, WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM CPC.
UH, SO NEXT WEEK, LIKE WE MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A MORE IN DETAILED PRESENTATION
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AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UH, FOR STAFF IN TERMS OF, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.UH, SO JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THE SCHEDULE, THE REVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CPC.
UH, SO NEXT WEEK GONNA BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING DURING OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CPC.
WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING CLARIFICATION, UH, FROM THIS BODY FOR STAFF TO DETERMINE WHICH WAY TO GO ON UPDATING THE PLAN DOCUMENT.
UH, AFTER WE GET THAT CLARIFICATION, UH, STAFF'S GONNA WORK ON PROVIDING, UH, AN UPDATE TO THE PLAN DOCUMENT BEFORE THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, UM, TO BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THOSE UPDATES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT NEXT WEEK.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET FEEDBACK FROM THE, FROM THE BODY NEXT WEEK ON WHICH DIRECTION TO GO.
AFTER WE GET THAT FEEDBACK, OUR TEAM'S GONNA WORK ON PRODUCING A DOCUMENT BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK.
SO WE CAN HAVE BEFORE, UM, OUR HEARING ON THE 17TH OF JUNE.
THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION, CRITICAL POINT.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, A KIND REMINDER, UH, ADJUSTMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS.
PLEASE GET THEM INTO STAFF SO WE CAN HAVE THEM ALL LAID OUT, UH, AND ALL THINK ABOUT 'EM AND GET READY TO, UH, ON THE SEVEN ON THIS 17TH, HOW LONG IS THE, SORRY, I CAN'T, SO NEXT WEEK? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, FORESIGHT, PLEASE.
HOW LONG IS THE MEETING, UH, SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, THE BEGIN.
SO THAT IS FOR THE FOUR DO PIECES TO START AT 6:00 PM SO THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, NO SIX, SORRY, MAY.
NEXT THURSDAY YOU HAVE MAY 16TH, NINE.
A REGULAR SCHEDULED? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S REGULAR.
THE FULL, THAT'S IS GONNA BE THE HEARING AS PART.
SO JUST IN, IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE, THE FORWARD DALLAS PIECE WILL PROBABLY BE AT THE VERY END.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WE'RE GETTING THE FINAL COMBINED DOCUMENT ON JUNE THE 17TH, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC MEETING DATE.
YOU GET IT BEFORE THAT DATE? SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
AND AGAIN, I'M APOLOGIZE, BUT I WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT I'M GONNA HAVE SOME TIME TO LOOK AT IT, THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE GONNA COME AND SPEAK TO US.
SO DO WE THINK IT'S THE WEEK BEFORE? SO IT'S LIKELY GONNA BE ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS BEFORE, SO YOU HAVE TIME TO DO THAT? YEAH, WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE COMMISSIONER.
NO, WE DID AND THAT THAT'S WHERE I JUST, I THINK YOU WERE VIRTUALLY AND YEAH, NOTHING TRANSLATES.
BY I SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOCUMENT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT GRAINY, IT SAYS MAY 23RD, CPC UPDATED REVISED DRAFT DOCUMENT.
IS THAT THE TARGET DATE FOR THE PREVIOUS DRAFT? YES, THOSE ARE, YES.
THAT'S THE TARGET DATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK FOR YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? GREAT SEEING YOU, NONE.
IT'S 8:26 PM OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND JOINING US THIS EVENING.